| ;-) Answer to your question: yes, it could only have to do with the additional volume being that is all that is different. :) It makes plenty of sense, but so is hindsight. To have predicted it beforehand would have required a very complex analytical study. What I think is occurring with the larger pipes is due to the compressability of gases and how the larger volume has affected the frequency response of the pressure waves. It is analogous to a subwoofer cabinet, if you will.. A larger speaker cabinet with more air volume will have a lower resonant frequency as compared to a smaller cabinet. 1 explanation) The larger volume of air within upgraded pipes has lowered the frequency of the wave pressure resonance in such a way that has matched (or more closely matched) the mechanical response frequency of the modified GHK'd recircs.... There will always be a condition with BOVs where at the tail end of the blowoff event, it will create a oscillation of pressure within the charge pipe system. This is primarily due to the fact that BOV systems are not damped. The valve mechanism is controlled entirely with dynamic "sprung" forces; air is elastic, springs are elastic. Even the control diaphragms are elastic. There simply is nothing to dampen oscillations in pressure within the hard parts - the only reason the BOVs dont just continue to flutter is due to resistance losses - within its shaft-guide interface, frictional losses experienced by the air and the pipe walls, and the fact that the turbo is despooling and the system pressure decreases below the threshold of pressure energy required to raise the valve off its seat. The whole BOV system is like an array of interconnected springs and weights... In one of my responses to ConVerTT I mentioned how changing to a larger recirculation valve will likely eliminate the flutter as it will change the valve's mechanical frequency response in such a way that does not complement the pressure/wave response of the air within the charge pipe system.
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