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Aye ... It does sound like it needs tightening. I'm not really sure what that screw does on the HKS one though. HKS are very specific when they say that's it's for factory use ONLY, and should never be turned by the end user. And, when I dismantled it, it really doesn't look like it does anything! There is just open space on the other side of the screw, it's not connected to anything at all Cheers, J

Happened to me recently too Got a call from Natwest to say that they had cancelled my card. Apparently the police are investigating a well known 'local retailer' for card scamming. They told Natwest that I had been into this retailer, so Natwest cancelled my card just incase. I was actually very impressed with how fast Natwest were to tell me, cancel my card and get me a new one. Luckily I never had any money taken. The annoying thing is that they wouldn't tell me where it happened, and I could quite easily go back in there with my new card! They did tell me that it WASN'T online and that is WASN'T a cash machine. They told me that it was somewhere that I physically walked into, and handed my card over. Which narrows it down to 1 of 3 places: - Tescos in Addlestone Shell in Ottershaw (Trident) BP in Shepperton Pretty much everyone I have ever known has been scammed at one time or another in a BP garage. It's scary how many people it's happened to, so I was convinced that was the culprit. Then the guy next to me at work had his card cancelled by Natwest for the same reason ..... He's never been to BP. That narrowed it down to Tescos or Shell. It really isn't likely to be Tescos. I remember being in there and it was some doddery old woman serving me! So ... we reckon it's the Shell garage in Ottershaw (near Chertsey) as we both go there. Thing is, I know the guys in there, we chat about the car all the time, so it's a bit strange. But I always go in there at the same time of day, so it may well be some dodgy character on the graveyard shift that is doing the scamming, and the other guys are totally unaware. Either way, my card never leaves my hand now :p Cheers, J

Well .. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may be game over for the HKS. I totally dismantled it, and gave it a good clean with a generous coating of WD-40. The valve itself doesn't feel particularly sticky, so I'm not entirely sure what's up with it! . Oh well ... I'll keep my eyes open for a nice, cheap, second-hand one somewhere as this Ebay one seems to be doing the job for now Cheers, J

Well bugger me .... It works :eyebrows: Put the new Ebay BOV on last night, took it for a spin, and *whoosh*, the BOV was sounding again. The car instantly felt better and more responsive. Driving back from work tonight felt much better too ... got a nice flame all the way up the back of my spoiler too . So, against everything I thought, it seems the BOV was at fault! The Ebay 'HKS Style' BOV does actually seem to work okay. Upon closer inspection, and a test drive, it is actually clear that the HKS is the better unit though. Having said that, the Ebay one seems to do the job. The sound is pretty good, although not as good as the real HKS. Also, with the real HKS, if you hold the throttle so that it's 'just' generating some vacuum, the BOV will chatter nicely. With this one, you just get a very loud, continuous 'blast' of noise that sounds like someone using a compressor to blast air. That being said ... it seems to do the job. And for £35 instead of £200, I wasn't expecting miracles! Here are some pics I took of the HKS and Ebay BOV side by side so you can get an idea. Cheers, J

I do have this spare 'HKS Style' BOV that I got off Ebay. I'm going to try shoving that on tonight and seeing what happens Fingers crossed, but I'm not convinced that's the problem. If I do manage to get the EGCV off, what am I looking for? Just general blockages and 'gunk'? Cheers for all the help, given me some ideas. J

Ahhh ... Big fan of those pics. Very useful. It's times like this that I WISH I had a 4-post lift of something! . It doesn't look that easy to get to. I have checked all around the pipe going to the BOV, and I have replaced it too. I also removed the inline valve thingy incase that was blocked up, but it didn't seem to make a difference Will keep you updated on the BOV. The ONLY difference between the Ebay one and the genuine HKS one, is that the Ebay one doesn't have the adjusting screw on the back. Cheers, J

The BOV used to go off even with a tiny amount of pressure before. I'm still generating enough boost to certainly make the BOV sound as it did before, and nothing has changed on the BOV itself. The EGCV is certainly something that I will look into (well, gotta find the damned thing first! ). As a side note to this. When I thought the issue was with the BOV, I bought one of those £30 HKS SQV 'Style' BOV's of Ebay. I figured that I just needed it to diagnose a problem, and it didn't really matter if it was rubbish! . Well ... it turned up today, and honest to God, it's IDENTICAL to the £200 HKS unit. I've compared them side-by-side and there is no difference (apart from the HKS logo ontop). The casing is the same, the piston inside is the same (same purple colour), and even the writing on the valve is the same, where is says 'Sequential Blow Off Valve'. Admittedly, I haven't tried it yet, but it will be interesting to see the difference between a £30 '3rd Party BOV', and a genuine £200 one! I'll report back if I ever get my car working to test it! :rolleyes: Cheers, J

Cool .. that sounds like an option I'm still totally puzzled as to why the BOV has gone quiet, despite me still getting 0.8 bar of boost. I was convinced that was the problem until I blanked it all off, and it still felt all wrong Thx for the help, Cheers, J

Cheers Ian I don't have any CATS, no. I have a double De-Cat, CW Style (no restrictor ring, never needed one). I do indeed have a boost guage. Actually, I have a spare one kicking about somewhere. I'll give this suggestion a go, and see what I come up with. The Exhuast Gas Control Valve sounds like a potential nightmare. Hope it's not that. Basically, it ran fine before it went in. 8 months later, with no additional miles on the clock, it's all gone horribly wrong! Cheers, J

Hey guys, Bear with me on this one. I've had this problem for far too long now and I really want to try and get to the bottom of it. I'm going to explain the issue, and go into as much detail as possible in the hope that one of you dudes may know the answer!! The Scenario - Car was off the road for 8 months after an accident last November (don't ask!). It was started fairly regularly whilst it was off the road, and never had any issues. When I finally picked the car up, it felt ok for a few days, and the HKS BOV was 'blowing off' as expected. The Problem - After a few days, the BOV went silent and the car started to feel a bit 'loose'. I have a Blitz SBC ID3 and Powermeter and it's setup to run at 1.2 bar max. Since the BOV went quiet, I can only really seem to get between 0.8-0.9 bar. The 2nd turbo seems a bit intermittent and the car just doesn't pull and have the kick that it used to What I've Checked - - I have checked everywhere for loose hoses or split pipes, but I honestly can't find anything obvious. - I unplugged the Blitz SBC ID3 and tried a MBC instead to see if the issue was with the Boost Controller. Didn't get any more boost with that either. - I removed the HKS BOV (from the FMIC hardpipe near the Throttle Body) and I blanked it off. Ran with no BOV, just so see if that helped, but the car felt exactly the same. - I have run the car in both SEQ and TTC setups ... still not generating the boost I had before Thoughts - Having read around on the forum (lots) I had thoughts that it could be the pressure tank, or one of the VSV valve thingies. - But .... I am still getting upto 0.8 bar of boost, so the BOV should surely still be going off shouldn't it (it used to make a sound, even with the smallest amount of boost pressure)? This is why I was convinced it was faulty. - However, when I removed the BOV from the system, there didn't seem to be any improvement at all, which would seem to indicate that the BOV isn't actually the issue? But then why isn't it making a sound! Arrrghhhhh! Sorry about that. Had to try and get it all down, and show some of the steps that I've already taken to try and help explain it . Next step is to soak everything in a nice Fairy Liquid mixture to see if there are any leaks that I may have missed ..... but it still doesn't explain why the BOV has gone silent! My head is spinning Any help would be much appreciated. I'm sure I may have missed out some details, so if there is anything specific you need to know to help in a diagnosis, just let me know It's a 1995 J-Spec, 6-Speed Manual by the way!! Cheers, J

Check this thread out, should tell you what you need to know: - http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=4547&highlight=SBC+Setup Some figures posted are for UK cars and some for Jap cars, just make sure you are using the right ones, as they are quite different. Cheers, J

Does anyone have any close-up pics of the SSQV installed? Mine is playing up, but it's in the hardpipe near the battery. I just want to see how it's all plumbed in in the 'standard' location so I can see if anything might be wrong on that side of my car SupraSurrey, you must be very close to me. I live in Windlesham, but I actually work at EA, about 1 minute from Addlestone . Cheers, J

D'oh ... nevermind. But, despite the BOV not working, I assume the rust is also a bad thing?

I did dismantle the BOV. It was fine in there. There was a slight 'deposit' of some white corrosion, but nothing bad at all. I I'm fairly sure the BOV is ok ... unless anyone in the area has one I can just test to be sure Cheers, O

The guys in the bodyshop fired it up and made sure it was running at least once a month .... I think

Hey all, I'm still having trouble with the Supra not boosting properly, and the BOV is still totally silent . I decided to take the BOV out and inspect it a bit closer. It's mounted on the hardpipe next to battery, so I took the whole pipe out. The attached pics are what I found inside the pipes ... that's bad, right :blink: I also totally dismantled the BOV, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it really, so I don't think that's my problem. How strong should the vacuum be on the small pipe that goes into the back of the BOV (HKS SSQV)? I disconnected it, and put my finger on the end of the pipe.... there really doesn't seem to be much force in the vacuum at all, I wouldn't expect it to be able to pull the BOV open! Everything worked fine before my car went off the road for 8 months. I got it back, the BOV worked for about 2 days and then just went silent. That was about 6 weeks ago now, and I still haven't figured it out ... it's getting irritating now! :rolleyes: Cheers, J

Grin Got it in test right now . 360 demo out shortly.

Case in point ... Steven Kings' 'IT' It starts off as a Clown, and turns into a frikikin Spider!! I was NOT amused!

Hate them .... Spiders and Clowns ... the 2 scariest things ever invented :blink: Cheers, J

No ... I've got a black one

Dead Rising is very good. Looks very nice, and it's funny as hell But .. it has a definate 'shelf life'. Mowing down thousands of zombies (literally when you use the mower! ) in hundreds of amusing ways is one of the best things you've ever done when you first start playing. But the novelty wears off pretty fast to be honest. Still, if you are into non-stop carnage, then this is the game for you. Don't really have to think much .. just kill things. I really like Ninety Nine Nights too. Looks stunning in 1080 and you just wipe out crowds of thousands of enemies with lots of big swords and flashy special moves ... very nice J

Saw you just as I was coming up to the traffic lights heading away from Guildford. You turned left at the lights heading into Guildford and past me. We both gave a thumbs up out of the window. Very nice, clean looking car

Thanks Ian, Yeah, I wish more manufacturers would put their manuals on the web. Would be really handy. I'm really after something with full on iPod (ID3 Tags etc) support. Want to do it properly. There is a fairly good looking Alpine unit that seems to be full iPod. Not really done much research into it though Cheers, J

Ahhh, wow .. thanks for that, just what I needed There we go then, that should tell you everything you need to know about the unit Cheers, James