Bov Or Bleed Valve

[boostdriven]

Hey i saw on a bike vid that BOV's arent legal on the gold coast, wasnt sure if it was the same for Vic?

Anyway..

In the city we dragged some xr6 turbo, in my mates charged stata.. owned us ofcourse. But instead of having a BOV, his blead off as it wound up, with no waste at each gear shift..

Was that a bleed valve he would have been running? If so does anyone know much about these coz i want to run that sound but dont know how to go about doing it and dont know much about that setup.

So if anyone knows anything about that kind of setup could you throw some info my way?

cheers.

"A bleeder valve is open all the time. Bleed valves work by fooling the waste gate into only seeing some of the boost pressure. The rest of the pressure is vented off, sometimes completely wasted by blowing out an open hose. Just like an air leak in any other hose this wasted air can cause problems with modern computerized engine controls. Additionally this causes the waste gate to open before maximum boost which can create turbo lag"

i dont think ill be trying that idea then..

Edited May 31, 2007 by boostdriven

[Ska]

Bleed Valve is used to control the amount of boost. BOV are used to vent compressed air between the turbo and the throttle body, when the throttle is closed.

I am unsure how the xr6 turbos work, but I would've thought they would still have a BOV, just vents back into the intake, commonly referred to as "plumb back" so you probably didn't hear any WHOOOOSH sound.