Can someone PLEASE explain this. Why are these people, yes the ones that go tearing by you, shift gears and make the "whoosh" noise, followed by a backfire, doing this to their cars? Do they not realize that the atmo venting BOV is sucking dirty air at idle, and not doing a damn thing for performance, since the ecm is "looking" for the air that is supposed to be plumbed back into the system. I cant believe what they pay for some of these things. Ive seen many brands on Ebay, some costing as much as $300!. Well, hell if you want to make a noise, run rich and backfire, just disconnect your return hose from your stock BOV. These people tell me "the rally cars backfire". Well they also are a "little" different than a stock engine and ecu, and they have engines at their disposal. I had my ecm reflashed with EcuTek, and my tuner stressed the fact that the ecm needs to "see" the air through the air meter. This function CANNOT be compensated for with the reflash. EcuTek even recommends stock type recurculating valve types. I just hope these people understand that turbochargers dont like having backfires blown through them. But hey, to each their own.
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19 years ago