will a blow off valve work with out an intercooler???(civic 2000)and also, is a blow off valve a turbo?whats the diffrence between a turbo and a blow off valve?? thankss..
A blow off or pop off valve controls the boost or pressure the turbo or supercharger is pushing into the engine.A turbo makes the boost.The blow off valve controls it so you wont run too much boost or pressure into your engine and leave pieces of it all over the street.The blow off valve can be adjusted to control the boost,6- 8 lbs.should be sufficient for a street application.The blow off valve simply allows the excess pressure built up in the turbo to be vented or blown off so it wont be forced into the engine.The boost on a supercharged or blower application is controlled by swapping the blower pulley to either underdrive the blower or overdrive the blower,depending on which way you want to go.
