Elda Engineering Turbo Kit
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I just spent the last hour reading every post everyone had to say. I am very interested in all this. Lotsa info and time taken into this thread. It has been going for months. January/February is just around the corner. Tax Return= Cool Turbo kit! I am liking the looks for it is different than all the "pipe down one side, pipe coming up the other." Ever since i put my AEM V2 in, my engine bay always looks like it is missing something.. With this kit, My Engine bay will be happy again being filled with Joy.
I can't wait for this kit and neither can my Wallet! WHOOOOOO WEEEEEEEE
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Originally Posted by Nixlimited,Dec 19 2004, 11:05 AM
I still want to know why venting the BOV to atmosphere creates an "oily mess under the hood."
I and many others ran and still run atmospheric BOV's on our turbo Nissans with no issues with this "oily mess" that you are referring to.... atmospheric vs recirculated BOV's mainly deal with air itself. For example, in some applications, you will need to recirculate because the MAS/MAF will measure an amount of air and expects that amount of air to go into the system. Therefore if in this situation, the BOV were to vent to the atmosphere, you would be missing a chunk of air since less air is going into the system than was calculated.... I'm sure someone can provide a better explanation than this though, but that is the jist of it.
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For example, in some applications, you will need to recirculate because the MAS/MAF will measure an amount of air and expects that amount of air to go into the system.
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Originally Posted by JDM Baller,Dec 19 2004, 10:18 PM
It doesn't. It's not possible to have oil come out of an atmospheric BOV unless you've got an oil leak in your turbo or something and oil is shooting into your hotpipe and eventually some of it comes out of the BOV when it vents.
I and many others ran and still run atmospheric BOV's on our turbo Nissans with no issues with this "oily mess" that you are referring to.... atmospheric vs recirculated BOV's mainly deal with air itself. For example, in some applications, you will need to recirculate because the MAS/MAF will measure an amount of air and expects that amount of air to go into the system. Therefore if in this situation, the BOV were to vent to the atmosphere, you would be missing a chunk of air since less air is going into the system than was calculated.... I'm sure someone can provide a better explanation than this though, but that is the jist of it.
I and many others ran and still run atmospheric BOV's on our turbo Nissans with no issues with this "oily mess" that you are referring to.... atmospheric vs recirculated BOV's mainly deal with air itself. For example, in some applications, you will need to recirculate because the MAS/MAF will measure an amount of air and expects that amount of air to go into the system. Therefore if in this situation, the BOV were to vent to the atmosphere, you would be missing a chunk of air since less air is going into the system than was calculated.... I'm sure someone can provide a better explanation than this though, but that is the jist of it.
often times, that produces the "oily mess" they were talking about, which is simple to solve with a vented catch can.
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Originally Posted by goberserk,Dec 16 2004, 07:18 PM
One reason this setup may be preferred is because the turbo has the least amount of work to do. In order to get the same cooling from the air-to-air unit the pressure at the compressor goes up and the turbo has to do more work - you lose efficiency/power. Although more work needs to be done to get that heat out of the water it's not the engine/turbos concern/effort. It's up to the radiator (which has been sized properly) and the air in front of the car.