After seeing countless posts saying that this bov was loud I bought one and changed out my apex one. Its installed right now and this bov was a big waste of money cause on my car it just sounds like my old apex bov, which is quiet. And it doesn't even sound chirpy at all. do any of you guys have the same sound as me, or are all type s's supposed to sound chirpy? I'm at 5 psi. thanks.

 

my friend has the same bov at 5 psi and it sound loud as hell, i just dont understand why

 

on my old setup,if the bov pointed toward the throttle body,it was not loud.if you turn it away from the tb,it was loud as hell.

 

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which end do you turn away from the TB? the "horn" part?

 

I have my HKS BOV pointed towards the coolant overflow. When it sounds it makes a double pssshhh sound, it's kinda cool. But my friend has the Greddy BOV on his TSI and it's chirpy and loud, probally cuz he's running 20 psi.

 

A friend of mine has the Greddy Type S and his chirps pretty loud. He's also running 10psi though.

 

What would this sound like?

 

Hmm maybe thats why my greddy bov is not that loud since I have it facing toward my tb.

 

my type s was loud. at 6 psi on a sohc vtec. then i changed to turbo xs rfl and its really fucken loud but then i changed it back to the type s for the hell of it. cuz i have the turbo xs/greddy type s flange i got from ebay. and its not even as loud as it used to be pretty weird. so i just put back the turbo xs. i loved the whistle that the type s made too

 

I'll turn my bov aroud tomorow and see if it makes any difference. I'll let everyone know.

 

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nice keep us posted

 

HKS gets so annoying after a while

 

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I've never heard of this. Can anybody confirm this concept?

 

yea. if you want a really loud bov. just get the rfl and you wont be disappointed.

 

i didn't know that changing the direction would make a difference but i have always had mine pointing away from the tb and my type s is really loud. i could hear my car from about 2-3 blocks away.

 

did you play with the adjustment screw on the top ?

 

i dont think ive ever heard a BOv loud at 5psi.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 18gLUDE &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> i could hear my car from about 2-3 blocks away.</TD></TR></TABLE>

werd. when mine would blow off on my MR2 my roommate said she could hear me from about 3 blocks away, and i'm only at 12psi right now.

 

the ajustment on it is set to high you need to losen that thing up. i heard that bov in a car and went out an bought one myself

 

I think u have the adjustment screw to high. It can also be your boost. When i have my set up at 7 psi it wasn't loud at all but once i up the boost to 11psi it was really loud

 

well I "fixed" the problem. I swapped bov's w/ my friend who also has a type s. I put his bov in my car and vice versa. His worked perfectly on my car, loud like I wanted it to sound at at the same 5 psi. My new type s worked on his car. So its wierd we are both at 5spi and my new one doesn't work on mine but only on his, and his type s works on both of our cars. It seems that his spring was softer then mine, so we opened my bov and took out one of the springs, and now its looser and sounds much mich nicer. Well I hope taking one of the springs out is ok. thanks for your replies.

 

i was going to suggest that perhaps you're being intelligent and recirculating, but he isn't?

 

5 psi wont be loud .....my blitz wasnt that loud . but why do you want it loud anyway. you should be more worried about it functioning properly

 

im a ricer i want it loud . I just wanted something louder then my super quiet apex. I'd be mad if I paid 180 to get something comparable to my old apex.

 

Yeah with my Type S at 6 psi you hardly knew it was on the car. Once I started boosting in excess of 1.0 bar it was hella loud.