No Need For A Bov
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Soooooo, what exactly is the performance gain by doing any of this? If you just want your car to go pffffffffffft every time you lift, why not get one of those ricer kits (the ones with a solenoid valve, air tank, compressor and microswitch)? Save yourselves a lot of trouble...
Soooooo, what exactly is the performance gain by doing any of this? If you just want your car to go pffffffffffft every time you lift, why not get one of those ricer kits (the ones with a solenoid valve, air tank, compressor and microswitch)? Save yourselves a lot of trouble...
Its an intake. It brings more air into the engine causing your turbo to spool up faster. Unfortunatly it doesnt net us any gains yet untill we get a tune but none the less more air is beneficial no matter what. The sound it makes is a benefit. Plus when the stage kit comes out it will give us a gain then.
Do I tell you SS/SC guys your gay for plugging your silencer holes on your superchargers? This is a legit intake and no way should any1 get flamed for a ******* intake
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Soooooo, what exactly is the performance gain by doing any of this? If you just want your car to go pffffffffffft every time you lift, why not get one of those ricer kits (the ones with a solenoid valve, air tank, compressor and microswitch)? Save yourselves a lot of trouble...
yes its much more logical to put a few hundred in a setup for a noisier BOV setup than a $10 spring that takes 15 minutes to install that will actually improve performance(a little) with a tune, lol
this is no different than the guy with the stock s/c cobalt running an intake... without a tune, he isn't going to see much of a gain, but his blower is still loud all the same, which is essentially the main perk of a CAI with a blower
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I just ordered the spring.. already cut the muffler and ran staright pipe.. working slowly...
any vids of anyone who already installed the spring.. can you even hear a difference?? just curious..
any vids of anyone who already installed the spring.. can you even hear a difference?? just curious..
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lol random is how I roll. but getting back to topic ol' dude up there Chandler or Ross or whatever his name is says the same thing in every BOV forum. "you'll get tired of it after X amount of time." Well i have had a HKS bov on various numbers of cars over 7 years and still love it so your theory=fail
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if you think the sound is close then you have obviously never rode in a car with an hks bov. I had the spring upgrade and intake on for a while before the hks bov and it is night and day. And no it is not rice. Rice would be if I put chicken wire in the grills, put a loud as fart can on the back, and put aftermarket parts stickers all over the car.
^ oh and neon lights lol
^ oh and neon lights lol
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if you think the sound is close then you have obviously never rode in a car with an hks bov. I had the spring upgrade and intake on for a while before the hks bov and it is night and day. And no it is not rice. Rice would be if I put chicken wire in the grills, put a loud as fart can on the back, and put aftermarket parts stickers all over the car.
^ oh and neon lights lol
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A BOV's main purpose is to elimnate compressor surge which can shorten a turbos life span. A lot of BOV's can not completely emlimnate compressor surge but a few can. Rearch it.
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oh really? i didn't know that lol duh. I am not a newbie to the turbo world. I'm sure I know more about BOV's than you do bud. The stock BPV is adequate enough to prevent compressor surge. An atmospheric BOV is strictly preference, mostly. I do plan on someday doing a turbo swap so yes I will need a VTA BOV eventually anyway. I had mine narrowed down to the greddy rs and the hks ssqv. Both are imho the best bov's on the market that are not recirculating. Neither will give you compressor surge as long as installed correctly so yes I did pick the hks because I love the sound better, but it does also serve a purpose (turbo swap). As far as people going with a VTA and don't plan on doing a turbo swap, to each their own. I don't think it's rice.
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oh really? i didn't know that lol duh. I am not a newbie to the turbo world. I'm sure I know more about BOV's than you do bud. The stock BPV is adequate enough to prevent compressor surge. An atmospheric BOV is strictly preference, mostly. I do plan on someday doing a turbo swap so yes I will need a VTA BOV eventually anyway. I had mine narrowed down to the greddy rs and the hks ssqv. Both are imho the best bov's on the market that are not recirculating. Neither will give you compressor surge as long as installed correctly so yes I did pick the hks because I love the sound better, but it does also serve a purpose (turbo swap). As far as people going with a VTA and don't plan on doing a turbo swap, to each their own. I don't think it's rice.
. They are synonymous, yes, but when using a speed density tuning program using a BPV is somewhat pointless...not to mention they've been known to cause higher IAT's in some cars.
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haha i was talking to the dude above you
Dude made a thread about going to see the fast and furious and then calls me rice. haha thats funny
Dude made a thread about going to see the fast and furious and then calls me rice. haha thats funny
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Hard to really tell. But in person I can tell a difference vs stock. Until Hahn comes out w/ there recirculating setup I'm running the Dejon spring upgrade, because after hard boosting on my stock spring w/ intake/tune, it fluttered which has to be horrible for the turbo. This sounds more crisp during shifts. Recorded this for someone I work with, he just installed the Dejon SRI onto his RL and wanted to know if there was a difference in the sound when I asked if he did the spring upgrade as well
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you are a tool plain and simple. To make a statement like you knowing more than me about turbochargers is just a sad attempt at making your ***** seem bigger. You dont know how much other people know about turbos so STFU and keep it at a conversation instead of a pointless child like argument that goes no where.
To the OP the reason you have a BPV is cause of the whole air metering system. thats just the way GM decided to go because thats enough for the stock parts. Upgrade your turbo, intake mani/throttle body and see what works...then let us know. They are synonymous, yes, but when using a speed density tuning program using a BPV is somewhat pointless, just be careful you don't dump a **** load of fuel after the action...not to mention they've been known to cause higher IAT's in some cars.
To the OP the reason you have a BPV is cause of the whole air metering system. thats just the way GM decided to go because thats enough for the stock parts. Upgrade your turbo, intake mani/throttle body and see what works...then let us know
. They are synonymous, yes, but when using a speed density tuning program using a BPV is somewhat pointless, just be careful you don't dump a **** load of fuel after the action...not to mention they've been known to cause higher IAT's in some cars.