got 03 wrx
hks up and down pipe
hks ti carbon exhaust
perrin short ram intake
perrin oil catch can
hyperflow tmic
samco hoses
vf34 turbo
turbo xs ecu
255 fuel pump with a hks ssq blow off valve
MY QUESTION IS HOWZ THE SARD BLOW OFF VALVES BECAUSE I HAD THE SSQ FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS AND I GET ALOT OF BACKFIRE,,ENGINE LITE GOES OFF AND ON AND CAR RUNS A LITTLE ROUGH,,IT NEVER HAPPENED WHEN I HAD MY STOCK BLOW OFF VALVE ONLY WHEN I CHANGED IT TO THE SSQ IT ALL STARTED..I'M RUNNING ABOUT 20 PSI,,,BUT CAN I CHANGE IT TO THE SARD R2D2 ONE..IS THAT ONE ANY GOOD...I HEARD SOME GOOD STUFF ABOUT IT???????

 

The Sard BOV is an excellent unit (with a unique sound) but the reason your car is having problems with the HKS unit is because you weren't retuned after you put it on. You stock bypass valve is recirculating and the HKS unit is venting to atmosphere. Your ECU expects to see that air that is now being vented to atmosphere and it dumps in an appropriate amount of fuel. This causes a rich condition which then causes back firing, a rough idle, and sometimes stalling. A retune will most likely fix this. To answer your question though, the Sard is a great unit that not a lot of people run (very JDM).

Thanks,

Geoff

 

gruppe-s,
does that unit clear the hood? what other good BOVs clear the hood?

 

i got a brand new universal if you want it 150.00 shipped

 

hehe, the sard actually repositions the bov to under the intercooler, you can't see it from over the engine, puts a kinda stealth mode to it.

 

dope. in case the cops try to look for modified parts, they wont find much under the hood. anyone have a sound clip for the sard?

 

I don't have a sound clip, but the sound that comes out is a big whoooosh. I personally love the sound and think the sard is the best sounding one out there.

 

plus juan!