advise on a Forge BOV

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NevetS-GTIR's picture
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Montreal

May 21, 2009
advise on a Forge BOV

im looking in to a forge bov for the GTI-R and getting rid of my turbosmart. dose any one have a forge bov and what do you think of it

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Saskatoon, SK

Jan 29, 2008

Want to trade for my HKS SSQV? Version 2. (I think). Which turbosmart do you have and why are you wanting to get rid of it?

RNN14

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ireland

Feb 25, 2008

turbosmart is a much better bov and ive had both trade for the hks one instead off the forge

the green dragon

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Montreal

May 21, 2009

is yours welded on or on the original piping

mine is a supersonic sleeper (black) on the original hose.im not happy with the sound i dont know if its just me, but i have to go to full boost (15psi) for it to go off. ill try my friends ssqv to see how it is on my car. can you put up a pic of your set up and a close up of the bov

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Saskatoon, SK

Jan 29, 2008

Mine is not welded. I have an adapter that fits in the stock dump tube off the intake manifold. Basically, the SSQV clips into its adapter, which then "plugs" into the stock pipe where the oem bov was. I've plugged off the recirc port on the air intake tube for the turbo inlet and the ssqv vents to atmosphere.

RNN14

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Montreal

May 21, 2009

same setup as i have. and yours works well at all boost levels

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Nicholas Chu
Vancouver

Jan 24, 2008

you may want to turn down the spring tension on the bov or else hook up a vacuum line to all 4 ports on the throttle bodies for it go off.  itb's don't generate the same amount of vacuum as a single tb

besides, i'd find it annoying if my bov was going off every time i lifted off the throttle.. mine only goes off really on hard throttle lift or above 7 or 8psi.  too attention whore if its going whoosh every single time for me

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Montreal

May 21, 2009

i have the 4 vacuum and the yellow spring which should be the soft one, and its on the softest setting

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Saskatoon, SK

Jan 29, 2008

Mine is routed via the 4 ports on the throttle bodies. Sometimes it does not open unless I snap off the throttle. If I let off the throttle slowly, there is either no noise at all, or some turbo flutter, or the bov opens.

RNN14