Thought on Blow Off Valves
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Love mine too! Bought it for the protection, sound is a cool benifit! Really turns heads, that sound coming from a diesel truck I let her purge coming out of the burnout box at the track and everytime, i hear a unanimous, "Oh Sh!t!!!!" from the grandstands:rofl: = Priceless!Mines the BD kit. Ya it costs alot but the nice PCM functionability/tuneability of it is nice!
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sounds like a good idea , how much heat comes off the drive pressure line , arent blow off valves diaphram based and what material is the diaphram made of ?
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As far as I know, they do have a diaphragm, but I'm not 100% sure on that. I don't think the heat would be a big deal. You could coil some copper or aluminum tubing to dissipate any excess heat. I would be more concerned about soot plugging the tube.
BOVs are :gay: They are ment for when the throttle body closes fast on a gasser and the turbo has no where to go.....so the turbo stalls. Yes its rough on the turbo but I rather rebuild my turbo once a year than have a BOV on anything I own. My buick stalls the turbo hard when I get out of it and makes it shutter for several seconds, but like I said I'll rebuild it befor I sound like a honda
It's meant to keep from barking and damaging the turbo. I guess I fail to see how not wanting to screw up a turbo is gay.BOVs are :gay: They are ment for when the throttle body closes fast on a gasser and the turbo has no where to go.....so the turbo stalls. Yes its rough on the turbo but I rather rebuild my turbo once a year than have a BOV on anything I own. My buick stalls the turbo hard when I get out of it and makes it shutter for several seconds, but like I said I'll rebuild it befor I sound like a honda
barking is stalling
the sound is gay, reminds me of the fast and the furious. If I ever did run one I would vent it back into the trubo inlet so it wouldnt be heard
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These TiAL's dont sound ricey....No chattering, no whistling, just a loud ptsssssssssh, like if you stab a hole in an empty paint can and the pressure blasts out, kinds noise.
I realize that, but the way you wrote it, it sounded like you were saying that a diesel didn't need a BOV. I think parts that serve no purpose are gay. I don't see how something that is useful could be considered gay. To each his own, I guess.barking is stalling
the sound is gay, reminds me of the fast and the furious. If I ever did run one I would vent it back into the trubo inlet so it wouldnt be heard
I think if I put one on my truck, I'd vent it into the downpipe.
super diesel
<<<< Under Pressure
BOVs are :gay: They are ment for when the throttle body closes fast on a gasser and the turbo has no where to go.....so the turbo stalls. Yes its rough on the turbo but I rather rebuild my turbo once a year than have a BOV on anything I own. My buick stalls the turbo hard when I get out of it and makes it shutter for several seconds, but like I said I'll rebuild it befor I sound like a honda
Ever hear a I/C tube blow off in the middle of a pull? Same sound. Not ricer at all unless you get the ones with the amplifying little horn on it to sound like a gasser. You shoud try this TB6 :cool2:.
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super diesel
<<<< Under Pressure
Opps. Cats out. This is the tests were doing now to see how well it works. It's a closed system folks (no gasses going through the blow off). The diaphram is a high heat design (Phanalic, Mylar or similar material). It has to endure the temps from the pre I/C as is which can get pretty high on a big pressure run. I'll post up finding when done.
BOVs are :gay: They are ment for when the throttle body closes fast on a gasser and the turbo has no where to go.....so the turbo stalls. Yes its rough on the turbo but I rather rebuild my turbo once a year than have a BOV on anything I own. My buick stalls the turbo hard when I get out of it and makes it shutter for several seconds, but like I said I'll rebuild it befor I sound like a honda
Drive around with a bigger single charger that you spent hard earned money on and well revisit this statement
Dont worry, I'm pretty sure the charger on my Buick cost me far more than most do for our trucks....at least its more than a 4204R
I guess the real point is are they needed? They would be far more useful on a gasser because they will stall a turbo much harder and quicker than a diesel will. Can anyone prove that they had a charger failed from stalling it?
Heres a test to see if you really need one. Put a boost gauge near the turbo on a gasser and jump out of the throttle quick and see what it goes to....it will spike much higher than your peak boost number. Now put a boost gauge near the trubo on a diesel and jump out of the throttle and see what it does.
BOVs were originaly made for stick cars so that the turbo wouldnt stall durring shifts. When I had a stick diesel I could easly shift and get back into it befor the gauge would go below 10 pounds.
Heres a test to see if you really need one. Put a boost gauge near the turbo on a gasser and jump out of the throttle quick and see what it goes to....it will spike much higher than your peak boost number. Now put a boost gauge near the trubo on a diesel and jump out of the throttle and see what it does.
BOVs were originaly made for stick cars so that the turbo wouldnt stall durring shifts. When I had a stick diesel I could easly shift and get back into it befor the gauge would go below 10 pounds.
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my close friend snapped an exhaust wheel right off the turbine shaft off a brand new industrial injection silver bullet because he barked the turbo a couple times in like 10 minutes. having a blowoff valve would have prevented this. i think they are a little more useful on a diesel, especially on a single turbo setup, twin turbo setups are more forgiving and might not need it as much
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How did you come to this conclusion? Sounds more like a manufacturing defect to me. If barking a new turbo for 10 min breaks shafts I think we would see far more failures.
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