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26th December 2007, 20:08
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L-plater
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: nottingham
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Car(s): Saxo vtr
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power boost valve
i am thinkink of buying a magnex de-cat pipe off ebay for 70 quid, the guy is also offering a fse power boost valve for 80 quid, what do you guys think 
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26th December 2007, 20:10
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Bath/Warminster
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Car(s): 57 plate C2 VTS & a saxo 1.4
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Hell and no. Complete waist of money mate, as all it will do is look chavtastic 
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26th December 2007, 20:13
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Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Tonbridge United Kingdom (England)
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Car(s): Vtr, 172, throttle bodied track slut
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just an adjustable fuel pressure regualtor, no need tbh.
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26th December 2007, 20:13
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: nottingham
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Car(s): Saxo vtr
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thought so want sure m8
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26th December 2007, 20:14
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espec at that price, the decat seems expensive to
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26th December 2007, 20:19
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L-plater
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: nottingham
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Car(s): Saxo vtr
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do you know where i can get a de-cat from
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26th December 2007, 20:20
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L-plater
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: nottingham
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if not there lol
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26th December 2007, 22:30
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Southampton
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i can supply and fit one for near enough that price!
as for the power valve boosty thingy, please dont 
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27th December 2007, 07:40
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L-plater
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: nottingham
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Car(s): Saxo vtr
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nice offer m8 but i am from nottingham, southampton is a bit far cheers anyway
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27th December 2007, 13:57
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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search all the tuning companies websites, even magnex direct.
ebay isnt allways the cheapest place.
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27th December 2007, 14:09
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: rugby
Posts: 3,766
Car(s): MK2 VTS, Ibiza Cupra 20VT
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tbh ebay seems expensive for de-cats now
i bought mine from there for bout £40
think someone is selling one in for sale section maybe try there 
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27th December 2007, 15:40
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Ely~
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powerboost vavle worked a charm on my brothers astra, dont no how they look chav'ish' becouse you can hardly see them, not all off them have guages. i would pay that for it, but worked well on my vtr when fitted it for like 5 mins lol.
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27th December 2007, 15:52
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vtrlogan
powerboost vavle worked a charm on my brothers astra, dont no how they look chav'ish' becouse you can hardly see them, not all off them have guages. i would pay that for it, but worked well on my vtr when fitted it for like 5 mins lol.
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In what way did it "work well"??
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27th December 2007, 15:59
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vtrlogan
powerboost vavle worked a charm on my brothers astra, dont no how they look chav'ish' becouse you can hardly see them, not all off them have guages. i would pay that for it, but worked well on my vtr when fitted it for like 5 mins lol.
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as said its just an adjustable fuel pressure regulator, if set up wrongly does more damage to the engine.
its just increasing the pressure of the fuel, and is not needed.
its not a boost valve its just a snazzy name, you can get higher FPRs from the PSA range for cheaper
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27th December 2007, 16:29
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Join Date: Nov 2007
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W.O.M.B.A.T ... Waste Of Money, Beer And Time... usually associated with women but also FSE PB valves... theyre shite!
Decat pipes - i just got mine got £50 delievered off ebay - just a stainless scorpian one, cant remember the name of the shop though
just have a good shop around and as mentioned above - look in ads on sax p
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27th December 2007, 17:01
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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well dont no why then becouse it worked well on my brothers astra and my saxo mk1. throttle response got better when slamming foot down, different opinions i guess, same with super chips, now got one on my saxo and i will sweat by it.
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27th December 2007, 17:30
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Quote:
Originally Posted by vtrlogan
well dont no why then becouse it worked well on my brothers astra and my saxo mk1. throttle response got better when slamming foot down, different opinions i guess, same with super chips, now got one on my saxo and i will sweat by it.
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problem I have with PBVs is that for most people they just ramp up the fuel pressure and expect all to be well. Blindly adding more fuel does not improve performance. Look up bore wash for worst case scenarios
Super Chips .. you end up paying for a generic chip with a slightly more performance map over normal - problem is its not for your engine specifically so not as good as a Remap of the standard ECU. Ideal though for the plug and play generation but doesn't equate to best performance
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27th December 2007, 18:18
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Super Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Tonbridge United Kingdom (England)
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Originally Posted by vtrlogan
different opinions i guess, same with super chips, now got one on my saxo and i will sweat by it.
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but if you ever had a proper remap you would be commenting on how you wasted £400 at pooperchips
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27th December 2007, 18:49
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i prob will lol, after cams i will get a remap and tell ya but im very happy with my super chip now.
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27th December 2007, 18:50
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Join Date: Feb 2004
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its given you performance you will be happy, but you still paid alot to get a universal mod really.
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