Post your relocated MAF/VTA BOV set up

-FMIC/SMIC - 27'' Ebay cheapy
-Relocated MAF? - YES
-BOV Type? - Greddy Type Rs knockoff
-BOV Location?(Cold pipe or Hot pipe) - Cold Pipe
-Compressor surge/Turkey? - No!-adjusted almost all the way out.
-If so, when? (low boost, all the time?) -Use to at factory adjustment
-Any leaking at idle? - Not that I've ever noticed.

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no videos yet, I tried but I get too much wind noise, Im trying to figure something that will block the wind, or just get a good camera
 
I have an SSQV V2 on the coldpipe, hot pipe is supposedly even louder. I scare pedestrians with it as it is. I will keep it where it is because running an extra 5 feet of vacuum line is less than ideal and i want to protect it from excess heat.
 
hornsfan10609 said:
I have an SSQV V2 on the coldpipe, hot pipe is supposedly even louder. I scare pedestrians with it as it is. I will keep it where it is because running an extra 5 feet of vacuum line is less than ideal and i want to protect it from excess heat.
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You're not supposed to recirculate the bov when it's on the hot pipe with a relocated MAF; or atleast that's what I've been hearing from ppl that do run it on the hot pipe. I'm not looking for it to be loud, well I am, but not my first reason. Anyone have clips though? Pics of your setups?? I'm thinking since I already have my setup for the cold side all I'd have to do is swap it to the other side by cutting the flange size out of the hot pipe and put the bov there, then put the cut out part in place of where the bov used to be. Any objections to this??
 
AnthonyMSP said:
You're not supposed to recirculate the bov when it's on the hot pipe with a relocated MAF; or atleast that's what I've been hearing from ppl that do run it on the hot pipe. I'm not looking for it to be loud, well I am, but not my first reason. Anyone have clips though? Pics of your setups?? I'm thinking since I already have my setup for the cold side all I'd have to do is swap it to the other side by cutting the flange size out of the hot pipe and put the bov there, then put the cut out part in place of where the bov used to be. Any objections to this??
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I'm curious about the reasoning behind this. A recirculating BOV on the hot pipe is essentially the same as the factory BPV setup. I have a relocated MAF with an HKS V3 on the cold pipe and also the factory BPV simply because I didn't want the annoying turkey sound. I really don't see why recirculating before the MAF would affect anything, but if you can link me to where you heard this I would like to read it. /end threadjack
 
Either I wrote that wrong or you read it in a way I didn't mean lol.. I was saying that you DON'T need to recirculate the bov when it's on the hot side, but now that I read what hornsfan was saying, he didn't think running the VACUUM line that far was a good idea, I took that as RECIRC line for some reason, but either way I just wanted to know if my swapping to two pieces idea would work right and not have problems?
 
It should work, but I would consider it unnecessary. I don't notice any turkey with my HKS. I have pics of my setup in the DIY FMIC thread.
Here's one:
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And I forgot but I did actually make a video
 
Well I just talked to Zuku, he has his setup on the hot pipe, and makes a good point; why would you want to blow off cold air? I mean wouldn't you want to get rid of hot air and keep the cold? But anyway I think I'm planning to go that route, I've had it on the cold side for a while with the relocated MAF and it doesn't seem to be running the way I think it should, so why not give it a shot? I mean all I would need is a few couplers and some t-bolts to do the job.
 
But you pretty much do have my setup except mine doesnt go through the fender well just straight down
 
I agree it is kinda stupid to vent cold air, but I don't really see how it matters whether the cold or hot air is being vented because it will vent the same amount of air on both sides. On a small sized turbo like ours, it really has a minimal effect on performance if you are venting with a relocated MAF. I would like to eventually get a new FMIC setup that has shorter pipe routing, which is a much more noticeable performance increase. If I do, I plan on changing to a recirculating setup not only for performance but also because I'm growing tired of the noise. I guess I'm just outgrowing the "racer" look and instead focusing on what really makes a difference.
 
My route seems to be pretty short, I've posted pics and I think everyone seemed to agree, but I can see what you're saying about the minimal difference between hot and cold air, but wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of the worser of the two if you had to blow off one of them? And I mean an hour or two's worth of work and a few bucks for couplers and t-bolts isn't really that bad of a deal IMO
 
AnthonyMSP said:
My route seems to be pretty short, I've posted pics and I think everyone seemed to agree, but I can see what you're saying about the minimal difference between hot and cold air, but wouldn't it make more sense to get rid of the worser of the two if you had to blow off one of them? And I mean an hour or two's worth of work and a few bucks for couplers and t-bolts isn't really that bad of a deal IMO
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Absolutely, so if you have the time and cash then by all means go for it. I'm not about to cut off the flange from my cold pipe and move it to the hot pipe so I'll just leave it as is until I can get a new setup. Though pretty soon I'll be running my new EMS-4 which eliminates the need for a MAF, so that could prove to be a night and day difference by itself.
 
Ohhhhh I see, so your cold pipe had a built in flange? I had to buy one seperately that is only about 6" long, so I figure just cut out a section that size from my hot pipe and replace it. Then use the cut out and put it in place of the old spot for the bov
 
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