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I can't remember the name of this part that like 2 hours ago i was having
an entire conversation about :banghead: . Its the part that makes that
high pitched air release sound in a car when shifting. I was informed that
you can get these for automatics now and if it was a decent price i would
maybe buy one..only b/c it sounds nicer. Please help me if you know the
name and/or who makes one for an auto trans?
GonnaDie4TheGov
Blow-off valve?....
SlipKnoT
thats it!!!!! that was bothering me so much that i couldn't remember
GonnaDie4TheGov
the blow off valve(BOV) doesn't make a noise when you shift gears, it
releases boost into the atmosphere from a forced induction engine when
releasing the throttle.
the whole process for releasing boost with a BOV also involves a dump pipe,
what happens is the boost from the turbo, flows through the dump pipe, hits
the closed up butterfly wall from the throttle body, then it doubles back
through the dump pipe into the now open butterfly wall from the BOV and
releases into the atmosphere.
basically, a BOV isn't just for show, it's actually a helpful instrument
when it comes to an engine with forced induction, a piston blow off valve
is actually recommended for high powered turbo/supercharged cars.
most of japans high powered drag cars and street cars have piston BOV's
with high powered HKS Turbo's, it's actually quite interesting when you
start to learn about it.
HyundaGuy
HKS, GReedy, GO FAST BITS, BLITZ etc... they'll all supply an 'automatic'
BOV, all BOV's fit anything, the transmission has nothing to do with it
really, just aslong as you have a engine with a forced induction then you
can have a BOV.
you can also get a Compression Release Valve (CRV), it just releases high
compression combustions into the atmosphere, it's the same basic concept as
a BOV.
HyundaGuy
Well i have a 4 cylinder 96 accord auto...which one do you recommend for
mine? Also price?
GonnaDie4TheGov
:screwy: - so what makes the noise then?
windsonian
has it got a forced induction? if not, is the c/r over 13:1?
HyundaGuy
is boost passing through the blow off valve, so technically, the BOV
doesn't make the noise, the boost passing through it does, therefore, the
four stroke cycle makes it from goin' through the turbo, through the dump
pipe, double backing up through the BOV.
in other words, the BOV helps release the boost into the atmosphere, in the
process it makes a PHIIISSS sound.
HyundaGuy
I am semi-new to working on cars...what is forced induction? though now you
prob think im an idiot lol :doh:
GonnaDie4TheGov
Now come to think of it when my and friend were talking about intake i
believe he said my car is a forced induction, thats why i can use a ram air
or something...it was like 2 or 3 months ago
GonnaDie4TheGov
:screwy: What in the hell was your friend talking about lol There are no
Accords (or pretty much any Honda for that matter) that are force inducted
from the factory.
A car with forced induction is a car that has a blower (basically a huge
supercharger), supercharger, or a turbocharger.
SlipKnoT
Im pretty sure his car (since its stock) doesnt have a forced induction
system on it. Or high compression for that matter. If he wants to turbo
charge his car, he needs to start with the basics (i.e. cold air intake,
header, exhaust system, etc.) He'll also have to get a better ECU.
SlipKnoT
I have ram air intake, im getting headers, and a muffler...the rest of the
exhaust is brand new so im not even gonna bother to change it. If i need
anything else then w/e im not gonna worry about it. I jsut thought it might
be something different
GonnaDie4TheGov
You could get a small turbo set up from Turbonetics for a reasonable price.
It would only put out about 6-8psi. It would add about 40+hp.
SlipKnoT
How much?
GonnaDie4TheGov
Ok lets see....what year and model is your Accord? And is it a 2 door or 4
door?
SlipKnoT
1996 Accord Lx 2Dr. 2.2 liter 4 Cylinder Engine
GonnaDie4TheGov
If your a ricer you can hook up a BOV to a can of CO2 and rig it to a
button it releases CO2 when you press it.
But by the time you put all the work in and money it would be more
worthwhile to just go buy a damn turbo setup.
Oomba
I assume you're joking .... that's like saying a trumpet doesn't make
sound, the air moving through it does.
Would it make the sound without the BOV? Would you get a trumpet sound
without the trumpet?
windsonian
That post was just a waste of time to write. And since you said that you
must have exp. with rigging up ricers.
GonnaDie4TheGov
you mean charge pipe, the dump pipe is what comes off your wastegate and
feeds back into the exhaust. the blow off vale is on the charge pipe from
your turbo or intercooler to your throttle body
airmanUSN
The truth is slowly coming out :clap:
fudge
Nah, you just wouldnt beleive the amount of ricers in my area that brag
about this kind of stuff.
Oomba
Well you listen to them? All you do on here is bash them not even listen.
Plus if you talk to them they must be your friends. :laughing:
GonnaDie4TheGov
You overhear alot of things in the halls of high schools.
Plus ricers like to invade car get togethers around here
Oomba
Its the same around here with the car get togethers.... :banghead:
SlipKnoT
we don't think you're an idiot... :wink2:
dodger65
Im happy to say in my town there are so few ricers its very nice. Though
like 30 min away there is a larger town that, not to be racist or anything,
has alot of ricans so they all have two tone crx's or early 90's integras
with big wings and fart cans. My mom works there so all the time i hear her
say that i better not turn my accord into a ghetto ride like that
:laughing:
GonnaDie4TheGov
Well i know more about other aspects of cars but alot of stuff still
bewilders me :doh:
GonnaDie4TheGov
hey, i'm just messin' w/ ya. i'm an insufferable smartass by nature...
hence, the :laughing:
:thumbs:
dodger65
My city is crawling with ricers. But there is a nice suberb of my city that
has alot of muscle cars and stuff.
Oomba
my town is crawling with muscle... everyone used to bring their cars to
this restaraunt parking lot every week and show em off... then the placed
closed :banghead:
markymark3
We have pretty much the same thing. They do it on Thursday nights. Its
funny when ricers try to pull in they have people that tell them they arent
allowed to park in the lot that has the nice cars in it.
Oomba
how's the trumpet goin' to make sound without the air running through
it?
how's the BOV goin' to release the boost into the atmosphere without the
boost in the first place.
in aus we call it a dump pipe.
HyundaGuy
If you're going to be that picky about it: it's the air passing through the
valve, with the dynamics of it causing vibrations (waves) at an audible
frequency. It's not "boost" passing through it.
And with the trumpet, you still need the resonance due to the material
properties of the instrument to make the desired sound, not just the air.
You would still say the trumpet is making the sound, wouldn't you?
I guess this would be the best way to explain it: The air is always going
to be there in a turbo system, but it will only make the sound if the BOV
releases the pressure - to me, that says that the BOV is making the sound.
Sure the valve wouldn't make the noise without the air, but that is the
purpose of the valve, I can't think of any inert object that just makes
noise on its own without an outside influence. Refer Newton's 1st Law of
motion.
What you're saying is like saying that spoilers/wings etc do not provide
downforce for a car (I'm talking about fast cars that actually use them for
performance), the air flowing around the wing does. Which is true, but
shows little common-sense to say that the wing doesn't create the
downforce. The airflow over the car is always going to be there, the wing
just utilises it.
windsonian
very well said, now you see my point, even with the part, without the
induction, the part wont work, so the part is useless without the forced
induction.... yes?
HyundaGuy
I know exactly what you're saying (I like getting into pedantic details to
prove generally irrelevant points too :laughing: for the sake of winning
an argument), but the question was, what part makes the sound. I say BOV,
you say air.... I'm pretty sure I know which answer he was after.
windsonian
to be exact, it's a valve inside of the BOV that makes the part.
but yes, you're correct, when i was saying that the air makes the sound i
meant without the air, the BOV would be useless, that was my whole
point.
YES, i admit, you've explained it better.
HyundaGuy
(SORRY BOUT THE DOUBLE POST)
also, when it comes to the c/r being below 13:1, you can't exactly put a
CRV on it, mainly because it doesn't have a high compression to release.
basically, without a REALLY high c/r or a forced induction, a BOV/CRV is
useless!
HyundaGuy
