Turbo blow off valve

[Nine Tailed Fox]

anyone else always think "damn that's awesome" when they hear one irl..

[lewdicrous]

Pure eargasm.

[Beef Boss]

The nice tial ones sure, but I hate the annoyingly loud ones.

[Levent]

Every little european rice rocket here has one, I like the way some of them sound (TiAL makes great sounding ones). Dream is as always T51R (or modded housing) and external wastegate.

An example: (this one probably has wastegate connected to exhaust and doesnt run a bov)

 

[PlayStation 2]

Blow-off valves are the official sound of "I put all my money into the engine and nothing else".

[Anomnomnomaly]

1 hour ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Blow-off valves are the official sound of "I put all my money into the engine and nothing else".

But it's better than those who magnetise the car and drive through the nearest car spares shop to see what crap sticks... and then drives around in a car that they think looks the dogs bollocks and sounds like it's got a lawnmower engine in it. 

[PlayStation 2]

3 minutes ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

But it's better than those who magnetise the car and drive through the nearest car spares shop to see what crap sticks... and then drives around in a car that they think looks the dogs bollocks and sounds like it's got a lawnmower engine in it. 

Oh, the average Civic owner?

[dizmo]

Love the sound. I remember being in a friends fully done S13....every gear change would lead to the person beside us looking over with a 'wtf was that' look.

Such a nice car.

1 hour ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Blow-off valves are the official sound of "I put all my money into the engine and nothing else".

Except, you know, they're super cheap mods...

[PlayStation 2]

17 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Except, you know, they're super cheap mods...

Statement still applies.

[straight_stewie]

12 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Statement still applies.

I think we've forgotten that there is an actual purpose to BOVs and it is not to make sound.

[IkeaGnome]

When I hear it, I just think "Dang, that person cares about his turbo. Wonder what he has in it"

[dizmo]

55 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Statement still applies.

Most people I know who've done BOV upgrades also have suspension and exhaust.

[Blademaster91]

1 hour ago, Anomnomnomaly said:

But it's better than those who magnetise the car and drive through the nearest car spares shop to see what crap sticks... and then drives around in a car that they think looks the dogs bollocks and sounds like it's got a lawnmower engine in it. 

Or still better than those people that chop their springs so their car scrapes on every bump.

[Nine Tailed Fox]

56 minutes ago, Blademaster91 said:

Or still better than those people that chop their springs so their car scrapes on every bump.

and the "hella flush" people

[atxcyclist]

1 minute ago, Nine Tailed Fox said:

and the "hella flush" people

Such a ridiculous fad.

[Nine Tailed Fox]

 

[Founders]

If you’re still on a stock turbo/turbos a BOV will actually hinder your performance. Many cars use a diverter valve from the manufacturer which recycles a portion of the previous charge for the next while only releasing 50 percent of the charge to the atmosphere. If you’re tuning a car with supporting mods it’s better to go with an aftermarket diverter valve rather than a BOV. At the end of the day it’s literally a noise maker. With people dropping their cars to the ground, running completely open exhausts, and wide body kits with over sized wheels and tires, I’m not surprised people’s readiness to literally throw their money in the bin.