Bosch and Stock BOV?

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Mr.PFloyd

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well i havre heard of many people running dual Bosch's. But i have heard that sometimes bosch's have surge at low end. So hat i was wondering is that would there be benefit for running a stock BOV at the low end and a bosch for the top? Also how would i route the bov's for this? Post your criticism.
 

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i've had 0 surge w/ a bosch, not to mention all 3 of the stockers i had leaked under boost, and wouldn't open at all when the throttle was closed.... so, in other word... HORRIBLE idea... toss the stocker... you'd actually be better off using no bpv than the stock one :-/
 

Mr.PFloyd

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89jdm7m said:
i've had 0 surge w/ a bosch, not to mention all 3 of the stockers i had leaked under boost, and wouldn't open at all when the throttle was closed.... so, in other word... HORRIBLE idea... toss the stocker... you'd actually be better off using no bpv than the stock one :-/
heh i guess i can make a shift knob or somethign with the stocker hah.
Nick M said:
Read the review. No word on surging that I have seen. Surging comes from mismatched turbo and engine sizes usually.
well good thing i bought one. i have it in my hand right now i was just wondering.
 

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Bosch diverter valve (BOV) is good to very high PSI rates if it's installed correctly.

I have seen so many turned the wrong way it's not even funny anymore however.

You have to keep it so boost pressure holds it closed, and intake vacume allows it to flutter open and allows air to leak past it.

If you have it bassackwards, it will leak and flow when you don't want it to.

Here is an old pic of my dual Bosch BOV setup. use two Porsche Diverter Valves, they were about 30.00 each IIRC.

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Notice how they are both arranged so they face "up" when installed. When you get this valve, try this. Blow through both sides. Your going to notice that you can blow air through the valve barely if you blow at the bottem fitting. If you try and blow through the side fitting, you can't get any air through at all. (Reason is the air pressure is helping to seat the valve, and the more pressure you add, the more it just stays closed. The other side is true however, it wants to allow air to leak by, and is solely closed by spring pressure alone. Low spring pressure at that.)

Under intake vac. conditions, it pulls this valve open, and allows the pressure to divert back into the intake pipe, blowing on the compressor wheel, and keeping boost up between shifts for example.

A very cool side effect of this larger valve is the bypassed air get's a short cut to your engine from the filter. This helps with throttle response I belive due to better low speed air flow.
 

KINGPIN33

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I bought mine from a SAAB dealer in Mississauga... It was like $75 CAD before tax. If you ordered from US, shipping and duties kill it and sometimes its hard to source the 110 valve, the supposedly better one.
 

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I can't remember were I found the part number but VW also uses the same Bosch bpv. I got mine from the VW dealer here in town for $38.00
 
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