Mazda_Powered's 91 Protege LX

[The Pile]

I like option 1...

[bomdoutscort]

Whats wrong with putting it in the upper pipe?

[Mazda_Powered]

Don't want a super long hose to recirc the BOV, keep things cleaner so thats why it's gonna be mounted near the inlet pipe

Well here's the fitting I fabbed up for the inlet pipe, as well as some pics of it with option 2, probably going that route...













and here's my new piping for the outlet pipe, freebie ftw!

[FE3-323]

that last pipe is flippin sweet. & go OPTION 2 for sure. that looks awesome

[Mazda_Powered]

ya, option 2 for sure, pipes are already off and marked lol, well left everything glued to the piping haha lets see them misalign those lol

[wgnths]

Sweet setup!
Ya if you want a clean setup and since your recirc...I def opt for option 2.

And ya I would like some funds to come my way as well.....

[Mazda_Powered]

yep funds would be nice, might have some welded pipes instead of fittings attached by double sided tape haha

[kylespatula]

as for recirculating the BOV. what does it exactly do?

i have ran my car with it recirculated (noticable difference) but at the moment im not doing so. i live venting to people that im driving a turboed escort

[Mazda_Powered]

haha nice

the reason I'm running it recirc' is because the GTX ECU is setup for recirc, I've heard people having erratic a/f readings during shifts due to this, and also I want to tame the noise down a bit...don't need TOO much heat around here...I'll be the only turbo swap around this area lol...

[kylespatula]

well im still on the stock ECU but im looking to pick a GTX ECU up this week. guess ill have to go back to recirculating it but its better than ****ing something up.

[mazda1993]

I'm running a gtx setup with a bov and there is no problem with it!

[Ace]

care to take a picture of your intake for me?

[DeeAOne]

Coming along nicely. Does the BOV have to be recirculated on BP cars? I see it so often, so I was just wondering..

[mazda1993]

Coming along nicely. Does the BOV have to be recirculated on BP cars? I see it so often, so I was just wondering..

No not at all...i have a bov without recirculating the air and it work great, my friend luckycharm too and lots of other i know!

[Mazda_Powered]

really? do they have a wideband at all? Because I've been told up and down by god knows how many ppl that running an ECU/VAF system that's meant to see that metered air re-enter the intake system, will cause some erratic a/f ratios during shifting if vented, so I didn't want that to possibly foreshadow a lean condition.

I know all OEM turbocharged cars come with a bypass valve, and not a blow off valve for a reason...doubt they just did that for noise control lol...