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Toymods Board Member
I supported Toymods
Location:
Turramurra, Sydney.
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: BOV on an auto?
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Mon, 30 June 2003 13:10
 
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As much as I also hate noisy & stupid BOVs (well, really just the overuse of them), a BOV would serve a purpose on an auto. In a straight line race sure it wouldn't be needed, but if you're hammering through bends & are on & off the throttle heaps it'll help throttle response/reduce lag, & will reduce stress on the turbo whenever you back off the throttle while the turbo is boosting, whether thrashing it or just giving it a little harmless squirt here & there.
One thing big car companies don't do is get extravagant with little gimmicky gizmos that do nothing, so judging by many a factory turbo car equiped with a BOV form the factory, they are worth having in either manual or auto setups.
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