i need help on buying bov

[ixiisnakeiixi]

can some1 help me what's the best bov for my cx7? im thinking of getting either bov or intake but im worrying that if i get bov i might have a problem with my ecu... so im asking for your help guys... thanks in advance

[coyfish]

Get a bypass valve. The car is designed to work with recirculated air, not BOV's. Bypass valves also have "chshhh" noises if thats what your after. You can still run a BOV if you want but your car might run a little funky. If you get an intake you will be able to hear your stock bpv very clearly.

As for brands . . . you can get BOV's with recirc fittings which lets you run either VTA (vent to atmosphere a.k.a blow off) or recirc (stock).

Just hit up a website like protegegarage.com or str e e t unit.com and look at what they have. Ill give you a list of the ones off the top of my head. I suggest going on youtube to hear what each one sounds like.

Forge bpv
HKS SSQ
greddy type s
turbosmart bov

Really its just a sound preference. Any of them should work fine.

[ixiisnakeiixi]

thanks mate... im thinking of getting turbosmart or forge bov...

[coyfish]

Both are great but forge only has recirc mode. If you have any desire to run VTA you should get a BOV with recirc fitting like the turbosmart.

[hectik1]

Forge worked great on my wife's CX7. I recommend it highly.

[sunlokyee]

black forge bpv here, its cheaper and looks almost like the oem valve

[beastcx7]

i just recieved my dual port turbosmart bov, and wow, what a sound....its on the stock air box and still whips really loud....i strongly recoomend it, a bit expensive but worth the $$, + no cel....

[Alpha Wolf]

I chose the Forge works great.

Use the blue spring

[MS3 GT]

synapse FTW....

[AlbanianDude]

I had a Forge did nothing for me, I bought the TurboSmart and it was a lot better for sound...

[Alpha Wolf]

I liked the Turbo smart but not their price.

I did not need the VTA feature it offered and I like the more stock appearing black forge.

[Chico6911]

turbosmart off of Ebay is a decent price great sound. Actually car feels less laggy but that might be in my head.

[BSTD3]

i just recieved my dual port turbosmart bov, and wow, what a sound....its on the stock air box and still whips really loud....i strongly recoomend it, a bit expensive but worth the $$, + no cel....

Did you setup the Turbosmart in full recirc? I have a TS set for full recirc in my Speed3 and have had no issues with it what so ever.

I want to get the all black TS BOV so I can swap the silver/blue TS BOV with my wife. It would better match her Electric Blue CX-7 :)

[Chico6911]

No i have it set to release to air right now. Gives a great sound. Just put boost gauge and im running at 14 - 15 PSI. Not sure what stock is but not going to find out untill I have to take my car in for servicing. For the Full Recirculation it is my understanding it then acts like a BPV. I prefer it to release to atmosphere because its got the good sound and is still performing well. I got the black one off Ebay and boy was it hard to find. Seems like everyone has the blue one.
On your speed three did you every have it release to atmosphere? If so does it perform better on Recirculate?

[BSTD3]

No i have it set to release to air right now. Gives a great sound. Just put boost gauge and im running at 14 - 15 PSI. Not sure what stock is but not going to find out untill I have to take my car in for servicing. For the Full Recirculation it is my understanding it then acts like a BPV. I prefer it to release to atmosphere because its got the good sound and is still performing well. I got the black one off Ebay and boy was it hard to find. Seems like everyone has the blue one.
On your speed three did you every have it release to atmosphere? If so does it perform better on Recirculate?

Never attempted VTA as it's been known to cause issues on the Speed3. I have my TS set for full recirc and it works great, haven't had any issues.

I want the black one so I can install my current one in my wife's CX-7

[Chico6911]

Never attempted VTA as it's been known to cause issues on the Speed3. I have my TS set for full recirc and it works great, haven't had any issues.

I want the black one so I can install my current one in my wife's CX-7

There are alot of video's on youtube of guys who have it set to VTA on speed 3's thats why I got mine for the cx-7. How does it sounds with recric? How does it perform? I think its time for some experimenting...
I found the black one on Ebay, just be patient and you will find as there are many more blue ones.

[Zdraveca]

Just buy the Forge BPV its great!!!And the price is super!

[Turbojuice]

Question: can you set the Forge BOV to full recirc?

I know the BPV is designed for that, but I keep getting contradictory information on whether or not you can recirculate the Forge BOV's compressed air back to the intake.

[patty AT forge]

Question: can you set the Forge BOV to full recirc?

I know the BPV is designed for that, but I keep getting contradictory information on whether or not you can recirculate the Forge BOV's compressed air back to the intake.


We make an atmospheric valve and a recirc valve but they are entirely separate, they can each only be run as what they are. The recic will throw codes if run as an atmo valve and the atmo lacks provisions for connecting any sort of recorc tube.

[offset_98]

I have the Forge bpv on the wife's CX7 and I love driving with it...and she doesn't even know what I did (because you can't really hear it and because when *she* drives it, she barely uses the turbo itself.)

[Chico6911]

Originally Posted by BSTD3
Never attempted VTA as it's been known to cause issues on the Speed3. I have my TS set for full recirc and it works great, haven't had any issues.

I want the black one so I can install my current one in my wife's CX-7

So I was reading alot on BOV's since you mentioned it had problems on Speed3. Well it seems that VTA is great for keeping heat away from Turbo but we have a silly computer system in the car. I changed the VTA to full Recirc and it doesn't feel very differnent but is pulling just a tad better.

Here is my question to CX-7 owners, when driving hard in manual mode do you
a) drop gas, shift gear, hit gas?
b) just hold the gas and change gears?
C) there aren't really any other options

What do you find works best?

[offset_98]

B

[panchiomex]

It depends on what I need to do but i never really let go of the gas to shift, just to slow down ill step on the brake pedal, ease off of it as i downshift and then step on the brake again to help the car come to a complete stop but shifting up i dont think there is a need to let go of the gas since your just keeping the computer from shifting the gears on its own but then again I just started messing arround with cars so dont take my word for it