You lose no performance at all, the recirculated air is hotter , so blocking that off, lets you draw in fresh cold air... hurts nothing and performs the same.. i do have a safc to controll fuel. other wise the car would run rich....laugh all you want as i fly by... lol

 

Well...that I think you are wrong whitegsx...</P>


Recirculated Air goes thru intercooler again also.</P>


Performance are not same...we've tested with SpeedSouth...</P>


If you just look at your boost gauge...you can tell your boost will go down more after 6500RPM on same setting if you don't recirculate.</P>


Unless you have something like HKS VPC...A'pexi SAFC...but we are talking about on stock car here...and + even if you have these...on performance wise...recirculating is better...these units just bring down your fuel flow to matchyour air flow by ratio so car won't run rich and have no problem...but if yourecirculate, youget higher air flow and fuel that matches to the air flow...thats why if you don't have units and don't recirculate...you get the problems...you get lower air flow cuz of lose but getting high fuel flow cuz stock computer doesn't cut the lose of air...make your car run rich...end up boost down on high rpm...+ backfire...lolz</P>


Thats why HKS SSQV comes out open but you can get recirculation kit BUT Type II(good for 3.0bar of boost&lt;=43PSI&gt;, 800+HP)comes out with built in recirculation kit...cuz more HP and Boost you have more lose...if you don't recirculate...even HKS recomanded to get recirculation kit on Eclipse Turbo + Talon.</P>


And for sound matter...I don't really care...but turbo intakes with A'pexi or Injen Filters' blowoff sounds are pretty good and loud also. I have SSQV and i had it open for a while but had problems so got recirculation kit...on low boost...you can hear 'open' better but on high boost high RPM...the sound was 'bout the same...</P>


Thanks.</P>

 

hi this is actually my first post so def newb i just found this forum 1 minute ago because i am encountering the same issue and i think i may have found a solution that lets people keep the "sweet" sound lmao of the bov while still possibly keeping performance intact, (I strongly want to stress the word think here) I installed a small k@n air intake off an old pocket rocket i had literally laying around, rather then a recirculation kit. If this is a bad idea for any reason I would strongly encourage someone to please let me know. Thank you