bypass valve

[Robert Deis]

On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Peter Berrevoets wrote:

>   Did you replace the bypass valve with a stock piece?  Or some sort of
> aftermarket "better" replacement.

I may be jaded here, but "upgrade" bypass/blow-off valves are extremely
popular with the rice crowd, and seem to offer no benefit other than cool
sound.

There is one exception: if the stock unit is unable to stay closed against
your high boost pressure an upgraded unit is in order, but most often the
best "upgrade" is a stock unit off a motor that's designed to a higher
boost level. (Which can often be had cheaply becasue the ricer-owner of
the car in question is going for cool sound..)

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