BOV Return Ideas

[GreenEagle]

I just finished installing my Victory Performance FMIC kit, and I need to find something to use for a BOV return tube, as the stock one isn't close to working anymore. I thought of using a radiator hose, but don't know if I will be able to find one with exactly the right bend in it. I was trying to think of something more flexible that would just bend to whatever angle I need.

What is everyone else using with their aftermarket IC piping?

 

[Corman12345]

Just go to the auto store and show them your problem and look through their books to find a radiator hose that has the right amount of bend in it, you may have to cut it short but it will fit. I did the same thing with my greddy s and uicp and used a radiator hose from a 98 geo and it works awsome and is loud!!

Hope this helps

 

[Defiant]

Or radiator flex hose. There are the corrugated ones, and Gates has a line with a big ol' wire molded into it that you can bend to shape.

 

[Dieselboy]

Plumbing stores also have this plastic flex tube available. Looks good and looks like it would be much noisier with that hose instead.

 

[Mirage2LTurbo]

or you can just leave it off and vent it

 

[CvicKila02]

DO NOT VENT!! but i made myself a return tube from 1" silcone tube from Home Depo. I heated it up with a heat gun and slid it in place used some worm clams to hold it down and its fine. Although u can barly hear your BOV it works just fine.

-Dave

 

[98TsiAWD]

Do a Blow-thru 3" GM MAS with translator. Then you can vent

 

[CvicKila02]

That is the only way you can vent. Unless u have a VPC or other standalone system.

 

[RACER-X]

thats not true.. i vented without one just fine with no problem.

 

[CvicKila02]

RACER-X, ur probably one of the few that can. But it is not recomended that you vent to the atmo. read up and do a search on venting. DON"T DO IT PERIOD.

 

[98TsiAWD]

Originally posted by RACER-X
thats not true.. i vented without one just fine with no problem.

But I bet you were running very rich between gears, so that your ECU was pulling timing before you even got to hit the next gear.

 

[DSMRevolution]

Ya know, why can't one of us just say, "Vente no good!" and everybody be happy?

 

[Defiant]

Well, then it wouldn't be DSMtuners, would it?

 

[RACER-X]

Yeah, my plugs were nice and black at the bottom.

 

[lowridin2g]

thats not true.. i vented without one just fine with no problem.

well that my friend is not true. u run rich between gears which pulls timing like said above which equals lost horsepower. even though your car may seem to idle/run fine, its not. may not be much power loss at all but it def is too much for me. every hp counts