My Forge BPV is Tweeting at Me

[Blendercloud]

The sound may get louder with higher boost pressures. In fact, that's probably likely the case. I know that when I was making 15-16psi it was about half as loud as it is now. Right now I'm spiking at 22ish and holding 21 and it's really loud.

mn3kgtvr4: Go ahead and post a pic if you get some free time. I'm sure we're not the only ones who have considered doing this.

 

[USAFVMI08]

I mean, I'm anywhere between 18 and 20ish and it's still not terribly loud.

 

[crlsnlopes]

I mean, I'm anywhere between 18 and 20ish and it's still not terribly loud.

+1 after i installed my TP and my TMIC, its quieter now.

 

[silver_speed6]

I've been thinking about trying something like this too.
The Forge is really starting to annoy me. So much so that I'm back to running the stock BPV for a while. Sometimes I'd rather lose a little boost then have a 100+ db "CHING" everytime a change gear above 2.5k rpm. It's too harsh, and sounds cheap IMO.
I might just sell the forge and get a TS or HKS.

Have you even heard a HKS SSQ??? It's twice as loud and annoying as the Forge.

 

[aaronsewell]

you should write a how to with pictures and ext for sure. i want to get rid of my ping i find it slightly annoying it was cool for about a day and now its gotten old. but if you wrote a how to i bet alot of people would love you.

I had read on another forum about someone putting a cardboard "washer" dealy against the Forge cap to stop the ping sound. Sounds risky to me with it potentially disintegrating. I cleaned up the cap very good and put a ring of high temp red rtv silicone gasket maker on the outer ring inside the cap and let it dry overnight. It forms a nice rubber o-ring dealy, had smoothed it out to about the thicknes of one of the forge spacers, maybe a bit thinner. Took the ping sound away and now I just have a nice turbo sound, pure air. Don't see any negative potential with this fix as the piston should still be topping out plenty and that rubber o ring I created isn't going anywhere with the spring holding it down (and sticking to the cap itself like glue) and it won't be disintegrating like a piece of cardboard. Thoughts?