Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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Re: Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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ye somthing around that, it is a low pressure turbo on the 406
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Re: Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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oh cmon - are you serious?
guy has one near me.gets laughed at 99.9% of the time-only time when he's not being laughed at is when someone says "maybe i should get one of those!"doh
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Re: Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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ive got the executive 406 turbo running 0.8 bar with a forge bleed valve and dump valve and its loud, but i take no responsibility for any mods on your car. :twisted: and its 220 bhp
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Re: Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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craig out of interest what other work have you done to get 220bhp on 0.8 bar
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Re: Does having more boost make the dump valve sound better?

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i put an induction kit onit and thats it, mind you the person who had the car before me had the engine rebuilt with new everything,rebore the lot,so its prob just over a 2.0l and the engine has only done 38k since, best part about it is i only paid £400 for the car and he spent over a grand doing the engine, BARGIN lol
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