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Originally Posted by jamesm
You understand that the main benefit of not stalling the compressor, aside from not damaging it, is that it helps spool between shifts right? It makes no sense at all that not having a bov would help spool, or anything else other than your wallet.
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I am not here to argue it, nor do I have a mechanical or automotive engineering background to get into real specifics. However I have
observed many turbocharged
race cars that choose to not run a blow off valve for performance reasons. It was explained to me that it helps with response by keeping the pipes pressurized during gear changes.
Here is an educated guess on my part - The benefits of keeping the pipes pressurized, outweighs the stalling/slowing of the compressor wheel?
I understand how a blow off valve functions.
I know Crawford doesn't run one on there time attack STI, or there turbo kits. A lot of rally cars don't run them, so on and so forth