I own a '96 Vtec Lude that I'm trying to turn into a sleeper.

If anyone has any especially good ideas that won't cost me my house, I'm open to suggestions at this point.

I have one idea in my head but I need help working out any flaws it might have.

I'm trying to keep my car looking and sounding--stock. So I was thinking that I could slap on a turbo on stock setup, without [BOV], and instead of having a loud exhaust that will get me pulled over I need something very quiet......something that will look/sound stock. I wanted to keep my stock exhaust but that's probably too restrictive to effectively run turbo so I was thinking it might be possible to convert to dual exhaust, and try to hide one on the side or try to keep it tucked somewhere that is harder to see. Is this idea flawed? It's vital for my car to sound stock. Exterior looks and sound is top priority.

 

i suggest you run no BOV only if you don't want your turbo to run at full potential, good luck ith it though

 

how about arecirculating BOV

 

Some BOVs arent very loud at all, just research for them or ask people what there experiences are with there BOVs, and turboed cars have quiet exhaust anyways, turbos are def a good sleeper setup

 

On some BOV's I think u can dictate whether u want a loud BOV sound or a soft bov sound, can anyone verify this? Backpressure to the turbo is not a good thing.

 

Run a stock DSM BOV, they are nearly silent

 

Ok, ill be more specific, fit a 1g 3000gt bov on there, its totally silent, Ive had them on several cars and they work good for quiet.....hks is super loud, so is the greddy

 

they make bov's that recycle the air backinto the intake i think its called non-atmospheric , correct me if im wrong

 

yea i think your right..

 

Or throw a fat shot of nitrous on there and call it a day!

It's hard to make a turbo setup sound stock, while nitrous doesn't have any sounds, other than when you purge. And it will be cheaper, and be just as reliable, if not more.

 

well imo a true sleep is a beat up peice of crap with a trick motor. You can have a muffle that might be loud for performance, but if the outside is crap, no one is going to think your running a turbo set up.

 

i agree... like that 3rd gen prelude turbo H22a with stock exhaust and rims hahaha

 

Backpressure ont the turbo is called 'compressor knock' it literally can knock the compressor wheel out of balance!

An yeah there is Atmospheric or recirculating BOV's (Pretty self explanetary!)

You can get a switchable BOV with a dial so you can switch between re-circ or atmospheric or just tone down the noise. No particular gain between the two

 

I think the Blitz one is quiet with the filter on it.

 

recirculating BOV is the way to go

 

paint your intercooler black

 

But how do you hide the turbo whisleing??
thats the hard part!

 

if you want really quiet, just keep ur stock rear piping, and weld on a cutout, that you can operate by a cable, so that way u can control the sound

 

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thats the hard part!</TD></TR></TABLE>

stay out of boost

 

QUOTE: "if you want really quiet, just keep ur stock rear piping, and weld on a cutout, that you can operate by a cable, so that way u can control the sound"

thats a great idea. the only things I've seen like that have wingnuts, so it would have to be something made-up. Here's my suggestion...

get a an old mower and take the cable pull-****/bracket with the logo like this

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(preferably it should say craftsman or snapper just to add to the flavor. )

and then mold that sucka right into your dash.

 

Run a non atmosperic BOV into the exhaust.

get a cutout like at http://www.quicktimeperformance.com/QTEC/ and put it in a Y setup before your cat and bamm sleeper

 

make a whistling face everytime ur spooling...that might hinder the turbo whine lol

 

Ive heard running dual exhaust on a four cylinder can get you less power because of back pressure issues. Just what ive heard though never seen a dyno.

 

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properly sized, a dual exhaust on a 4 cylinder will be fine.

 

You can buy a Zorst backbox caslled a 'SuperTune' and it has this metal dial you turn to change the noise, But who the hell wuld touch ta thing when its red hot!