I was cleaning and polishing my supercharger
when I noticed a little device on the top right next to the TB mount area. It looks like a BOV that was on my mothers old Turbo Caravan. I'm sure it's not but two questions.
BTW, it is brass colored and has a spring loaded arm that pushes air out the the device.
Is it a BOV?
Why would someone want to BOV on a supercharger? It wouldn't do much good would it?
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The Bypass Valve... What does it do?
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It allows you to drive the car at partial throttle without making boost by opening the valve to let air into the motor bypassing the blower's rotors. This allows you to have good gas milage by not always being under boost and reduces drag on the motor by not forcing the blower to compress air at all times.
- 93 mph in the 1/8 mile
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Bingo we have a winner ^^^
If you have a Boost gauge you can see at what throttle possition the by pass valve closes and when you see boost.
I have a ? If say you buy a blow off valve like an HKS ss, will it still sound the same as if it were on a turbo car, Boost is Boost right? Thanks
if you have the gm charger then you cant replace the bypass valve. now if you have a centrifugal charger then you can put whatever bov you want on it.
2000 Camaro V6.
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I have the vortech v-9. But I dont want to buy the bov if it cant be heard.
if you have the vortech v9g, u should already have the vortech bov on it if its the kit made by rsm....i have the rsm stage 1 kit..... its insanely loud with the votech bov.... but i dont think u have many options at all with a roots style blower...but if you have a centrifugal, then u should have no problem finding a loud bov... i would recomend the vortech one, good name and sounds awesome.. good luck
Well when I had it running I drove it down the street and only in first I got in it till about 5000 then let off and it seemed to just kind of ease out not a loud phhhsssttt!! It just sounded like the s/c was winding down not like a bov. What could be wrong not to hijack this post.
I have the vortech s/c from I guess rsm cause I bought the car off someone else and he didnt tell me anything.
