fse power valve

[funbobby]

know its been mentioned before but not recently,was wondering if people had tried them on v6 engines and what kind of results they had.spoke to 2 companys today one said good and one said no point on v6??

[andyf007]

Fitted one a couple of months ago and it has made some difference. It is difficult to say if this was because my old regulator was worn or not though. I have mine about 14 turn higher than the preset and it has more oomph past 3.5k than before and seems to be more responsive and driveable. Any more than 14 turn and the exhaust note gets deeper and it pops and bangs when I lift off to a small degree, but it doesn't appear to give any better response. Fuel consumption doesn't appear to have changed much at all, but then I can't calculate it due to a sticking odometer.

Got mine from www.motorsportworld.co.uk for about £76 inc, FSE wanted £81 inc for the same part. Motorsportworld do list the S for some parts (EBC brakes and discs are reasonable too) and the one you want is the horizontal bolt version.

Andy

[funbobby]

seems good value if it does what they claim!looking for bit more response which sounds like you got.

[andyf007]

One other noticeable difference was around the 70 to 90 range. Before it tended to hunt a little and felt short on power, probably fuel starvation. Now it picks up very well and is smooth and quick to 100 (not tried letting it go faster yet)

Andy

[funbobby]

andy,according to website horizontal is £98 did you mean vertical?

[shnozz]

just come across this thread from not long ago - and i contributed

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=30788&f=11&h=0&hw=power+valve

[funbobby]

shnozz,did you get one then?

[andyf007]

funbobby said: andy,according to website horizontal is £98 did you mean vertical?

Er.. yes Sorry

You'll see why I had horizontal stuck in my mind when you get it, as the mounting bolts actually go in horizontally. Also when you come to fit it you may find that the return pipe which fitted on the top of the old one needs to go on the bottom of the new one, this may be difficult depending on your existing pipe fitting. I found that the 2 spacer bushes that were supplied were unnecessary too.

Part no. is PBV39430

Andy

[shnozz]

funbobby said: shnozz,did you get one then?

no i didnt in the end - still interested though I must say. Having said that, I still havent got around to doing any driver training and really want to get the most out of what i already have before worrying about more power...