When I first got my car I had it about 3 months before fitting an atmos DV. On Sunday I fitted a newage IC and newage DV (mine wouldn't fit).

I had every intention of buying a DV that would fit the IC but although I miss the noise, the smoothness of the car more than outways the noise loss.

Its soo much easier to drive. No shunting or jerkyness in town or on part throttle. Easier gear change without the occasional thump (blip the throttle on downshift anyway but the misses used to struggle)

Just all round nicer drive.

However, the chav in me misses the noise but I wanted the comp surge noise rather than the single TSSSH noise so no big loss. Pops and bangs have stopped but after it was mapped it only did it occasionally.

So all round quite happy to have gone back to re-circ.

Anyone else ?

 

i never went the gay pttttsssshhhhhh noise route

i fitted an uprated recirc valve when my standard one broke

 

Edd, how much did the std Recirc cost, fitted ?

 

have to say, mine will pop and bang if the turbo is spooled a little and then backed off with maybe half throttle.

full throttle pops and bangs have never happend on my car.........

 

Its just the standard OE valve off the newage IC (its from a WR1 but no different to newage STI top mounts.

Its a bit big and I had intended on fitting a forge DV as its alot smaller in width but I'm just going to fiddle with the coil pack and IC height until it stops banging on the bulkhead.

 

So you just fitted it yourself ? How much did it cost ?

 

I bought the IC, DV and newage brackets for £175 off fleebay. Bit off a mission getting it to fit a classic but happy with it and prefer not to chop the car to bits to get an FMIC to fit.

 

I want to go back and have some how managed 2 brake my standard 1 the little draw nipple has gone. Its for a 97-98 classic thease have differnt ones dont they?

 

Now this thread should be made a sticky Hopefully all those wanting a VTA ''paaatishhhhh valve'' won't bother posting any dump valve related threads asking which is best.

 

Noise aside, I perfer the way it drove on a VTA.

 

As soon as I installed my HKS DV I noticed the difference, going to be putting standard back on this weekend. £230 down the toilet.

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...-hks-ssqv.html

 

Hi guys sorry to butt in,i have just bought yesterday a classic WRX,it too has a HKS Dump/Blow off valve,i am new to scoobydom so what exactly does it do and is it bad for the beast?.I am also a tad embarrassed by the noise it makes as i am 35 and cant help remembering years back a guy near us had a cossie with a DV and everyone that heard it thought ****,and now i am him...............

 

I have a Forge recirculating DV on my Octavia - it also has a CAI. With the CAI you can hear the DV, without it being too "look at me, I'm a chav" noisy

 

I put a Turbosmart V-Port DV on MY00 but put the standard one back on within a week. I did'nt mind the noise as it was adjustable, but I felt it did'nt pull thru the gears as good, felt slower.

 

Andy; the going price for a standard part is about £15, sometimes less. Theyre easy to find too as owners who have replaced them with ill-advised VTA parts will usually sell the original kit.

Simon

 

I have adjustable one 'easily turn off and onable' agree with all the above but have the best of both worlds so I'm happy.........sometimes its on, sometimes its off depends on mi mood!!

 

It seems less of an event without the DV and I used to like having to blip the throttle to ensure a nice smooth downshift.

Now, although I still do it, it doesn't seem as though the thump is that noticeable if I don't get it spot on (hard to explain really)

Its not as much work. I don't miss the jerky-ness though. That was a real pain.

 

That's cheap as chips ! Are they pretty reliable ? Don't want to buy a duffer !

cheers Simon,

Andy

 

What difference did you notice Bob ? My car had a Baileys on it when I bought it, so have never driven car on std recirc DV.

 

I took the standard recirc off altogether and threw it in the boot.I now run with no DV whatsoever and the car seems to drive a lot smoother

 

Aye, that'll be just fine on a "sport" !

 

'sport' WTF are you on about? Ive ran no dV on my STi Type R with no problems whatsoever,you can get away with it on a 20G turbo

 

 

he's right

mine's coming off when my new turbo is fiited
MD321T

 

VTA add nothing apart from embarassing noises and a chav image.

In fact, they are actually bad for your car if you're still running on a MAF as the ecu "calculates" the amount of fuel to be added to the air that passes the MAF including the amount dumped through the OEM recirculating valve on gear changes, so when it's dumped to the atmosphere instead of back though the engine, the fuel to air ratio will be momentarily too rich - hence the lurch when changing gear with a VTA as the car runs too rich, plus more pops and bangs as the unburnt fuel ignites in the exhaust. That unburnt fuel can also borewash, i.e. get past the pistonrings into the sump, reducing the effectiveness of your oil which can lead to other problems over time.

original poster is spot on to get rid of it and top mappers, such as Bob Rawle, would agree.

 

Do remember that if you are still running the MAF sensor, then ideally you need to run with a DV of sorts. Preferably a re-circ.

 

Top post!

Your main paragraph is exactly the reason for going back to re-circ.

 

Sorry to go off the topic but where are you from EddScott??

 

Was Oxfordshire, now West Wales mate.

Why you ask

 

There is a chap from my way called eddie scott, that has just bout a 2000 classic and modded it to 360bhp, thought you might have been him, i grew up next door to his mam and dad and aint seen him for ages until i seen him in his scoob.

Cheers

Staffy