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Trying to decide on a blow off valve. What are the pros and cons? Is it a good idea?
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I bought the Boomba Racing one and I love it!Trying to decide on a blow off valve. What are the pros and cons? Is it a good idea?
Do you know of any pros and cons?I bought the Boomba Racing one and I love it!
50/50 hybrid BOVs still affect everything I mentioned. The A:F ratio will still be rich, just not as rich.just wait for the 50/50 valve that im pretty sure someones is already in the progress of making one!
There is nothing wrong with the factory BPV being made out of rubber. I guarantee the OEM BPV doesn't leak an ounce of air at factory boost levels. Every OEM BPV is built this way and none of them have any issues.Just have a look at how cheaply made the stock BPV is with its rubber internals:
It is reasons like this that we decided to make our replacement with far superior construction. Our BOV is made out of aircraft grade billet aluminum and features a brass piston with multiple o-ring design to ensure leak free operation.
In other platforms we have seen BPVs of similar construction tear, rip, and leak boost over time after heat cycling. This results in a loss of boost pressure and inconsistent boost. This is a well known issue in the Focus ST community as well as the Subaru WRX community with the FA20DIT. Time will tell how this Civic piece holds up. I understand that being a vendor people may just think we're trying to slang products, but we put a lot of research into R&D of everything we make as well as place a large importance in reverse engineering. We take factory parts and improve upon any weaknesses that we find in order to eliminate any potential failures.There is nothing wrong with the factory BPV being made out of rubber. I guarantee the OEM BPV doesn't leak an ounce of air at factory boost levels. Every OEM BPV is built this way and none of them have any issues.
The only reason that a BPV/BOV upgrade is actually necessary is if you increase your boost PSI to a point the OEM module cannot seal at the new PSI limit, causing boost leak under wide open throttle.
Boomba has showed on all their posts that they will say nothing about the negative effects (no matter how large or small) about their products.
I'm very involved in the Subaru world. Over at NASIOC (North American Subaru Impreza Owners Club), there is quiet a long thread dedicated to your video about the FA20DIT OEM BPV and most people in there disagree with you. People are getting 21-22psi with no leak on the OEM valves and they are producing boost maps to prove it. You felt showing a dyno curve would somehow prove boost leak in your video. If the OEM BPV leaked even 10% as bad as you showed in your video, Subaru would have been forced to recall.In other platforms we have seen BPVs of similar construction tear, rip, and leak boost over time after heat cycling. This results in a loss of boost pressure and inconsistent boost. This is a well known issue in the Focus ST community as well as the Subaru WRX community with the FA20DIT. Time will tell how this Civic piece holds up. I understand that being a vendor people may just think we're trying to slang products, but we put a lot of research into R&D of everything we make as well as place a large importance in reverse engineering. We take factory parts and improve upon any weaknesses that we find in order to eliminate any potential failures.
The vehicle uses a complex method of MAP and MAF sensors to monitor what the vehicle is doing with incoming and outgoing air. The spring pressure we use in our BOV was carefully chosen so that the vehicle's operation is not negatively impacted from running this BOV. There is no stuttering, no increased turbo lag, and no check engine lights from running our BOV.
What is a 50/50 valvejust wait for the 50/50 valve that im pretty sure someones is already in the progress of making one!
It recirculates half of the air and vents the other half. You can usually adjust the ratio. For some cars that really don't like venting, this is the only way for people to get a PSSHHH sound without non stop back firing and idle problems.What is a 50/50 valve
If I get the BOV is it possible to tune my car to no longer add the extra fule?It recirculates half of the air and vents the other half. You can usually adjust the ratio. For some cars that really don't like venting, this is the only way for people to get a PSSHHH sound without non stop back firing and idle problems.