Author Topic: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve  (Read 7876 times)

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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #40 on: 24 June 2013, 23:45 »
Are you positive about the shims? what do they do exactly? I cant understand why they would come with shims but then you wouldnt use them? Will there be any benefit/drawback? tah

edit - https://www.dropbox.com/s/cu2f3isdpah67vm/IMG_20130624_203553.jpg update pic with new DV
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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #41 on: 25 June 2013, 01:21 »
yes, i`m sure. they are only for fine tuning. not really needed.

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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #42 on: 25 June 2013, 06:52 »
take the shims aout and stick with the yellow spring.
a forge DV doesn't mean your car will go faster, it just means that its a strong reliable dv!.

This.If you thought it would make your car quicker then you were mistaken

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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #43 on: 25 June 2013, 19:04 »
I thought it would have made the acceleration seem faster with a quicker response and hopefully a tiny bit reduced turbo lag but no word of a lie, I have gotten a bigger benefit/placebo from using vpower nitro over this :'(

So advice is to take the shims out or is that pointless coz there will be 0 difference?

Edit - now I know why I need to take out the two shims!

If you are finding that the valve is dumping more than required or you are loosing boost pressure it is normally an indication that a stronger spring is required. Conversely if the valve is failing to dump it may be necessary to install a weaker spring. If during this tuning of your valve you are faced for example with the red spring being to strong and the blue spring to weak, you can add the spacers to the blue spring to increase the tension by small increments, thus achieving a setting between the red and blue springs.

Valve Spring color coding

Green - 5-15 PSI

Yellow - 15-23 PSI

Blue - 23-30 PSI

Red - 30 + PSI

The above figures are estimates only and should only be considered as a guideline

Will give a try - Anyway to view what PSI im outputting?
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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #44 on: 25 June 2013, 20:20 »
With a boost gauge :wink:

Most mapped cars will use a yellow spring though

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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #45 on: 25 June 2013, 21:05 »
Scanned the car and it has no problems still.

I never bothered buying new hoses when I fitted the forge 008 as I didnt have the time but would swapping them make any difference or is it just a case of working/not working?

Will get the 2 shims taken out asap and report back! :D

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Re: Just bought a forge 008 FMDV008 Recirculation Valve
« Reply #46 on: 26 June 2013, 22:28 »
Refer back to https://www.dropbox.com/s/cu2f3isdpah67vm/IMG_20130624_203553.jpg

Seems like my dumpvalve flutters abit after watching some youtube vids? I think thats fluttering anyway.

I am going to remove the 2 shims and stick to just the yellow spring.

Also ordering http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3mm-x1M-BLACK-SILICONE-VAC-HOSE-VENAIR-BOOST-DUMP-VALVE-/250467393080?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3a51051e38&clk_rvr_id=494800162746&afsrc=1

Is 1m the correct side I need?

What pipes should I also replace, need an ebay link plz.

Is it worth bothering with a boost gauge?