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firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:14

Rich wrote:Eric, I want some video! Mainly because I don't wanna drive back up there to hear it

I just got some video, but remembered the cord to upload it is at work, so tomorrow..

tbot · Postby **tbot** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:14

^^way to go genious...haha but still glad its working the way u want it to eric, and for what brief time I got to hear it, it sounded wicked good.

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

Video:

Rich · Postby **Rich** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

Very nice Eric....sounds good! I may go this route as well.

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

Im loving it more and more.. Its amazing how fast it dumps. I cant wait to hear how it sounds with more boost. Friday I will be installing the standback...YAY!!

mOOsE · Postby **mOOsE** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

firestoned wrote:Im loving it more and more.. Its amazing how fast it dumps. I cant wait to hear how it sounds with more boost. Friday I will be installing the standback...YAY!!

sweet...may have to swing by the shop and hear it in person.

Rich · Postby **Rich** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

I see that TC Performance in Arvada is listed as a distributor. Might have to go talk to them.

5420 Marshall St. Unit F
Arvada, CO 80002
Phone: (720) 974-0888 or (720) 974-1088

mOOsE · Postby **mOOsE** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

Rich wrote:I see that TC Performance in Arvada is listed as a distributor. Might have to go talk to them.

5420 Marshall St. Unit F
Arvada, CO 80002
Phone: (720) 974-0888 or (720) 974-1088

Not sure if you have been there before but they are great guys. Honda/Acura guys, but thats forgivable

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

mOOsE wrote:sweet...may have to swing by the shop and hear it in person.

feel free..

mOOsE wrote:Not sure if you have been there before but they are great guys. Honda/Acura guys, but thats forgivable

+1, My friend talks good things about them too

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

FYI, www.therpmstore.com has the Synapse BOV for $219 shipped. Ive ordered from them before, fast shipping, they are in TExas

Gmoney · Postby **Gmoney** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 9:14

+1 on the rpmstore.........Got my Cp-e exhaust in three days. I think I might do this as my car is driven very nice most of the time and I do get quite a bit of flutter no matter how soft I set the spring on my TurboSmart.........Thanks for the info.

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:14

12/22 - UPDATE

The new turbo has been in "break-in" mode for the last month, seemed it only liked to get 12psi throughout the range, no matter what. Diagnosing and troubleshooting the issue has taken the better part of a month, and am pleased to say the issue will be remedied today with a new Wastegate Control Solenoid Valve (if UPS shows today, lol). Seems that when my last turbo went out, the solenoid was burned out due to the amount of pressure the cold side saw on the 4mile drive home with the turbo free-spinning. Also, I had an open circuit on the 1H wire on my Standback harness, (clutch switch wire). A new harness should arrive tomorrow, and I am so giddy about about it. As long as everything else is good, I should be posting dyno numbers later in January. More updates as they come..

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 9:14

cool glad it's going good.

303native · Postby **303native** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:14

Firestoned - great info on the bov's! I've been trying to find this kind of info and research, and haven't been until now (prob cuz it hasn't really been done by many msp peeps). Anyway, I'm still learning so this is a pretty elementary ? and the answers prob so obvious that people just don't talk about it, but I noticed on mazdas247 there were some guys raving about the Forge bpv's. And I was hoping you guys could shed some light on why a bov is better than one of these upgraded bpv's?

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:14

A blow off valve will BLOW the "unused" pressure into the atmosphere (VTA). They have adapters to make them "recirculate" the air back into the intake, like a BPV.

The bypass valve will feed the "unused" pressure into the INTAKE (recirculating)

The overall design is the same though, just different ways to get rid of excess boost.

On a speed6, wether you have a BOV or BPV, a recirculating scenario is better to keep air/fuel ratios in check.

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