I know a lot of people do this mod, not only from this forum, but I think everywhere and it all started here so I will post my cons here..
To provide a fast BOV reaction you need a good connection with the vacuum source, that's why everybody is getting rid of the N249 and get a direct connection to the inlet.
What a lot of people doesn't know is that the N249 has got more than one function. It does not only gives a smooth turbo build up in a stock car. (if the car is mapped properly and the actual boost is always lower as the boost asked by the ECU the N249 won't smooth anything of at all), but it also provides a very fast BOV reaction.
What a lot of people don't know, is that the N249 also reacts when you go off throttle. As the gas pedal is electric the slightest change is noticed. If you release the pedal for a little bit a signal is send to the N249 and it opens the BOV, even
before there is enough vacuum behind the throttle valve in the inlet. So this will provide a faster BOV reaction.
At a Dutch forum there were a lot of people who did not believe me, so I went out to proove this.
I replaced the N249 with an resistance, so the ECU thinks the N249 is still on the car. Over this resistance I put my voltmeter.
First I tested the N249 valve without the engine running, with VCDS to check the reaction of the voltmeter.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VlMZMuauWE
Every time the N249 is active you see the voltmeter gives about -10V (because the engine is not running).
The multimeter is a very cheap one so it reacts very slow on changes. It's not important how fast the voltmeter reacts though to proove the N249 works when release gas, it only shows that it works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQrvSg_TnM
Running you can see the meter going to about -13V every time I release the gas, so this does prove the N249 provides vacuum when I release gas.
Check here for some more testing video's.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIZzlWIeRl8
Here's another movie with the N249 connected to the bov. As you can hear it react's very fast.
So if you have a stock car, it could give some advantages removing the N249 because when the turbo builds up pressure it can't be wasted by the N249, but if you're car is mapped properly, and the programmed boost is alway higher as the actual boost, the N249 is there to provide a fast blow off reaction.