Any turbo system adds a given amount of restriction to the engine's ability to breathe when off boost. What usually suffers is throttle response. Synchronic BOV helps improve throttle response when used properly.
This vid demonstrates the how spring rate and spring pre-load work on a wastegate. This is a good primer for understanding how springs operate in application
After 2 years of dialing in his setup, Abel Ibarra's RX-8 will be hitting the track. The car's engine is a 1700 HP 3-rotor turbo engine on methanol. It has 3 Synchronic Wastegates.
Tial 50mm BOV is compared with the Synapse Synchronic SB001 BOV. Test vehicle is a Subaru WRX with Garrett GT30R, external wastegate and running 20 psi of boost.
This is a different version of the Subaru video comparing the Tial 50mm BOV with the Synapse Synchronic SB001 BOV. Test vehicle is a Subaru WRX with Garrett GT30R, external wastegate and running 20 psi of boost.
This video shows some early testing that we performed with a Mazdaspeed 3. This is interesting for anyone with one of these great cars. We made about 28 more HP just by swapping out the stock BOV for the Synchronic BOV.
We swap out the 2 Bosch DVs that came with the ... (more)
Added: February 14, 2008
We swap out the 2 Bosch DVs that came with the APS turbo kit on Seth's C5 LS6 Z06 Twin turbo Corvette. The Synchronic BOV's make 25 more HP just by swapping out BOVs.
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