blow off valve

[34GTt]

Want to know if anyone use or has tried a GFB blow off valve ? or a turbosmart item ? ... are they good ??

Anyone had good experience with any other BOV ?

i was thinking of getting a blow off valve that recirculates as well as going to atmosphere.

coz i seem to be getting more backfire since putting on my straight to atmosphere bov....

also if anyone is looking for a near new HKS SSQV blow off valve then i got one up for grab's ...

Jason

[MrSnrub]

Yeah man I got a Turbosmart Type II BOV but its atmosphere venting..... Never had a problem with it but yeah my car backfires a fair bit......doesnt worry me really.

Type III Is plumb back i think.

Ben

[optical]

type 3 can be plumbback and atmo

[Gradenko]

34GTt, what was wrong with your factory one? Replacement bovs are... well, you know, *cough* rice.

[34GTt]

ic ... the turbosmart ones seem to be more popular than the GFB's

how much the the type II ?

there not 'ricey' they do give performance benefit's, the stock one is only a recirculation valve and doesnt function aswell under higher than stock boost

[MrSnrub]

Originally posted by Gradenko

34GTt, what was wrong with your factory one? Replacement bovs are... well, you know, *cough* rice.

Some people like "ricey" stuff.....each to their own. I have a BOV for no better reason than it sounds cool.

I also have blue lights inside my foot wells etc....looks good I reckon. Ricey - maybe but who cares.

[Pva_Glue]

rice is good source of carbohydrates...

I eat every day!

cheers

Joe

[ix9]

Don't get me started on Rice...

Each to thier own. I have neon's in footwells, a Blue instrument cluster, it's lowered to the ****house (can anyone say bump-stops?) and an outrageously ricey exhaust that doesn't match the engine... who cares? it's my car, i'll do with it what i dam well please.....

.. now where have my new TypeR stickers got to ??

--I'm also a member of R.i.c.e.

[skyzerr33]

joe those carbs turn to fat unless u burn them

and stock bov's are generally just as good as after market ones for applications under 14psi

[34GTt]

yes the sound is nice [part of the reason i want one, but i also dont my turbo to live longer`]

also if you got the money to spare why not buy pointless ricey stuff ... it looks good

yeah the stock bov's are ok ... but you can feel the difference that an aftermarket bov give's ...

so infact they should actually perform better than the stock one's ??

*im using the word 'perform' so im not saying the stock one's are cr4p*

[34GTt]

Also were can i buy the turbosmart or GFB blow off valve's for the best price ?

im only familiar with Cypher that stock them ...

[MrSnrub]

XSpeed stock Turbosmart products - thats where i got my BOV.

Ben

[EVL R33]

I've got the GFB Mach 1, vents straight out, but you can get the hybrid as well, does both... Cypher were (maybe still are) the sole distributer of GFB in WA...

Brett

[34GTt]

i've only been to xspeed once' and i cant remember seeing the turbosmart bov ... but i might go and see them again do you have a rough price ? or do you know the guys well and get mate's rates hehe

hey evl r33 does your car backfire alot ? i want to reduce the amount of backfire i get` coz sometimes it's damn loud`

[Gradenko]

I'll one up on skyzerr33 and suggest that factory bovs won't start leaking unitl over 20 psi.

Theres no need to defend your gtr badge wearing, sticker plastered, neon lit, bov sounding rides - I'm not attacking anyone for they're choices

Its just a shame when nissan has made a well designed part that works and ppl replace it for no good reason (scaring pedestrians in not a good reason, imho). They then wonder why their $$$ rice part doesn't work as well as the factory part and want to know what new rice part to replace it with. The solution is obvious, bloody replace it with the factory part!

I'm not too sure on this whole improved performance angle. Unless someone can measure the deccelaration rate of the exhaust turbine before and after (or install an aftermarket bov on my car for free ), I'm not going to be convinced.

[RadiuM]

Originally posted by Gradenko

Its just a shame when nissan has made a well designed part that works and ppl replace it for no good reason (scaring pedestrians in not a good reason, imho).

hehe, does anyone else here still have a stock one on and its LOUD as all hell? everythone thinks its an atmospheric aftermarket one, but its just the stockie plumbing back into the intake.

the reason for it is the aftermarket filter and it being so close to it. which also enables you to hear the turbo spool up quite nicely.

Shaun

[Guest Rhino]

You can really hear the 2 bosch recirculating Bov's fitted as standard on my GTR, and I still have the stock airbox. If it aint broke dont fix it........

Having said that I had a Blitz super sound on my R31 and was quite fond of the psht sound. I guess I'm just a shallow rice boy at heart

[Gradenko]

RadiuM, I agree.

No need to spend extra money when I have no problems scaring pedestrians as it is Yep, guess I'm a rice boy at heart too.

[34GTt]

if the stock item is so up to scratch why are there so many aftermarket products ?

and why are all the better performance car's using them ?

also stock items are designed for use in standard form

just like people changing the piston's, coolers, and air box. all the parts have a weakness when you change the conditions

if you actually compared driving with the stock item and with an aftermarket BOV, you can tell the difference ... i have done this because i have tried quite afew of them.

ANYWAY my question wasnt about if i should keep the stock valve or not ... and not to be told about being 'ricey'

[Steve]

I got a turbosmart type II fitted at C-Red, cost 300 for the BOV and 50 for the adapter, Roy down there put it on and plumbed it at no charge.

What I found really interesting is that the factory valve had a mitsubishi symbol on it?????

Anyways, the new vavle seems to reduce lag on gear changes, but also it's adjustable (Roy also did this when he fitted it), and the backfiring isn't too bad at all.

I would definately recommend one.

Steve