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« on: May 14, 2008, 06:45:49 PM »

If you thought my car was loud before...



It just got louder  occasion1
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« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2008, 07:34:01 PM »

mmmmmm - toys.


That's next on mine. I need two of them though Smiley
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« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2008, 08:33:13 AM »

mmmmmm - toys.


That's next on mine. I need two of them though Smiley

Mo money mo problems.

I've heard dual BOVs on a V8 before - sounds absolutely amazing!   notworthy
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« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2008, 10:07:57 AM »

Do we have a "green with envy" smilely here?   sad8
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« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2008, 02:33:33 PM »

I have no idea what you guys are talking about.  Is that a horn or a siren or something?  dontknow  tongue3  Huh?  Embarrassed
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« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2008, 03:04:52 PM »

It's a blow off valve (sometimes referred to as a pop off valve). It relieves pressure in overboost conditions on a turbocharged car. They make an awesome sound when the actuate so yes, I guess you could call it a horn Smiley
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2008, 03:15:21 PM »

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I have no idea what you guys are talking about.  Is that a horn or a siren or something?        


 ROFL


I was thinking about a T off the turbo hoses and sticking a couple of Kazoo's in there instead of the valves....
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« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2008, 04:08:24 PM »


 ROFL


I was thinking about a T off the turbo hoses and sticking a couple of Kazoo's in there instead of the valves....

It's already been done...We taped three kazoos to a friend's SARD BOV at the SE 2001 Toyota MR2 meet.  He didn't notice so when we all went for a drive we nearly drove off the road laughing every time he shifted.  It was the funniest sound I've heard from a car.  toothy10

To get into a little more detail about the function of a BOV, it is designed to sit somewhere in the post-turbocharger intake piping.  It is a valve held closed by a spring and positive pressure from the car's vacuum system (when under boost).  When you close the throttle, the turbocharger is still spinning and trying to shove all that boost into a closed throttle plate.  In the case of the Esprit, this boost results in compressor "surge" which is the result of that boost pressure running backwards through the turbo which makes a loud flutter sound.

The solution is a blow off valve, which was originially designed to extend the life of a turbo by preventing the compressor surge.  Then people started to figure out how totally cool they sounded so they started showing up on just about every modified car with a turbo.  They got so pupular than you can actually buy a fake BOV which has a speaker mounted under the hood and makes a fake swoosh sound when the throttle closes.  Now that's lame.
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« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2008, 07:00:17 PM »

Ya think?
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« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2008, 10:31:52 PM »

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They got so pupular than you can actually buy a fake BOV which has a speaker mounted under the hood and makes a fake swoosh sound when the throttle closes.  Now that's lame.

Dude.  I was gonna put one of those on the 300.  Right after I put the fake "porthole" style vents on the fenders......
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