BOV question.

[landrocket]

i have a 95 gsx and i want to install a ssqv BOV on it that vents to atmosphere and i'm going to plug the recir hole on the intake. will this cause any problems if i'm not using a late model GM MAF with the MAF translator?

 

[AWD-TSI]

mine idled like Crap. runs rich too or at least mine did

 

[boostedjay32]

yes your car will run like crap because your mas will think the air released by the BOV is still in the system... you will run rich too as stated above... buy the rec kit for it ....

 

[420a_turbo]

i have a 95 gsx and i want to install a ssqv BOV on it that vents to atmosphere and i'm going to plug the recir hole on the intake. will this cause any problems if i'm not using a late model GM MAF with the MAF translator?

Car will run like poopy for sure. Why you wanna do that anyways?

Just for the sound? Do you understand that recirculating the released boost will help your turbo spool faster? Even though it sounds cool to have it dump into the atmosphere, you are really screwing yourself out of a little performance....


To me, its kinda a rice move, but hey different strokes for different folks.

 

[jbark]

here let me save you time and dumb looks and posts bashing you because thats all you asked for with a post like this not to mention this will cost half that price of the ssqv and be better.

BUY:

manual boost controller
boost gauge
1G BOV + adapter

directions:

install boost controller, and boost gauge and bov (with recirc) and turn up boost a few pounds until you find a way to tune. this will make your bov loud and set you up for further mods. trust me its better and can cost a minimum of $100. hell get a hard pipe kit and your at the price of the ssqv.

dont be rice, the fast and the furious did that years ago for us and then the hangover reinvented the ricer eclipse with obnoxious wing...

 

[420a_turbo]

here let me save you time and dumb looks and posts bashing you because thats all you asked for with a post like this not to mention this will cost half that price of the ssqv and be better.

BUY:

manual boost controller
boost gauge
1G BOV + adapter

directions:

install boost controller, and boost gauge and bov (with recirc) and turn up boost a few pounds until you find a way to tune. this will make your bov loud and set you up for further mods. trust me its better and can cost a minimum of $100. hell get a hard pipe kit and your at the price of the ssqv.

dont be rice, the fast and the furious did that years ago for us and then the hangover reinvented the ricer eclipse with obnoxious wing...

Glad Im not the only one that feels this way. To be really honest, now that Im 28 I dont really want the little kids' attention at the light. My 420a's have MAP setup and both dump into the atmosphere. So, I drive off a red light, shift about 3k and splash. People look at the car, start revving their riced out honda/acura/DSM(yeah I said it) and think I want to race just because of my BOV. I could give a shit about street racing anymore, I just love my cars. If I could I would shut my BOV up and make it nice and quite.

Further more, people that dump their WG into the atmosphere, just for the sound are also rice!! Thats how I feel anyways. WG's are to be dumped back into your DP, safely. If you wanna replace fried shit or risk fire under the engine bay among many other things just to make you car sound cool, you are a ricer!!

Anyways, OP: you should do as was stated above. For the same $$ the BOV you want will cost, you could really get your car running great. Dont do it. Get a 1g BOV, up the boost a bit with a MBC, get a logger, some hard pipes etc....

Money is much better spent else where....

 

[Doubleot]

Yeah I learned sounding "rice" the hard way, I put on a type rs knockoff "p.o.s" and vented to the atmosphere yeah it sounds good but my car ran like crap, 2 weeks later, put my 1g on recirculated and it runs like a champ.
Do what these guys are advising, I'm getting a Mbc soon to run 14 or 15 psi.

 

[my dreamt dsm]

i have a 95 gsx and i want to install a ssqv BOV on it that vents to atmosphere and i'm going to plug the recir hole on the intake. will this cause any problems if i'm not using a late model GM MAF with the MAF translator?

OP, I'll be the nice guy here. Since it's your money but we advise it to be use wisely.
Don't vent on a stock maf without a translator. If you are wondering why. Take out your recirc. tube and drive around the block with whatever bov you have right now. With the ssqv bov, it will pretty much run the same, unless you get it recirculated or a translator which isn't really necessary yet. comprende amigo! Hope that helps. And welcome to your first post!

edit: I just read your profile. Is it up to date. If you have that much mods and aren't quit sure with your bov. That's odd! I thought anyone would of know that compare to all the work done to the car or did you buy it like that?

 

[landrocket]

i"m still building the car and am only a few weeks away from having it driving. I've been working on cars and building hot rods for 22 years but only muscle cars like mustangs and trans am's. this is my first import that I'm building and my first experience with turbocharged systems. i keep seeing aftermarket piping with BOV's that vent to atmosphere that is said to be a bolt on for the eclipse. i couldn't understand how that would work with a MAF on the inlet side of the turbo. I guess these people on ebay and other sites are just trying to get their products sold without having to tell you that you have to spend a crap load more money on a GM MAF, a MAF translator and a DSMlink to get it to all work correctly. being new to turbo systems has me with a few questions about certain things and how they interact and work together but the only way to learn is to ask questions and hope you get responses from people that are willing to help you and not criticize and treat you like a dumb ass because they think your question is ridiculous. so i would like to thank the good guys out there that take the time to help a fellow tuner out.

 

[talon187]

if your looking to vent take it from me go speed density. Get a good tunning setup the first time around. Im on my 3ard or 4th setup. I ran a maft and a safc2 the setup ran pretty well but the gm maf doesnt mesure air temp or density it only mesures how much comes in. So my tune would very day to day somes days alittle rich others lean. Then i went to a Maf pro setup thats speed density. It ran pretty well on a bs tune i never got it tune by someone who knew what they were doing it has alot of seetings and features. was alot better over the maft and safc2. I am now on to aem and i love it but its expensive. But after the money i spent on the frist two setups it was more then what i spent on my aem so yeah...a maf pro would work really well just as long as you had someone fine tune it

 

[volkri25]

I had a SSQV vented to the atmosphere with a mostly stock car. BAD idea, my car always ran with a lumpy idle, kind of like if i had 272's or 280's as cams. But the car always ran to lean, i was suprised that some days i would hit a fuel cut while under WOT.

 

[Defiant]

i have a 95 gsx and i want to install a ssqv BOV on it that vents to atmosphere

You won't get help with that on this site.

 

[Ludachris]

What Defiant means is that this is a very common question and the general stance on this site is that venting to the atmosphere is not suggested. In fact, if you're doing it improperly simply to hear that loud "woooosh" sound in between shifts, you're going to get crap for it from our members. This site has historically worked toward getting DSMers to do things the right way, and we cater to performance, not people who just want to show the world that they have a loud BOV on their turbo car (I typically consider those who vent to the atmosphere improperly to be posers who are looking to show off).

So to answer your question, no, it is not the right way to do it. And yes, it could possibly cause your car to run poorly. Since you're new, I advise you to read the FAQ forum, as your question would have been answered had you read through the required reading we ask everyone to do when they register:
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/welcome-forum-member-intros/334925-welcome-site-read.html

Thanks, and welcome to the site.