ticaaal70

This^ Seriously who would do that.

I would put a BOV if i were you. Just get a knock BOV if you cant afford a real one.

ticaaal70

But not for awhile?

With 8k you could have done your own build and you could have had a Name brand BOV and a Boost gauge.

Bwill9886

Yea, what does awhile mean? And who tuned it? These are questions that need to be known because not all tunes are created equal.

Ticaaal70 is right, 8 grand is frankly not a steal for this car. It sounds like you got in over your head and let eye candy get the better of you. You say this "kit" is a bolt on kit, so where is the BOV from it? All of them come with one that I've seen.

You need to find a good local performance shop/tune shop to take this thing to and have them check it out. If you are having financial problems, perhaps a mysterious turbo civic is not the smartest expense to have around.

All in all though, I wish you luck. Maybe you won't even have anymore issues.

98civdx

I have never seen a greddy turbo kit not come with a bov.
are you sure you dont have one?
I could have been relocated, by the intercooler is where i have been seeing them the most.

blackmugensivic

We need pics, no BOV is just asking for trouble

99civicsiboosted

i changed the oil and hooked up a boost guage. come to find out the previous owner had installed one before and left the vaccum tube already ran into my dash but it wasnt sealed completely so i was leaking vaccum pressure and boost. and now that i fixed it. its running the fastest it has since i bought it. but i'm getting a wierd sound when the pressure is released. like when i'm pushin 5lb's or more boost it flutters and almost sounds like some pressure is going back into the turbo because of the wierd vavavavavava sound. btw i'm running 7lbs boost max

mayfly

just sell it. in all seriousness. you dont have the knowledge of owning a turbo set up yet. GL

99civicsiboosted

i know right??... well anyways the car was mostly shown for its suspension setup its a DNX in-cab adjustable coil-over suspension that i can adjust the stiffness of the dampers from a little air pump in the trunk from inside the car front & rear independently. its a set-up from somewhere in europe.
(this is back in 2003)

oh yea where can i find a decent BOV thats not too too expensive but not shitty at the same time. i'm an american muscle guy and know nothing about forced inductionor tuners i just couldnt pass up this steal on this car

99civicsiboosted

the Greddy bolt-on turbo kit for the b16a2 doesnt include a BOV

i have no idea of ANY performance shop around where i live. specially for imports... well that accually tune aftermarket turbo set-ups. it has aem cam gears. jdm spec cam shaf,t vortech fuel rail, RC 750cc injectors and numerous others. i can tell the engine was recently rebuilt because all the gaskets from the head, intake manifold, are fresh. but you are right. i need to get it tuned. and i need to lower my boost untill i get a BOV.








sorry wrong personl lol

but neways yea it was a steal man. 34k miles on it theres more than 4 thousand just put into the engine. plus it has my suspension setup that is BADASS. i can make it soft for highway cruisin and stiff when i want all by a flick of a switch. go to my profile and you can see a little of whats been done to it

azandford

get this BOV if your on a budget.... i had this before i upgraded to a tial

Ebay BOV

The only difference i noticed so far between the two is the sound but im sure others have had issues with these cheaper ones but its better than compressor surge f-in your turbo up

z6htch

WOW really?!

maybe b/c you don't have a BOV, you are getting a compressor surge. You answered your own question, the pressure inside the charge pipes is going back into the turbo after you let off the gas b/c you have no BOV, which releases the pressurized air.

You should definitely not be driving a boosted car if you are asking questions like this ^

8VEYBEYB

give the guy a break he bought the car its his . answer his questions and help him out or STFU. put down your pride for 2 seconds.

99civicsiboosted

dude get a life man seriously you know you started out a noob also. just because you know more about a car than me doesnt mean i cant learn.
haters...theres always gotta be that one hater.
if you dont like my questions then dont read them simple as that.

and btw i bought the car with my own hard earned money. its my first car i've bought on my own. its my baby. i dont want to hurt it. i'm asking questions and people are answering them and i'm learning. what more can i do?

99civicsiboosted

dude seriously? i have no friends who are into this stuff and know about this stuff. my dad is sick 'just had a lung transplant' so he cant help me and everything i've learned has been from him. and hes an american muscle guy like myself but i just couldnt pass off the deal i got on the car and it gets good MPG

but i'm no longer gunna dog it at all untill i get a BOV. i cant ruin the turbo.....

plus its quick as ****. lol

99civicsiboosted

THANK YOU

99civicsiboosted

thanks man i'm ordering one 2maro wow i've never seen them priced so low!!?? is it good quality? did you ever have any problems with it? like with it sticking or nething? its just gunna be on my car untill i find another job and buy a better one. i knew it was bad not having a bov but i didnt know how much boost i was producing untill i just intalled my boost guage. 7lbs maxed out. but yea i'm def not going over 4lbs untill i intsall this BOV
again thanks alot for the help.

92turbohatch430

Anyway the vavavavava sound you heard was the pressure from the turbo going back the other way into ur turbo u have a chance of bending a lot of stuff and completely ruining ur turbo and ur engine. Im not trying to be mean im just letting u know. U need a BOV ( Blow Off Valve). When you left off the gas the built up pressure has to go somewhere, it vent's threw the blow off valve, whice also makes a cool sound depending on the one you get. Personally I have a Greddy Type S BOV, 23 pounds of boost (aleast today i did i can set it at 18lbs). You really want a BOV, cause in the current situation ur in u can't afford a new engine, or a new turbo. Btw ebay brand are fine for a little bit may not sound the best but the important part is that it does it's just and vents the air. But u may want to look into a aftermarket one sooner or later. Tial, Greddy, HKS any of those will do.

99civicsiboosted

yea i'm ordering that BOV today since its past 12am. when i get another job im gunna get the Greddy type s. plus i'm in the process of finding a shop around here capable of tuning my car.....

99civicsiboosted

are you serious? a STOCK 99 civic si with 34 thousand miles on it???? thats worth more or the same as what i paid for mine WITH all the **** done to it

oh and btw i DO have a boost gauge now how else would i know i'm pushin 7lbs max

99civicsiboosted

i'm not a kid i'm a 23 year old college student. lol

boxeocampeon

i have to disagree with the skunk2 my back skunk2 camber kits are seized and the front drivers side bushings are ****ed up and i have movement. only had them for a yr. torqued to spec and everything.

ayways get that BOV on and you should be okay but i would also get it tuned if i were you. PM if you have any other questions and ill answer them if i can.

99civicsiboosted

is there any difference in the camber kits whether u buy them off-brand or name brand? well...besides the ball joints are prolly of lesser quality but i was looking at front camber kits and they all basically look the same to me but what puzzles me is that they all are adjusted and held into place with four tiny bolts. i'm guessin loc-tite?

forcefedferio

you think money is tight now, wait until you blow it up and have to spend $1500+ on a new motor. Take it to someone ASAP who can tell you in person what you should do with the car. I don't mean billy bob down the street who watched someone work on something like that once while he was drinking beer, i mean an actual knowledgeable person. Where are you from? not your address obviously but what city, surely you can find a local on here to give you some guidance.

No, you do not need a camber kit, you need a proper alignment. Before you worry about dumping money into less important things like that you need to address your engine issues first.

BTW 8k for the car with 34k on it is a straight up steal. I've seen beat EM1's go for 9k with 3 times as many miles on them.

99civicsiboosted

i bought that cheap turbo with the flange on ebay today just to let you know. just gunna use it untill i find another job. in the meantime i dont really think it needs tuned. it runs fine. and i havent been gettin the boost up to more than 2lbs untill the bov comes either so i think i should be fine untill that comes. oh and i do need a camber kit. my civic is lowered so much the wheels angle inward causing it to be unstable on the highway and wears down the inner tire Big time.

Dkahn18

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I dont think they are knocking on you to create a fight. I think they are knocking on you for the fact that you should probably research a little more on how exactly a turbo charger works. In doing so you may lessen your chance of blowing up an 8k car. I dont know bout you but i want my turbo to last as long as i can.

Take some of there advice in strides. I will say that if your not running a boost gauge then you probably dont have a wideband setup either? And since it hasnt been tuned in a while you have no idea how the air/fuel is. I would deff get a wideband setup as well if i were you.