I think BOV's sound cool!
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Negative. It's not. It means you are no different than the SRT4 crowd that insists on driving next to me and getting into the throttle just loud enough for everyone to hear it over and over again. They either have really bad throttle control or they think chicks are getting moist over their constant annoying chirps....they aren't! No one is impressed by a loud BOV except ricers and maybe people who haven't owned a turbo car before. You're annoying the rest of the planet with your noise. If you want adoration for a VTA BOV, then www.srtforums.com is probably where you want to be.
Good BOV that happens to be loud= OK
Buying loud BOV on purpose regardless of performance= Rice
ob·nox·ious Pronunciation:/əbˈnäkSHəs/ : archaic : 1. exposed to something unpleasant or harmful —used with to
2. : odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
3. adjective
*
extremely unpleasant.
Sorry, even Websters and Oxford think loud BOV's are dumb.
Good BOV that happens to be loud= OK
Buying loud BOV on purpose regardless of performance= Rice
ob·nox·ious Pronunciation:/əbˈnäkSHəs/ : archaic : 1. exposed to something unpleasant or harmful —used with to
2. : odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive
3. adjective
*
extremely unpleasant.
Sorry, even Websters and Oxford think loud BOV's are dumb.
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Back in the day the BOV sound was cool on cars that weren't originally setup with turbo. But on evos, stis, srt4s, it's just plain stupid and obnoxious. We know your car is turbo'd, you don't have to be an attention ***** to prove it.
I still stand behind my statement that "loud and obnoxious" is most certainly rice. Every thread on other car forums that's started with a "I want a loud BOV" or something similar turns into a rice bash-fest. There is a reason for this because the average person (it doesn't sound like you in this case) who first gets a turbo car wants to show off that it's turbo or whatever. Driving through traffic and getting on it just hard enough so that the BOV sounds off at full volume is f*cking annoying. It's mostly SRT4's that do this, but I've caught a few local Evo guys doing it as well.
If you put the BOV on for performance and it just happens to be loud, then I see no fault with that. Just don't drive like a tool and everything is good. I've heard nothing but good things about the Tial BOV. I would have one myself, but I haven't had any issues yet with the Forge that I have in 2 of my cars.
Actually, my apologies. I went back and re-read your post. You did clearly state "recirculated", so that's my fault for missing that part and assuming you were going with the VTA flow of this thread. You are correct to enjoy the sound of a recirculated BOV. At the same time, 2 of my Evos have recirculated BOV's and I HATE that I can't keep it from sounding off. With the 35R car it's not so bad because of the lag, but the 9 spools up so fast it sounds off all the time. I have to purposely drive the car without getting into boost (which is tough) just so I don't have to hear it all the time. I thought recirc would be quieter than they are.
I still stand behind my statement that "loud and obnoxious" is most certainly rice. Every thread on other car forums that's started with a "I want a loud BOV" or something similar turns into a rice bash-fest. There is a reason for this because the average person (it doesn't sound like you in this case) who first gets a turbo car wants to show off that it's turbo or whatever. Driving through traffic and getting on it just hard enough so that the BOV sounds off at full volume is f*cking annoying. It's mostly SRT4's that do this, but I've caught a few local Evo guys doing it as well.
If you put the BOV on for performance and it just happens to be loud, then I see no fault with that. Just don't drive like a tool and everything is good. I've heard nothing but good things about the Tial BOV. I would have one myself, but I haven't had any issues yet with the Forge that I have in 2 of my cars.
I still stand behind my statement that "loud and obnoxious" is most certainly rice. Every thread on other car forums that's started with a "I want a loud BOV" or something similar turns into a rice bash-fest. There is a reason for this because the average person (it doesn't sound like you in this case) who first gets a turbo car wants to show off that it's turbo or whatever. Driving through traffic and getting on it just hard enough so that the BOV sounds off at full volume is f*cking annoying. It's mostly SRT4's that do this, but I've caught a few local Evo guys doing it as well.
If you put the BOV on for performance and it just happens to be loud, then I see no fault with that. Just don't drive like a tool and everything is good. I've heard nothing but good things about the Tial BOV. I would have one myself, but I haven't had any issues yet with the Forge that I have in 2 of my cars.
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It's a great product. All you have to do is add an aftermarket ECU where there's no need for one, spend eons tuning, and you have just bought yourself a whistling sound for only ~$5,000. Then, you start a thread, "I think BOV's (sic) sound cool," just so you could tell us all how you know something we don't, because no one in his right mind would go to so much trouble for a chirp. Brilliant. You win again.
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