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Old 10 May 2003, 02:36 PM
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I have a MY01 WRX standard apart from a decat centre and tsl back box-would love the extra whoosing between gear changes-but will any like the forge etc dump vlaves that makes this noise do any long term damage to my engine as i dont want it to knacker up in X,000's of miles-as i mite still own car then and which one do people like the best for sound effects and i seen 1 person on here who reckons it helps to get the flame effect is this rite?
Old 10 May 2003, 03:01 PM
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Nope - carry on enjoying your whooooshing sound...
Old 10 May 2003, 03:37 PM
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Vent to atmosphere can - stick with a recirculating one
Old 10 May 2003, 04:00 PM
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I have one of the HKS blowoff valves on my my98 and it sounds f00kin awesome!!
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I have a forge vta and like the whooshing noise. In answer to your question though, yes it can damage your engine if you have a vta as the car can overfuel and you can have idling problems. If you do a search you will het some more info. Hope this helps

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