CivicYEG
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Hey guys, so this is something no one can really give a final answer about, maybe i can help.
Dont buy a sound plate, from any manufacture, be it torque solutions or other. In case you dont know, this is a type of VTA "blow off valve".
I have owned my civic sport for about a month now. A week in i got a new intake, next week the sound plate.
Drove around with the sound plate for about 3 weeks. First off, yes it sounds sick, but it will mess with your engine. I found i was loosing turbo pressure like crazy, i had a hard time even getting off the line, like i got beat by mazda proteges... not only that, it will give you hard starts everytime, most likely because your running lean and loosing the precious air your engine so delicately distributed.
Im not a newbie either, i owned an evo x sooped to the nutz for many years, i know what a b.o.v. is meant for and what a b.p.v. is meant for. What i didnt understand was how delicate this balance is in the stock engine. I believe k-tuner suggests not using any type of VTA blow off valves either.
Annny way, long rant but i wish someone wrote this before i wasted my money and could have potentially ruined my engine. These cars use all the air very delicatley if they are stock and usually even when they have mods or are flashed. Go intake and exhaust route instead
Dont buy a sound plate, from any manufacture, be it torque solutions or other. In case you dont know, this is a type of VTA "blow off valve".
I have owned my civic sport for about a month now. A week in i got a new intake, next week the sound plate.
Drove around with the sound plate for about 3 weeks. First off, yes it sounds sick, but it will mess with your engine. I found i was loosing turbo pressure like crazy, i had a hard time even getting off the line, like i got beat by mazda proteges... not only that, it will give you hard starts everytime, most likely because your running lean and loosing the precious air your engine so delicately distributed.
Im not a newbie either, i owned an evo x sooped to the nutz for many years, i know what a b.o.v. is meant for and what a b.p.v. is meant for. What i didnt understand was how delicate this balance is in the stock engine. I believe k-tuner suggests not using any type of VTA blow off valves either.
Annny way, long rant but i wish someone wrote this before i wasted my money and could have potentially ruined my engine. These cars use all the air very delicatley if they are stock and usually even when they have mods or are flashed. Go intake and exhaust route instead
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