finally got this darn thing, took awhile on back order... but appears to have been well worth the waite and the high $$ cost.
first impressions are great. This valve really incorporates all the bells and whistles i wanted in a BOV.
It works exactly as advertised... Blows off completely to recirculation below 5psi, keeping your air flow in concert with your MAF sensor when it really needs to be. And above 5 psi easily set it to blow off however you want... 100% atmosphere, 75/25 split, 50/50 split, 25/75% split, to 100% recirculation... I've so far tested it at a 50/50 split, appears to work great, and at a 100% atmosphere blow off. Not a single backfire yet, no hard hesitations when backing down the throttle from even a WOT point... The key here is the always 100% blowoff recirc below 5psi... and the cool thing is, you can even here it hissing when blowing off to full recirc, much more so than the stocker....
don't think for a minute that it sounds anywhere near the type of sound the TXS RFL makes, but for the compromise of great and correct performance, its WAY better!
It sounds very much like the HKS SSQV... which is good enough for me sound-wise. And appears to do just a fine job of holding 22psi with no issues... i have it on the middle tension setting. i was told by WORX that it has been bench flowed up to 40psi w/out leak...
product review so far gives it 5 out of 5 stars in my book... finally a valve that does it all in once little package... looks nice too, but not quite as cool looking as the RFL of course... price is a bit steeper than RFL, but again, well worth it.
as always, my .02
and while we are hitting innovation on the forums today... appears WORX tuning has developed an original WRX-specific product that gets the job done, and then some, while most others that i've seen and experimented with, do not. interesting how something as minimal as a piston-valve can have such a large affect on the day-to-day driveability of your car. Thanks WORX, its about time.
first impressions are great. This valve really incorporates all the bells and whistles i wanted in a BOV.
It works exactly as advertised... Blows off completely to recirculation below 5psi, keeping your air flow in concert with your MAF sensor when it really needs to be. And above 5 psi easily set it to blow off however you want... 100% atmosphere, 75/25 split, 50/50 split, 25/75% split, to 100% recirculation... I've so far tested it at a 50/50 split, appears to work great, and at a 100% atmosphere blow off. Not a single backfire yet, no hard hesitations when backing down the throttle from even a WOT point... The key here is the always 100% blowoff recirc below 5psi... and the cool thing is, you can even here it hissing when blowing off to full recirc, much more so than the stocker....
don't think for a minute that it sounds anywhere near the type of sound the TXS RFL makes, but for the compromise of great and correct performance, its WAY better!
It sounds very much like the HKS SSQV... which is good enough for me sound-wise. And appears to do just a fine job of holding 22psi with no issues... i have it on the middle tension setting. i was told by WORX that it has been bench flowed up to 40psi w/out leak...
product review so far gives it 5 out of 5 stars in my book... finally a valve that does it all in once little package... looks nice too, but not quite as cool looking as the RFL of course... price is a bit steeper than RFL, but again, well worth it.
as always, my .02
and while we are hitting innovation on the forums today... appears WORX tuning has developed an original WRX-specific product that gets the job done, and then some, while most others that i've seen and experimented with, do not. interesting how something as minimal as a piston-valve can have such a large affect on the day-to-day driveability of your car. Thanks WORX, its about time.