LAUNCHED- Forge 1.4T BPV and ATMOSPHERIC BOV **DIRECT FIT**
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sonic hotness
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Electric control phenomenon
Jk
Jk
rdss
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Preload, here's the link to all the new features and the TLA definitions.
http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t3847/
http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t3847/
Thaifight-R
Pika Pii!!!
Doesn't look like you can fit a duck call on one of these things. LOL
LOL
rdss
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Drove it most of the morning and it drives greats sounds great and and Ex didn't even complain about it. Under normal driving its no different than just a intake (real or RNI) with the windows up and you get a little more of that atmo BOV sound with the windows down, under WOT shifts it's full blown burst of air followed by the PSSHHHH, no chirp or whistle and certainly no quack.... I'm actually pretty happy with it. Other than the tight room to work getting the stocker out and the BNR/Forge in its great!!
Side note:
This is completely doable, just don't plan to have it done in 20 minutes and I'm also going to snug it up when I get back from det and will post what I use for tools. Full size 3/8" extensions, ratchet and torx socket are just to big for the space we have to work with. You will end up bruised and cut up cramming your hands into the AC hoses and contorting to get things removed and reinstalled. Don't ask me how I know this....
Side note:
This is completely doable, just don't plan to have it done in 20 minutes and I'm also going to snug it up when I get back from det and will post what I use for tools. Full size 3/8" extensions, ratchet and torx socket are just to big for the space we have to work with. You will end up bruised and cut up cramming your hands into the AC hoses and contorting to get things removed and reinstalled. Don't ask me how I know this....
rdss
Junior Member
This is the Atmospheric, true BOV. I believe it is considered hybrid because it mounts in the factory BPV location but it full on vents to open air through the ring of ports around the spring housing. I plan on driving it with the BOV for a week or so when I get back into town and then I will throw in the BNR/Forge BPV and see how that works. I was hoping to have more time with them before I left for the next two weeks but as beat up and cut up as my left arm is I wouldn't be able to swap the BPV in for a few days.
rdss
Junior Member
Yeah, I had to literally cram my arm in from the head light area and reach underneath the AC lines over as far as I could to get a 6" extension to reach the BPV. And going in and out several thousand times (plus everything was still hot.....lol) beat my arm up pretty good. I'm working on getting the right tools to swap out the BOV for the BPV (thinner tools for less interference with the turbo inlet as well as the hoses and wire loom that are in the way) to make less trips in and out, plus I don't want to keep shifting all my AC lines. Today I picked up a T30 bit for a screw driver with a swappable tip and I'm going to try going in with just that if it will reach. The bolts are not tight at all.
rdss
Junior Member
Yes, in this instance it was a little. But, like I keep saying, take your time and you'll be fine. There are only three torx bolts holding the thing in, if access was better this would be a 10 minute job. There is no access from the bottom, maybe if on a lift but not with a creeper. The creeper helped chase the torx bolts and tools that like to fall to bottom and a magnetic tipped tool retriever will be your best friend when pulling the torx bolts off the AC compressor right under neither the turbo.
sonic hotness
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Can't wait to get it.
Install sounds like a pain
Install sounds like a pain
rdss
Junior Member
It is, but worth it! If you have small arms and hands with a high tolerance for pain (I just had the later unfortunately...) it is pretty easy. You will drop a bolt or 6 (yes, there is only three bolts in the valve.....), but take a breath and hope it makes it to the bottom or is easily found.
My new tool (might throw another extension in if needed) for next time vs what I used to get it in.
Imagine spinning that slick extension with no grip and your arm bound up.
Yep, I had to run to Walmart at 3 am to get a hidden bolt removal tool.....lol. Wait!!! No! I didn't!
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sonic hotness
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So just the t30?
rdss
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That is all you need! There is just three bolts. Access is the only problem and it is doable, the stock parts kinda fall out, you'll have the cover, spring and diaphragm. When you install the BOV pick one of the bolt holes to be the top and slip the hose and retainer on before starting to bolt it in, it took me a few minutes if fenagling and a shot of WD-40 to get it on. Slipping it on was easy, getting the clamp back into place, not so much.
