landon

Hi guys



Im piecing together my turbo kit now in hopes to have everything I need by June of this year. My goal is to be boosted by the end of that month. I asked a couple of people about what blow off valve they have on their cars and people are saying that blow off valves can cause premature spark plug and catalytic converter replacement. Can someone confirm this and if its the case what do I do to prevent it from happening? Or is there nothing that can be done?

SpoolinShark

Ive personally never heard of that and not sure how a BOV would even effect the two. The BOV is used to let excess boost have a place to vent to when the gas is let off/shifting and what not. If there wasn't a place for the boost to vent to, it would have to find a place to go and typically it tries to escape back through the turbo. This ultimately causes turbo shutter, which is a no no. So having a BOV is a good idea. Anyone else wanna chime in on this?

steelcoffinx3

That's probably from people mounting them after the maf sensor, the car runs rich momentary when it vents (it's venting off metered air) it should be recirculated. I've said it before, they're a bullshit device that you don't need, I don't feel like arguing about it again here's some good reading. http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1457/article.html http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=17113

turbosocks

i don't think your going to have issues with spark plugs or your cat from the BOV. yeah your running rich for a fraction of a second between shifts but i doubt its enough to significantly reduce the life of your plugs or your cat. most turbo cars run rich in between shifts and ive never really heard of anyone needing to replace their cat/plugs much more than when their car was N/A.



get a BOV though for sure. there is no reason not to and it will be better on your turbo.. a BOV is 50$. i'd rather put less stress on a 800$ turbo than skimp out on 50$.