Turbosmart Blow Off Valves Thread

[tattooaddict]

Just fitted the Turbosmart Kompact Supersonic in about 30 minutes. Seeing I've rarely swung a spanner in my life...prefer to leave it to pro's...I'm happy with the result, sounds good, goes better, $300 well spent. Now I'm going to crack open a carton of Jimmies (which I bought with the money I saved installing the BOV myself) and sit back watching the V8 Supercars for the rest of the day.

[YLD-11Z]

  hulk xr6t said:

I bought a Turbosmart Kompact series Bov for the XR6T. Its a plumb back BOV. I have a few questions...

1. Can someone explain what the diiference between soft setting VS hard setting?

2. What should I set it on running 15psi?

3. Are these BOV's installed the opposite way to the stock BOV. The boost and exhaust side are opposite?

1. the sound is alot tighter when its set to hard

2. doesnt really matter what you set it on

3. I dont believe its installed opposite to the stock one

[xr6tunv]

Just wondering where I join the t-peice for my boost guage with the turbosmart bov adapter. It says that the bov vac hose needs to directly join to the vac nipple, but I ignored that but I got some serious leakage and hardly boosting. So is there another place to join it or even how to connect it because the t-peice is to loose sorta thing and even with a little hose clamp it still leaks.

Thankyou.

[ETM]

sounds like the wrong size hose for the t piece.

get a t piece that fits the hose

[xr6tunv]

Dont worry now. I've recieved more parts from GFB and changed back to the old pipe and back to the gfb stealth and blcoked the plumbback. Thanks anyway

If anyone wants to buy the adapter and gfb megasonic bov give me a pm.

[Moose]

Might as well add my 2c.

Bought one of these yesterday afternoon, but I bought the one that has the trumpet on one side and nothing on the other, so its not a plumb back one at all. Shut off the stock 'plumb in' pipe with the metal plug they provided, hooked the BOV up to the BOV line & connected the vac hose up.

Didn't wind it tighter or looser, just left it how it came out of the box. Took it for a run up the street, still holds boost well, doesnt leak boost, and has a good sound to it. The psshh sound comes out in 3 bursts, followed by the waste gate dumping a 'hektik flutter uleh'

Over all, for $260 that it cost me, it was worth it. Mine being auto you can make it so that no one hears it when u drive, or that everyone hears you, and it doesn't get annoying going off every time you shift gears.

My final rating is *****

[jrfttf]

got one of the kits with a megasonic attached to it!

Quiet happy with it all

As said earlier the valves by turbosmart are decent quality!

pic below of mine installed!

anyway m 2 cents

[CJF077]

What did it cost you?

[sensoryamusia]

I've got the same kit but a gfb megasonic bov.

pretty happy with it but it only vents loud on super soft settings, im after a sharp snap

[jrfttf]

  CJF077 said:

What did it cost you?

as for mine the fitting kit was $270 inc Brand new

was spewing cause the week after could have got a second hand one cheap

as for the valve I scored it for $245 brand new as well

All in all I think I did ok price wise cause it all new and I found out retail prices and I can say im well in front!