Smart 453 0.9T Forge BOV Adaptor Plate installation guide.

[@RebelDrifter]

My friend... I have a knock-off BOV but mine just almost makes no sound... I even tuned the car for a bit more boost but it's just sooo tame... Outside of your car it sounds AMAZING!!! But then inside I can't hear it at all... Is this the case? My mechanic put some vaseline type stuff on the rubber o-rings... would this limit the sound? Should I dry it off? Or should I just buy the FORGE BOV? What could make it so quiet on my end? All help is welcome. Thanks! I gave the video a like!

[@mvautomotive7092]

Evening. Thank you, hope the video was helpful. With The forge one the quality is there. I know that the ports are sized correctly for the turbo and a lot of development work went into it. With yours drying the rubber rings will not make a difference. Mine is noticable inside the vehicle. I do have a soft top and an induction kit which helps with intake sounds also.

[@RebelDrifter]

I have a 453 forfour 0.9 turbo. I might buy a forge one then if you think it will be better sound wise. Thank you for getting back to me 😊

[@RebelDrifter]

Wait... 4:52 is that really the sound coming out of your car or is that just something you inserted into the video. Because once you're driving it isn't that audible...

[@mvautomotive7092]

@RebelDrifter it is the genuine sound. When I was driving I didn't have the passenger side window open as well as mine as there was too much road noise. I can assure you that the spund clip from outside is what you hear from outside. I will always keep my videos factual and genuine.

[@RebelDrifter]

@@mvautomotive7092 it just looked so weird with the camera movement etc and I couldn't see anyone pressing the gas or even sitting behind the steeringwheel. That's why I was wondering it. If you can ever make another video with the sound coming from outside... that would be amazing. Thanks again :)

[@mvautomotive7092]

@RebelDrifter haha I will give my mate luke from urban overland uk the constructive criticism in his camera holding. I won't lie, to be totally honest the BOV is no longer on the car. I installed it to annoy someone in work. 2 weeks later I removed it as until I have the new exhaust and other tuning parts it just sounded a bit odd on its own.

[@RebelDrifter]

@@mvautomotive7092 copy that. I just ordered a 2nd hand Forge bov on ebay to give that a try to see if the knock-off is THAT different. I have no beef with Luke. It just looked like a camera edit effect. And like I said I couldn't see anybody press the gas or even see if somebody was in the car... thats why I came to the assumption like it was faked. But in a few days I can test out the forge to see if it works on my smart with more sound. I have mine tuned a little bit. Do you know anything about ESP? I am still trying to drift my smart car on a wet circuit.

[@mvautomotive7092]

So with ESP there is the normal method to turn off which is holding a couple of buttons. I know there are people that want to disable it and keep it off so they can run dynos and so on. From my understanding,pulling fuse 15 in the fuse box under the dash has that effect. There was a compangbin Greece that made a switchable version. If pulling that fuse works then make a simple fused switch for that circuit so you could turn it on and off with a toggle switch.

[@jackbethel3182]

Also is it a deathening noise when driving

[@mvautomotive7092]

@@jackbethel3182 not when driving.it is noticable on changing gear. I don't think it's too loud.

[@jackbethel3182]

Did you do the exhaust?

[@mvautomotive7092]

@jackbethel3182 not yet