BOV location??
I just installed a GReddy FMIC, i wondering of it is better to run the bov closer to turbo or T-body? Advantages/disavantage??
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In my experiences the throttle body, because when it closes the valve is right there to releave the pressure. Others might have different opinions
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It's better to run it near the throttle body.
-Max |
Jeff who runs Turbo Auto in Nashville said the correct location is near the throttle body .Turbo Auto is a turbo rebuild and high performace supply business .
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I asked Corky Bell about this a while back - I was lucky enough to meet him in his shop in San Antonio and chat with him for a good hour or so.
He said it's really more of a case of packaging - you put it where you've got room for the BOV. It might be better closer to the TB, but I've seen installs both ways and have never really seen a problem. In other words, I wouldn't break my neck to put it close to the TB. Dale |
The GReddy FMIC will mate to the GReddy elbow (to the tb), which is just begging for a BOV where it curves. That, and it's only 90 bucks and made of aluminum!
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greddy BOV elbow with a greddy BOV installed is a super tight fit. More so if you have a strut tower bar.
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Unfortunely i have the greddy elbow w/o the bov flange.
Thanks everyone this helps alot, i have it near the turbo before with no problems; but with new IC piping thought i would ask b/c i need to get a flange welded. thanks and rotor on... |
I never knew the GReddy elbow came with a flange. All the ones i've seen had to have the flange piece welded on. I know a lot of the shops that sell them weld them for you (like rx-7 store, etc). However, I learn something new everyday :)
Also as a point of note, a ton of FD owners put the BOV near the TB on the elbow. However as Saburo said, it is indeed a tight fit with that tower bar. Let us know how it works out! |
My accelerated warm up has been removed, so in my stock elbow there is actually a flange already right next to the TB I can connect an aftermarket BOV, awesome!!
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RedR1, I got the flange seperate, it didn't come with the flange.
Spekdah, how does the car start with the aws removed? I'm thinking about capping it, or just remove it. |
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