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what is the best sounding bov

Old Jun 1, 2005 | 03:40 PM
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what is the best sounding bov

so ive been looking around and i want a good sounding bov so some suggestions would be greatly app..
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 04:26 PM
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If you want noise, just get the TurboXS type RFL.

I use the Greddy Type S, its loud, but that wasnt why I bought it..
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 04:56 PM
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i like my apex'i twin chamber........ pretty loud, but its not the bird chirp bov.... its more of a deep sound.....sounds mean!!!
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 04:57 PM
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If you want noise, just get the TurboXS type RFL.

I use the Greddy Type S, its loud, but that wasnt why I bought it..
yeah, the turbo xs "real ******* loud" bov is definently a loud bov, but too chirpy for me!! but thats just my taste!!
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:15 PM
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Do i smell "RICE"?
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:20 PM
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Do i smell "RICE"?
blow off valves are rice????????????? find a different forum!!!
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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I like the SSQV. That's just me. Although the RFL is quite nice as well.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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I dunno i like the sound of my old school HKS one.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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On a related topic, what is the most quiet aftermarket BOV?
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:42 PM
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On a related topic, what is the most quiet aftermarket BOV?
heh.. stock maybe?

Anything that vents back into the intake should be quieter.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:46 PM
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Greddy TypeR or TypeS because you can easily plumb them back into the intake. silence is beautiful.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Bitteliten
Do i smell "RICE"?

ok...never post here again

My tII rebuild is almost complete...it's going to have an apexi twin chamber (which I have not heard yet) but i"ll let you know how it sounds
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:49 PM
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The RFL is almost too loud. It gets annoying after a while. I've also heard of people having a lot of problems with it because its crudely made. My friend had one on his WRX and he got rid of it. I just got a Blitz Dual Drive and it sounds great. Really Low for low boost and just right for high boost. I'm still running stock boost so I can imagine it being a lot louder with 12 pounds thru it. Its not chirpy like a bird. Its a whoosh or a hiss, Like the snake coming to eat the bird.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 05:54 PM
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they should like have a way to here it before you buy it

But if i was goning to get one it would have to chirp alil and be a little loud donno what kind that is though
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 06:11 PM
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The question should be, what BOV will do the task of dumping my exess*sp* air the best.
Not, what BOV makes the loudest sound possible.

Remember, 90% buys a BOV because they want the *cool* sound, 10% buys it cause they think they need it.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 06:26 PM
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BOV's are turning into rice. That's mostly from what i've seen locally, everyone only gets them for the sound.

Personnally i run a Tial 50mm BOV..

-Justin
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BlaCkPlaGUE
heh.. stock maybe?

Anything that vents back into the intake should be quieter.
Hence me stating "aftermarket" . It is my understanding that the stock BOV isn't much good above stock pressures. I plan on running 10-12psi, and I personally don't care for going PSSHHH! at every shift. I just want something silent.

Hell, I'd even pay for a device that quiets the turbo itself, so that the car sounds N/A when it isn't. I don't care to grab attention.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:36 PM
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i think one of the best would be a hks ssqv sounds loud and nice not to chirpy to but in my opinion its overpriced
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:38 PM
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the best sounding BOV is the one you can't hear, i can't even believe this is a thread, i thought rx7 owners cared about more important things than how a BOV sounds, function over form.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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YO!

#1. Some of us dont feel like replumbing the valve back into the system, its a pain in the ***, and since I am Haltech, there is NO advantage to doing it.

#2. I got the Greddy Type S because it can effectively dump the over 17 PSI of boost I run.

All the N/A people, dont start drinking the HaterAide because your car doesnt go SWOOSH..
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 07:56 PM
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I'm not hating, and my car will go SWOOSH in time... unless I can get a good quiet BOV.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 08:03 PM
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I wasnt referring to you.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 08:16 PM
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i think the apexi twin chamber can b set to the sound of a pepsi can being opend .... for me that would be quite enough, i would still like to have a bov, just not a FnF kinda ****
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 08:18 PM
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I like the new Greddy Type RS. I have one on my centrifugally supercharged FC.
Old Jun 1, 2005 | 08:23 PM
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I like the sound of a nice bov but I'm not going out of my way to get one (ex. spending 150+ dollars) just for that. I have an old school greddy that is plumbed back into the system so it's really quite. I may just see how loud it is when I unplumb it though just to see. Anyways to add my 2 cents I used to have a greddy type s and that thing was pretty loud.

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