Will a pop off valve save me from boost creep?
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Will a pop off valve save me from boost creep?
I was wondering if a pop off valve (not a BOV) would save me from boost creep? I have an 88T2 and am getting a downpipe, presilencer, and midpipe running to dual apex N1's. I am hoping on running between 10-12psi. I just spent $8,000 on all new engine parts. About everything got replaced.stupid pd Anyway I don't want to risk blowing my engine. I know I need to rewire or get a new fuel pump but was wondering if this will prevent boost creep with my stock waste gate?
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Pop-off vavles are a last step saftey measure, not a boost controller.
What year is your TII
If you spent $8k on a damn motor you should have at least taken the couple hours to port the **** out of your wastegate, or convereted the the seires 5 mani and turbo for $300 if you have a Series 4 TII.
What year is your TII
If you spent $8k on a damn motor you should have at least taken the couple hours to port the **** out of your wastegate, or convereted the the seires 5 mani and turbo for $300 if you have a Series 4 TII.
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Pop off valves are very hard to set correctly (at least the HKS ones).  Or more accurately, the pop off valves do not trigger consistently at the same boost level.
As Dyre said, it's a last resort safety device.  Don't try and set it very close to your maximum boost levels.
Port your wastegate - this will minimize boost creep.
-Ted
As Dyre said, it's a last resort safety device.  Don't try and set it very close to your maximum boost levels.
Port your wastegate - this will minimize boost creep.
-Ted
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How do you set them up? i know it sounds daft but how can you tell if its set correctly?
Is it a case of seting it to a level that is max for your car then run under it?
Do you have to hit the limit to test it?
What happens if its to high?
Is it a case of seting it to a level that is max for your car then run under it?
Do you have to hit the limit to test it?
What happens if its to high?
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Originally posted by Grizzly
How do you set them up? i know it sounds daft but how can you tell if its set correctly?
How do you set them up? i know it sounds daft but how can you tell if its set correctly?
Is it a case of seting it to a level that is max for your car then run under it?
Do you have to hit the limit to test it?
What happens if its to high?
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Originally posted by Freaky Monkey007
Isnt a pop off valve to keep the exact opposite of a BOV?? It keeps excess pressure from hittin the turbo right??
Isnt a pop off valve to keep the exact opposite of a BOV?? It keeps excess pressure from hittin the turbo right??
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Originally posted by Dyre
Pop-off vavles are a last step saftey measure, not a boost controller.
What year is your TII
If you spent $8k on a damn motor you should have at least taken the couple hours to port the **** out of your wastegate, or convereted the the seires 5 mani and turbo for $300 if you have a Series 4 TII.
Pop-off vavles are a last step saftey measure, not a boost controller.
What year is your TII
If you spent $8k on a damn motor you should have at least taken the couple hours to port the **** out of your wastegate, or convereted the the seires 5 mani and turbo for $300 if you have a Series 4 TII.
I have personally seen it on a few of their cars, It does work very very well and saves the worry of adding extra pipes etc to run a WG, only problem is you need a MOTEC to run it this way.
I believe if it was done in a mechanical (not via ECU) way that it would be inferior to a WG system.
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That's almost like running a wastegate on the compressor side.  I've seen this done on a turbo'd Chevy Impala SS that popped up at the SEMA 99 show...
It made me cringe to think the turbo overspin it's going to attain when it does trigger!  I guess if you're running BB centers it should stau together, but 150,000+ RPM is not my idea of keeping everything safe!
-Ted
It made me cringe to think the turbo overspin it's going to attain when it does trigger!  I guess if you're running BB centers it should stau together, but 150,000+ RPM is not my idea of keeping everything safe!
-Ted
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Very good point !
She would be a "free spinner" at WOT @ 8000rpm with no bypass on the turbine !
I shudder to think what rpm's it would go to ?
Though they are a linked system....so if PR remains under contol, then rpm should be in check as well.
She would be a "free spinner" at WOT @ 8000rpm with no bypass on the turbine !
I shudder to think what rpm's it would go to ?
Though they are a linked system....so if PR remains under contol, then rpm should be in check as well.
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Using a POP-OFF valve alone to control boost is a good way to destroy your turbos - A wastgate reduces the amount of exhaust energy spinning the turbo, a BOV just releases charge air and nothing to reduce the exhaust energy reaching the turbine, thereby allowing the the turbo to overspeed.
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Originally posted by maxpesce
Using a POP-OFF valve alone to control boost is a good way to destroy your turbos - A wastgate reduces the amount of exhaust energy spinning the turbo, a BOV just releases charge air and nothing to reduce the exhaust energy reaching the turbine, thereby allowing the the turbo to overspeed.
Using a POP-OFF valve alone to control boost is a good way to destroy your turbos - A wastgate reduces the amount of exhaust energy spinning the turbo, a BOV just releases charge air and nothing to reduce the exhaust energy reaching the turbine, thereby allowing the the turbo to overspeed.
Am I missing something ? I have to agree, on the face of it, as when a blow off valve opens PR goes to 0 but the turbo still spins at 50 000rpm or more for quite a while ...... Hence with a POP system the turbine will have to over speed if there is no reduction in mass flow rate to the turbine (which there is not).
I think I am right? , oh it's too early for me
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