3rd gen 3sgte intake nightmare, Blowing couplings, do not have blow off valve and looking Options

[yarik83]

Hey ya guys. Its been almost 2 months since I picked up my celi from xat racing. They conveniently never put a blow off valve and I have had nothing but headaches since. Car runs like a beast and both my boost gauge and engine management system seem to do wonders with ocasional random things like my wipers going off without a reason for goot 5 minutes at a time with no means to stop it. Neverless I have gone through about 18 cilicone couplings so far, I even went to a muffler shop to completely redo my air intake so that it goes off straight from intake rather than straight and then sideways. A coupling lasts me about a week or less but it bursts pretty much daily. I know I need a blow off valve but I am so confused about it its not even funny. There are like cajillion blow off valves and most guys from here seem to have hks ones. Then there are universals, greddy and other fancy companies. Price ranges from 25-400. Obviously I do not want to overpay and or underpay and then regret it. I want to install a valve preferably on my own without going to yet another welding shop. I have seen some pipe things with flanges already attached but since I have 2 pipes one being on the car and one no longer used I am slightly hesitant to go that route because i would have to cut my intake pipe again. Yet the need for a solution is there and i cant be running to pep boys and home depot every other day.

I am looking for a blow off valve that works and not neccesarily name branded. I want it to perform like a trooper so that I dont have to worry about anything coming off when I am on a highway. I know that most of you here have hks valves and from photos they all look welded on. What would u recommend in my case? I have about 2 weeks time of not having to worry about it since my car is going into bodyshop for a major bodykit refitment and prep work so have this time to buy something and put it on as soon as my car is back.

Thanks for help.

[yarik83]

at the moment my boost is regulated by boost gauge and maxes out at 12. i have been told that car could run at higher boost but needed a few upgrades to engine. My driving patterns are highway speeds and ocasional showing off.

Mind that to this day never once my intake piping came off when I was pushing my car. It randomly comes off in traffic when I let go off gas. My clamps although sucky almost never were the cause of pipes coming apart. My couplings would tipycally explode and open up like a flower.

I just wanted to thank everyone here for their input. I am still learning about car intricacies and well never hurts to ask questions before commiting to buy something expensive. My biggest challenge now is purchasing the right one.

There are so many to choose from. Even when I did narrow my search to hks brand none of the descriptions are cleare enough to say if a box comes with all neccesary hardware for installation. One option I have found is that some vendors sell pipes with flanges already whelded on that supposedly fit hks type valves but yet again I was not able to find both in same package so my search continues on ebay, online stores and local race shops