What have you done to your MSP today?

[Wagonbacker9]

what am I fanboi ing? a great summer tire for 80 bucks a pop?

hard to justify the extra $130 for direzzas (after rebate), and the funny part to me is the RE-11 outperforms every tire you mentioned. why not just go for that?

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

what am I fanboi ing? a great summer tire for 80 bucks a pop?

hard to justify the extra $130 for direzzas (after rebate), and the funny part to me is the RE-11 outperforms every tire you mentioned. why not just go for that?

Not a fan of Bridgestones, tbh. Last set we had were really noisy and wore unevenly. Not sure how they've come along since, but that was my last experience...

 

[Wagonbacker9]

it must be nice knowing you're absolutely right all the time, and anyone who disagrees is absolutely wrong.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

it must be nice knowing you're absolutely right all the time, and anyone who disagrees is absolutely wrong.

Funny, I was just thinking the same thing about you...

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I'm just considering a great price on what I consider to be a good tire which will suit my desires at a price I'm willing to pay, and challenged your opinions. I didn't express any statement about any of the mentioned tires being superior... so what exactly am I even attempting to be "right" about?

I can't justify the lost tread live of a extreme performance summer tire over a ultra high perf classed tire, even for autoX, I'm putting more tire on the ground, so I'd rather sacrifice a little bit of grip for longevity. Remember, I've put nearly 30K on my car in the last year and a half.

played out, fanboi.. you're worse than my boss when it comes to trying to drop key words to make you sound informed.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

I'm just considering a great price on what I consider to be a good tire which will suit my desires at a price I'm willing to pay, and challenged your opinions. I didn't express any statement about any of the mentioned tires being superior... so what exactly am I even attempting to be "right" about?

No, the fact that you feel the need to 'challenge' every opinion, that is where the problem lies. Did I say specifically, "you are wrong to buy those tires"? No. I stated my opinion on them and listed the alternatives that I would personally look at. In any of my other posts, which you seem to take under high offense, its more of the same. You followed it up with a personal attack on why my opinion is wrong and how it automatically has to do with you. Would it be better if I started every one of my posts with a legal statement on how the following text is my opinion and mine only? Back off, dude.

I can't justify the lost tread live of a extreme performance summer tire over a ultra high perf classed tire, even for autoX, I'm putting more tire on the ground, so I'd rather sacrifice a little bit of grip for longevity. Remember, I've put nearly 30K on my car in the last year and a half.

See, this would have been an excellent response as opposed to what you posted. My suggestions were based solely on my driving habits, mileage, and budget. Not sure why you have to come back with guns blazing, when a civil response (like the one you eventually put together) would have forgone this entire conversation...

played out, fanboi.. you're worse than my boss when it comes to trying to drop key words to make you sound informed.

That actually made me laugh... But in the context I used them - totally accurate...

 

[o0n8]

thank you guys for keeping me entertained at work, it's like watching an soap about the msp

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I'm just gonna not try anymore. I mentioned the tread rating being a factor well before you chose to recognize it... but yet,

ah screw it.

I'm sorry I tried to share the good prices I found with the group, on the off-chance someone else here wanted a set of summer tires. I'll just keep it to myself next time to avoid crucifiction.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

thank you guys for keeping me entertained at work, it's like watching an soap about the msp

Makes the day go by quicker, eh?


Back on topic - took the WAYYYYY long way home in the MSP today. Windows down, music cranked and turbo spooled... Just wish I didn't have these damn snow tires on still!

 

[o0n8]

I'm not gonna have my car for about a week, going into the shop to finally get my front bumper fixed (Damn you Auto Additions!) so i haven't bothered with switching wheels yet.

 

[SCMP3]

well my local msp buddy(master tech for Mini) suggested it could be my bpv causing the issues. with the boost spikes it makes sense. plus it almost hs 175k miles on it so im sure it could be replaced.

could it be causing my problems?

and my injen cai should be in the mail today! im so excited

 

[Wagonbacker9]

bpv causing boost spikes? bpv just release excess boost, it doen't have anything to do with the generation of boost. I'd wanna know the rest of his logic here.

 

[o0n8]

if it's failed and doesn't release boost wouldn't that theeorectly cause a boost spike? I'm still new to the turbo aspect but that would be my best guess as to why

 

[Wagonbacker9]

if it failed most likely it would leak. but, I suppose thats possible, but you'd spike when you let off the gas, not when you put it down.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

bpv causing boost spikes? bpv just release excess boost, it doen't have anything to do with the generation of boost. I'd wanna know the rest of his logic here.

Agreed... I'd say if anything, if a BPV fails it would prevent boost from building at all, though I don't know exactly how the BPV works (mechanically speaking..)

 

[Velocifero]

depended on if it failed open or closed. Under normal conditions the BPV is closed. If it failed closed then you'd jsut be boosting on a closed loop, excess air from the TB closing would just go backwards through the turbo, we all know we don't want that. Failed open would seem like a significant boost leak.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

position it failed in would be irrelivant. it would be exactly what failed that would matter. if something in the mechanism that opens (say the vacuum port) it failed, you get spike, if something in the mechansim that hold it closed normally (ex: spring) failed, then you get underboost and a very unhappy turbo.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

Anyone have a graphic or cross-section of a BPV? I found a ton for BOV's...

 

[Wagonbacker9]

same concepts apply to most bov/bpv's

only ones that are different are the SSQV/synapse which are called "pull type" and operate on very different principles.

 

[FlyinHawaiian]

Understood. So where the WGA limits the amount of boost the turbine generates (as a proportion to the vacuum in the system), the BOV/BPV equalizes the pressure once the load is decreased?