blow off valve problems

[yurch0111]

my blow off valve squeaked before now it hisses like a snake. what is the problem????

 

[wmertz]

check vaccum lines.. and see if there is any pressure comin out of it when its idling..

 

[boostedb16]

do you have it adjusted too soft, my greddy type s did that and i adjusted mine more on the hard side and it quit.

 

[2slo4u]

wut is the difference on soft and hard?..i leave mine on hard but never knew the reason..sound?

 

[all go no show]

wut is the difference on soft and hard?..i leave mine on hard but never knew the reason..sound?

I believe its just dependent on the amount of boost you are running... if you have the thing set too hard, and you have a small turbo on low psi, it might not be enough to open it.
And if you have a beast turbo blowing at high pressure, and the spring is soft, it might open when you dont want it.

 

[2slo4u]

so td05 at 5 of 6 psi , i should put it to soft?

 

[Shiznit]

yes you should. td05 is a small turbo, 5 psi on it is weak sauce

 

[1999CivicEX]

So say you boost 20 lbs on a Garrett T3/60-1 w/ .63 a/r you would put it on hard right

 

[Matt.]

its not really just a few options, its not Soft, Hard, the Normal... You kind of got to play with it to get it right. But most honda's would be on the softer side.

 

[1999CivicEX]

its not really just a few options, its not Soft, Hard, the Normal... You kind of got to play with it to get it right. But most honda's would be on the softer side.

So I boost 20lbs on a t3 I will still have to run a soft setup

 

[Shiznit]

So I boost 20lbs on a t3 I will still have to run a soft setup

hell no you wouldnt. i would run that on hard

 

[1999CivicEX]

hell no you wouldnt. i would run that on hard

Thats what I thought btw hows the intercooler

 

[Shiznit]

Thats what I thought btw hows the intercooler

the intercooler is in immaculate shape. still building the kit, but i dont think i will have a problem with it

 

[Matt.]

So I boost 20lbs on a t3 I will still have to run a soft setup

No, to run 20 pounds you would have to have a pretty nicely built engine, I was saying with most kits that people slap on and run with stock internals. If you know how to build an engine, you'd know how a bov works, and you would know how to run it.

 

[1999CivicEX]

No, to run 20 pounds you would have to have a pretty nicely built engine, I was saying with most kits that people slap on and run with stock internals. If you know how to build an engine, you'd know how a bov works, and you would know how to run it.

Block is going to get sleeved with a full bottom end build. As far as BOV goes I already an HKS SSQV don't think it even has an adjustment but havn't looked at it

 

[Shiznit]

its really simple when you think about it, the bigger a turbo, the less PSI you have to push to create a certain amount of HP. now say you have a t3/t04 which is the best of both worlds on a turbo... you dont have to push that much PSI through the turbo to create a lot of horse power because the turbo is pretty big even at a small size. the TDO4 and TD05 is a generally small turbo, so you have to push more PSI to create the equivalent power of a t3/t04.

this is the exact reason we ask you for the type and size of your turbo, when you ask how much power you will be looking at @ X ammount of PSI. PSI is irrelevent without proper knowledge of the setup

PS im wasted, so if this doesnt make sense to you PM me and ill answer your question in the morning when im sober enough to understand

 

[boostedb16]

so with a t3 at 5 psi off the top of your head what do you think the hp is.

 

[TiiM iiS l3eAsT]

170-180 hp....

 

[Steven.]

170-180 hp....

is that WHP or crank HP?

 

[TiiM iiS l3eAsT]

idk...its just a guess?

what would u guess?