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Started by PSIWPN NZ · 16 Mar 2008 · 33 replies

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hsvhelArchived member
has it just started doing it? i had a car in the workshop with exactly the same problem, bov was the cause. if you get rid of or block the external it will test it
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NZ_BT1Archived member
nah it was doing it at the brock cruise.....Hayden was telling me about it. and convert ROTFL at your comment.......hehehe
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PSIWPN NZArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by S1KVL What did it cost to do the conversion ?? got turbo ,extractors and wastegate from aussie for about $1000 then a custom made 2.6mm head gasket for $300 plus exhaust and frontmount and a few extras .total is around $2000-$2500 .me and my dad did all the work so that helped keep the price down
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SIKVLTArchived member
good on ya for giving it a go looks the goods
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convertArchived member
quite like the look of the black rocker cover, have you thought of painting the plenum that colour too? might look good
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NZ VLCTArchived member
with an airflow meter you have to have a plumb back BOV.....
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TurboKiwiArchived member
Damn i thought dosing was an external going off not a bov.
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hsvhelArchived member
Give it a compression test aswell, bent valves can cause a similar issue when on/off boost between gear changes
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PSIWPN NZArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by NZ VLCT with an airflow meter you have to have a plumb back BOV..... whats a plum back bov never heard of one
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UNONT2Archived member
its when you plum back the boost that comes out of the bov(that makes the noiseback into the intake pipe.reusing the boost if you like
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NZ VLCTArchived member
the airflow meter decides the amount of fuel the engine wants (via the ecu of course) and when you have a normal BOV, it sees the motor using air when backing off due to the air being vented, so the ecu adds fuel when the motor doesnt need much at all. get a plumb back BOV or piss it off, simple.
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4sakenvlArchived member
fark i need a turbz instead of a na ..
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PSIWPN NZArchived member
Quote: Originally Posted by 4sakenvl fark i need a turbz instead of a na .. its not that hard to turbo your na engine if you wanted to do it that way .how i did mine the compression ratio is low enough for it to run 16 psi so you can still run some decent boost
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NZ_BT1Archived member
There was one here at 4s and rotarys....in the $500 challenge where u had to produce as much power as u could for $500....there was a VL in it with a NA RB30 with a t3\t4 splapped straight onto it hahaha running rediculous boost dont know what else they did but they got 265rwk out of it and they won the challenge....i didnt see it I was just told by everyone.
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