blocking of the recirc

[ben-lcr]

I know not all of u think it's a good idea but I wanna see for myself if I like it lol, after fitting a dv26 valve (atmospheric not recirc) what's best to use to plug/block the recirc hose? I don't wanna buy through bailey sometiing that I may find in b&q so has anyone done this before or got any thoughts?

 

[olliep]

bolt and cable tie/jubilee clip?

 

[jordyboy004]

you know them wind breakers ppl use at the beach. when i had my atmos dv i cut the end that goes into the sand off and it was a perfect fit, cable tie around that and was sweet as a nut. might go back to it now iv read this lol. did like the sound it gave off

 

[ben-lcr]

Yea I like the noise, people say it's chav but I'm far from that so couldnt care less what people call them lol, but certainly is a love/hate thing. After work I'm goin to beach to find a wind break now haha cheers

 

[Hilla LCR]

A mate of mine with an Ibiza cupra has a cossie atmospheric bov and he's cut the end off a broom and stuck it in, cable tied it....jobs a goodun. No error codes either!?

 

[Ronin225]

Im sure you could quickly measure up and make one at work or take to a man in small shed and he would probably do it for next to nothing

 

[lee_woollett]

I have an old Bailey dv26 and liked the sound it used to make on an old car. From what i'm reading here, i would take off my 007p and put the bailey DV into the hose at the bottom of my 007p and then block off the re-circ hose. I thought atmospheric valve's don't work with VAG engines? If it does work then i might give it a go.

 

[Ronin225]

The hose you would block would be the port on the TIP.
Otherwise you would have a preturbo DV and nowhere to release pressure if you block the wrong one

 

[ben-lcr]

The bit u block is the pipe under the valve to the right yea?

 

[Ronin225]

You block the port on the TIP and the pipe from the charge pipe would run into DV, vacuum on top.
I wouldn't do it on mine, recirculation all the way but i would think thats how its done.

 

[lee_woollett]

I think i'll give it a try in the morning, i sure i've got something i can use to temporarily block the hose with.

 

[ben-lcr]

i ended up using a perfect round piece of wood, its very loud.... maybe slight loss of power, but im not racing so sod it

 

[J0N]

i ended up using a perfect round piece of wood, its very loud.... maybe slight loss of power, but im not racing so sod it

Loss of power, bits of wood
Your LCR has an adaptive ECU and will eventually treat your atmospheric dump valve as a boost leak. It will not be able to sort out your fuel/air properly and will get a massive head ache leading to all sorts of problems. It's nothing to do with people not liking them because they're chavvy or whatever, it just won't work. There are lots of ways to make a 007p sound louder if that's what you really want, induction kit or smoothed and drilled airbox for instance. Some people remove the sound proofing from the bonnet. I really don't like the sound of bits of wood or 'something from B&Q'.

 

[Mr Roboto]

Is all this really worth it?

007P + Open Cone Filter + Remap = a great sound with no problems!

 

[LEE69]

Loss of power, bits of wood
Your LCR has an adaptive ECU and will eventually treat your atmospheric dump valve as a boost leak. It will not be able to sort out your fuel/air properly and will get a massive head ache leading to all sorts of problems. It's nothing to do with people not liking them because they're chavvy or whatever, it just won't work

My GFB 50/50 works fine with no fault codes at all.
As do others atmospheric valves.

 

[J0N]

Surely a 50/50 is not fully atmospheric, it's a splitter. This means you get all the noise of the blow off valve whilst retaining the compatibility with the recirculation requirements of the engine management system.

 

[Murdered LCR]

when i some times run my hks ssq bv i use a 25 mm bung only cost about 8 quid any good tuning shop will have them poss even halfords

 

[LEE69]

Surely a 50/50 is not fully atmospheric, it's a splitter. This means you get all the noise of the blow off valve whilst retaining the compatibility with the recirculation requirements of the engine management system.

Yes that's right, but some don't play ball and throw up fault codes.

 

[J0N]

Yes, I've heard they can be difficult to set up.

 

[ben-lcr]

Maybe I'll get a 007 then if people think it's a bad idea !