What BOV you runnin?

[Fordtrucks]

I ordered the BD BOV from Elite. They called me today and told me there out of stock at BD and they didnt have a ship date as of yet. Wondering if theres another good option out there that yall are running?

 

[madman1234509]

JGS makes a completely mechanical waste gate. Have seen some videos on youtube.

http://www.jgsturbo.com/wgpg.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxZrxx9DsQ

 

[B585Ford]

JGS makes a completely mechanical waste gate. Have seen some videos on youtube.

http://www.jgsturbo.com/wgpg.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTxZrxx9DsQ

I like the thoughts of a completely mechanical one, but I have yet to hear from anyone who has run them. Would love to hear some feedback.

 

[powerstrokin15]

subd

 

[Josh@DirtyDiesels]

that looks interesting

 

[nickg3130]

In for more info.

 

[madman1234509]

someone here has used it, just from googling it. From the few threads Ive seen it works pretty well, but its relatively new, especially compared to BD so not many people know about it
http://powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132617&page=2


http://competitiondiesel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=126690

 

[BOSS450]

Subd

 

[08BIGRIG]

I think that MPD uses JGS Wastegates. They may be the ones that you are thinking about that have used these before.

 

[Kind]

Tial

 

[907DAVE]

Can someone direct me towards a thread that explains the purpose of a BOV on a diesel?

 

[pog]

Can someone direct me towards a thread that explains the purpose of a BOV on a diesel?

not much to explain. just to prevent turbo bark at higher boost levels. id say its more of a cool factor with the sound than anything. it doesnt take much to make the 6.4 turbos bark though.

 

[Josh@DirtyDiesels]

I know this is kind of a stupid question but doing a bov won't help with bark in between shifts will it? Or will the drive pressure change when it shifts allow it to open momentarily and get rid of that?

 

[Kind]

I wouldn't say it's just a cool thing. It releases pressure backed up from chopping the throttle after being under high boost. That turbo bark is not good on the turbo.

 

[WoodBoy]

Wouldnt the mechanical be better? What is the max boost pressure it can close back at?

 

[Erikclaw]

If a full mechanical works I would go that way. Had my own issues with the BD unit, I just made it inoperable. The solenoid can get moisture in it and or dirt and makes it blow off at any boost level.

 

[madman1234509]

If a full mechanical works I would go that way. Had my own issues with the BD unit, I just made it inoperable. The solenoid can get moisture in it and or dirt and makes it blow off at any boost level.

The only two people I know that ran bd blow offs had problems. One was on my.buddies 6.4 worked for 2 weeks then would randomly work on occasion. Then it began to leak boost.

The other was on the 900hp compounded Cummins I went to the truck jam with last fall. Same with his, worked for a month or two and now will blow off randomly once in a great while. That truck doesn't see dirt or salt either.

 

[907DAVE]

How much pressure are they designed to hold?

 

[madman1234509]

Talking about bd or jgs?

The jgs bov uses drive and boost pressure to hold it shut. As long at your drive pressure is greater than your boost pressure the bov will hold shut. Which is the case with 98% of us. As soon as you let off and drive pressure becomes less than boost pressure, the boost pressure pushing up on the valve opens it. There is also a regulator on it to regulate when you want it to open

 

[White_monster]

My bd bov has worked flawlessly since day one.