i just got my greddy fmic kit and i was wondering witch side i should put my bov on the turbo side or intake side? does it matter?

 

I can give you another piece of advise. Buy some better couplers. The ones from atpturbo.com are tripple stiched and much much better.

However, do a search, this has been covered in depth.

 

closer to the turbo my friend to save the turbo... thats the bovs purpose.. so before the IC.. but you could do like me and be a ttrue ricer and run on the front side of the turbo and one infont of the tb..... .... they say the one closest to the TB gives you better responce or soemthing like that....chime in if im wrong guys

 

the couplers i thought looked pretty good except the cheesy ones that go right on the intercooler and the one that goes right on the turbo....i have samco couplers on my custom setup now and the only difference i see is the greddy couplers have cloth on the outside.. i have my bov on the tb side now and it seems to be fine anyone else have any opinions?

 

i have mine on the tb side..

From what ive read, supposedly tb side is for performance (less lag after release), turbo side is for reliability (turbo sees quicker pressure release).

 

ok well i guess im gonna go with tb side i just hate to put a hole in the nice pipe then wanna move it later

 

all greddy kits have bad couplers.
buy some from ATP and T-bolt clamps while your at it.

 

whats so bad about them...there stitched on the inside and they look almost the same as my samco couplers...and they look nicer... i like the cloth outside

 

WORD!!!!!!!

 

The cloth will get dirty and black in no time. Look at how thick they are. Now, you see two layers of stiching? Well, the ATP ones have three layers and are all silicone. No cheap cloth layer. Add the T-bolt clamps to the ATP couplers and you have great realiability. Unlike the cheap clamps greddy sends. THey warp, and stech, and are flimsy.

If you run into leaks, change them out!

 

ok ill use the other ones i have....anyone else know anything about witch side to mount the bov in...ive searched and havent found much usefull information so if anyone could explain the reasons why to mount it on the turbo side and why to mount it on the tb side that would be great....

 

anyone have any input?

 

**** it....use two BOVs....one after the turbo, and one after the IC....

 

here it is simplified , if you mount it on the Turbo side you save your turbo, if you mount it TB side you get better performance,

 

thats what ive been hearing but why would it be bad for the turbo if i put it on the tb side and how would i get more performance if i put it on the tb side...its still releaving pressure if its on the tb side so why would it hurt the turbo?

 

I have mine on the turbo side. I have heard of people running two blow off valves just to get rid of the "turkey gooble" sound effect the blow off valve makes after throttle release. I have this sound effect and really only get it when I am slightly boosting(about 3-4 psi), when at WOT and full boost(14psi) it sounds normal.

I kinda like the crazy sound effect, I had my friends little girl comment on how it sounds like Scooby Doo snikering.

 

lol

 

im just gonna put it the tb side **** it...i cant see how thats gonna hurt the turbo..

 

well i finished the install today and it looks great

 

The BOV should be mounted as close to the throttle body as you can mount it. This prevents the turbo from having to re-pressurize the whole intercooler and piping after it vents. Sometimes, however, this is not possible due to the location of the pipe. I think you would have a hard time mounting a large BOV near the throttle body with the Greddy kit.

 

I mounted on the tb side , but every time when I let off the gas ,
I can hear the air push out from the afm

 

what does that mean...is that bad?

 

How can you tell that air is leaving the AFM from inside the car?

 

LOL.... damn this pipe kit!...i cant use my mazdatrix strut bar and firewall brace...it hits the tb pipe..and the tb pipe also hits the damn brake master cylinder reservoir...anyone else have this problem?

 

Yes I had that probl;em. Work the pipes a bit, and add a "L" bracket from the IC pipe to the little piece on the Oil Filler neck. I was able to pull it away by about a Center meter.