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Offline GTi_James

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DV reversed?
« on: 12 April 2013, 23:27 »
Hey guys,

Quick question, what are the advantages or disadvantages of reversing the DV? Read a post on vortex supplied buy a fellow forum member but it doesn't state a end result so there's a lot of smoke but no fire.

Can anyone help us?

Thanks!


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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #1 on: 12 April 2013, 23:44 »
I believe you get a little bit more noise when it's reversed. But the probelem is you run the risk of boost pressure pushing the valve off its seat and prematurely venting precious boost!
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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #2 on: 12 April 2013, 23:52 »
if its a piston type like forge then revered is the way its ment to be (boost pushing against bottom of the piston)

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #3 on: 13 April 2013, 07:18 »
yeh i was thinking of only doing it with a forged DV, cheers fellas


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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #4 on: 13 April 2013, 11:16 »
I asked this a while ago and some people were under the impression it can be bad for the car.

I had mine reversed and it made a really horrible chirp noise........ so put it with the vac pipe inlet facing up (normal way)
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Offline Nino

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #5 on: 13 April 2013, 12:11 »
Ive been wondering this myself i plan on reversing my forge 007p an see if it makes any diff

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #6 on: 13 April 2013, 12:25 »
if its a piston type like forge then revered is the way its ment to be (boost pushing against bottom of the piston)

Whoever told you that didnt know what they were talking about.

Boost always goes into the side of the piston.

AS stated above, you have 20psi of pressure im most cases pushing the piston up off its sealing surface  which causes that valve to leak.

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #7 on: 13 April 2013, 12:37 »
if its a piston type like forge then revered is the way its ment to be (boost pushing against bottom of the piston)

Incorrect.

As Chris and Beppe have stated, charge pressure should be on the side of the piston. This is part of the design that allows a fast acting DV with low spring pressure that will not leak.

By reversing it and allowing boost to act on the bottom of the piston, you're making it as crap as every other piston type BOV that needs high spring tension to remain closed, which in turn leads to it not opening under light load and compressor stall, eventually resulting in turbo damage. If you don't up the spring tension, then it's likely to bleed off boost, so you lose either way.

In theory, the pressure acting on each side of the valve SHOULD be equal and opposite, so it would remain closed, but due to pressure drops across the intercooler core and then again across the throttle body,  the pressure at the charge pipe take off will always be higher than the pressure in the inlet which acts to hold the valve closed, hence it leaks.

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #8 on: 13 April 2013, 12:51 »
Interestibg read there mate. So your basically saying it installing a forge 007p in the reversed order is a big no no as it will weaken the seal and the spring which in turn will cause danage to the turbo?

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Re: DV reversed?
« Reply #9 on: 13 April 2013, 14:12 »
I did loads of looking into this there loads of info on tgis. End result dont do it. It fits that way for a reason. Plus it sounds gay the other way round
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