Best Overall BOV??
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Best Overall BOV??
i was plannin on purchasin a BOV sometime soon and i was wondering which is the best bang for your buck and what i should stay away from....? also what do i need to install and u think its simple enough for myself to do it or should i take it to a shop? any info can help thanks guys!
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stay away from the Apex. it sucks hairy donkey *****. i have not heard of one person completely pleased with it. it leaks boost most of the time.
all the other BOV's are the same. get which ever one sounds the coolest to you. i like the Blitz unit.
all the single turbo guys reccomend the TIAL BOV, but i think it is not needed unless you are running really high boost pressures.
go with the Blitz BOV.
just my .02.
all the other BOV's are the same. get which ever one sounds the coolest to you. i like the Blitz unit.
all the single turbo guys reccomend the TIAL BOV, but i think it is not needed unless you are running really high boost pressures.
go with the Blitz BOV.
just my .02.
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I used to work at a shop and I've done some turbo installs on plenty rice mobiles. The GReddy's and HKS's have never messed up. On 2 occasions I've had BOVs stay in the open position (once on my friends MR2, and another on a customers MR2), easy fix though. I use a Blitz on my Rex cause it sounds best HKS's racing BOV is very high pitched, sounds good if you like it.
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Originally posted by JoeD
stay away from the Apex. it sucks hairy donkey *****. i have not heard of one person completely pleased with it. it leaks boost most of the time.
stay away from the Apex. it sucks hairy donkey *****. i have not heard of one person completely pleased with it. it leaks boost most of the time.
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You shouldn't have much trouble installing it yourself. It only involves two hoses: 1) small vac hose on the manifold (next to the boost gauge nipple) and 2) larger vac hose coming out of the center of the Y-pipe. Just take these two hoses from the stock BOV and run them to your new one. The stock BOV vents into the airbox, but I assume most aftermarket BOVs do not (the Apex doesn't), so you'll remove the hose going from the BOV to the airbox and plug the hole.
Hope that made sense.
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best overall bov? it the stock one. if you want to listen to it just uplug it from the air box
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Originally posted by j9fd3s
best overall bov? it the stock one. if you want to listen to it just uplug it from the air box
mike
best overall bov? it the stock one. if you want to listen to it just uplug it from the air box
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Originally posted by legendr35
i have a question, today i unplugged both of the hoses conected to the airbox (not knowing which on is the BOV one) and I drove around, and no sound? What could be the problem>
i have a question, today i unplugged both of the hoses conected to the airbox (not knowing which on is the BOV one) and I drove around, and no sound? What could be the problem>
I unpluged both of those hoses and I can hear mine just fine. A noticable 'pshhhhhhhhtttt'
One question, are their two BOV on the TT?? One seems to come off of the Y-pipe, and I can't tell where the other is connected. There does seem to be two one way valves, but maybe not both BOV's...
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Originally posted by soul assassin
greddy type R
greddy type R
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DK: About the reports of HKS's faultiness. Are these with the old design made in plastic? I'm just curious, so I can stop reccomending this unit to friends.
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Originally posted by coop
One question, are their two BOV on the TT?? One seems to come off of the Y-pipe, and I can't tell where the other is connected. There does seem to be two one way valves, but maybe not both BOV's...
One question, are their two BOV on the TT?? One seems to come off of the Y-pipe, and I can't tell where the other is connected. There does seem to be two one way valves, but maybe not both BOV's...
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IM using an ARC BOV for my CRV
I got a deal on two ARC BOV's so I hooked one up as a BOV & the other as the CRV. I made sure they vented in a direction that doesn't get too close to anything. Basicly both point downward.
If you look close at the photo you'll see the BOV forward of the strut bar & the CRV just aft of it.
Any performance diff? Nope, just looks cool & makes a louder whoosh sound. I messed with the spring tension on both, didn't seam to do much. Just would increase sensitivity & vent sooner.
If you look close at the photo you'll see the BOV forward of the strut bar & the CRV just aft of it.
Any performance diff? Nope, just looks cool & makes a louder whoosh sound. I messed with the spring tension on both, didn't seam to do much. Just would increase sensitivity & vent sooner.
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Originally posted by DavidZ
anybody here try replacing their crv with an aftermarket bov? only asking since my crv is leaky.
anybody here try replacing their crv with an aftermarket bov? only asking since my crv is leaky.
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It depends on how loud and obnoxious you want the car to be. I just disconnected my stock one and put a K&N crankcase breather filter on the end of the hose just so nothing can get in and out. It sounds pretty good. Before you spend a few hundred dollars on an aftermarket BOV disconnect the stock one and see if you like the sound.
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Hands down the best BOV!
More adjustments than any other. Used by Cart Champs for years.
Check it out here
http://www.takakaira.com/accessories...ightpager.html
You can even listen to the wicked sounds it makes!
More adjustments than any other. Used by Cart Champs for years.
Check it out here
http://www.takakaira.com/accessories...ightpager.html
You can even listen to the wicked sounds it makes!
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Originally posted by the_glass_man
Hands down the best BOV!
More adjustments than any other. Used by Cart Champs for years.
Check it out here
http://www.takakaira.com/accessories...ightpager.html
You can even listen to the wicked sounds it makes!
Hands down the best BOV!
More adjustments than any other. Used by Cart Champs for years.
Check it out here
http://www.takakaira.com/accessories...ightpager.html
You can even listen to the wicked sounds it makes!
The things ricers will buy.
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Originally posted by Nameless
DK: About the reports of HKS's faultiness. Are these with the old design made in plastic? I'm just curious, so I can stop reccomending this unit to friends.
DK: About the reports of HKS's faultiness. Are these with the old design made in plastic? I'm just curious, so I can stop reccomending this unit to friends.
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All i have to say is that Apexi bovs suck. They sound and perform like **** comparted to the Greddy Type S and the Hks ssqv. I think the best bang for the buck is the Hks ssqv. It is the best operating one and never had one problem with it. The Greddy sounds sweet but i had a couple of problems with it. Hks never let me down
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I've been running an Apexi on my Supra for about 3 years and never had a problem with it, running from stock boost up to a little over 20#s and it's been great. I also like it's sound, and everyone that's ever heard it has liked as well.
I've been running Greddy's on a couple of FDs for even longer and they've worked great too, allthough they don't sound as manly as my Apexi
Also have run the HKS SSBOV and that one has worked quite well too on an RX.
Not sure why there'd be much problem with the metal BOVs, most are very simple with very little in points of failure. Some may need to go with a stiffer spring but I haven't experienced problems with any of the standard springs yet...
I've been running Greddy's on a couple of FDs for even longer and they've worked great too, allthough they don't sound as manly as my Apexi
Also have run the HKS SSBOV and that one has worked quite well too on an RX.
Not sure why there'd be much problem with the metal BOVs, most are very simple with very little in points of failure. Some may need to go with a stiffer spring but I haven't experienced problems with any of the standard springs yet...