Does it ride any diff? Less snatchy with on off throttle changes?
TurboSmart BOV
Thank you to TURBO329!!!!! Awesome sir, cannot thank you enough for all the sound advice and the help with the install. I honestly have rarely met someone so enthusiastic and positive about the products and the support after the sale, you are truly a credit to this community sir!
Install went fairly smooth, I was honestly very apprehensive about tearing into my new girl. It is weird, I have worked on thousands of bikes, have no problem with everything from the bottom end up, but I was sweating and had a lot of anxiety about tearing into a mchine that has been such a life acheivement for me to own. I took the plunge, and what an absolute joy, the engineers at kawasaki outdid themselves. What a beautiful machine to work on. A place for everything and everything in its place. That being said, getting the stock bov removed and its encumbent plumbing requires a certain amount of patience. The large hose that connects under the plenum to the airbox inlet area is a monster to get at. I figured a great trick to make it easier (this process is not clearly outlined in the service manual), remove the airfilter and its housing, gently work free from the left side of the machine with that large tube already disconnected at the other end and loose, this allows access to the hose clamp attaching it with relative ease. Its oriented in the down position, indicating install was reverse of this. No way to access it otherwise. Once done, very easily buttoned back up. Bypassed the boost solenoid thingy strictly according to Nate's excellent and clear instructions, and snugged her all down. Removed the pair valve and all its garbaggio at the same time. Simply removed and left the pair controller plugged in and tucked up neat so as to avoid the code 64 (air switching valve switch OPEN). This all done, fired her up, took her out. WOW. That blow off sound has immediately become a part of the symphony that is this machines powerplant. JUST AWESOME. Every time you roll off from a moderate amount of boost... PHISHHHHH!!!! Hahahaha. Great stuff! Fun. What bikes are about, FUN! And I do like the fact that the overboost is not being rerouted to the box. Fantastic job on this piece of kit and the fact that it includes the block and clamp for the pornstar hose is excellent! KUDOS SIR!
(That second pic is the H2 crown...
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Install went fairly smooth, I was honestly very apprehensive about tearing into my new girl. It is weird, I have worked on thousands of bikes, have no problem with everything from the bottom end up, but I was sweating and had a lot of anxiety about tearing into a mchine that has been such a life acheivement for me to own. I took the plunge, and what an absolute joy, the engineers at kawasaki outdid themselves. What a beautiful machine to work on. A place for everything and everything in its place. That being said, getting the stock bov removed and its encumbent plumbing requires a certain amount of patience. The large hose that connects under the plenum to the airbox inlet area is a monster to get at. I figured a great trick to make it easier (this process is not clearly outlined in the service manual), remove the airfilter and its housing, gently work free from the left side of the machine with that large tube already disconnected at the other end and loose, this allows access to the hose clamp attaching it with relative ease. Its oriented in the down position, indicating install was reverse of this. No way to access it otherwise. Once done, very easily buttoned back up. Bypassed the boost solenoid thingy strictly according to Nate's excellent and clear instructions, and snugged her all down. Removed the pair valve and all its garbaggio at the same time. Simply removed and left the pair controller plugged in and tucked up neat so as to avoid the code 64 (air switching valve switch OPEN). This all done, fired her up, took her out. WOW. That blow off sound has immediately become a part of the symphony that is this machines powerplant. JUST AWESOME. Every time you roll off from a moderate amount of boost... PHISHHHHH!!!! Hahahaha. Great stuff! Fun. What bikes are about, FUN! And I do like the fact that the overboost is not being rerouted to the box. Fantastic job on this piece of kit and the fact that it includes the block and clamp for the pornstar hose is excellent! KUDOS SIR!
(That second pic is the H2 crown...
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I’m with you on that, how loud?? FFS, sounds like a 1995 impreza
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My impressions are just as Turbo329 describes, I was trying to show in the vid how smooth down low she is, I only get on it a bit in a couple spots, and never more than half throttle. Very smooth down low and I sense no loss in power, I think you can see how crisply she pulls in the vid. Much less snatchy in all on/off throttle transitions, the ebc set to light is a pleasure now, very smooth, clean, light decel, no hanging throttle, no snatchy-ness. As to sound, rode her both lightly and hard through two tanks of gas now and the sound when just using light throttle applications is as quiet as the stock bov. Below 5-6000 and just usimg smooth light throttle, you cannot even hear a difference, roll into that boost though, and the comensurate roll off is much louder, of course that sound is a function of how hard you are on it and the rpm range. I love the sound, the more I ride it, the better I like it, you definitely have a clear audible indicator when you are building boost hard.
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