The whole DV/Bailey crap it just that...CRAP.
10-03-2000, 12:52 PM
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So business is good?
Nice part, it's awful pretty, service life looks like it will be way longer than OEM and sound of Bailey is certainly more pleasing.
One man's experience: Car performs same with Bailey as b/4 Bailey. The rest is hype when compared to G-Tech and my butt.
For those wondering if a wholesale, catastrophic failure of DVs are happening accross the board I say: use your OWN judgement.
One man's experience: Car performs same with Bailey as b/4 Bailey. The rest is hype when compared to G-Tech and my butt.
For those wondering if a wholesale, catastrophic failure of DVs are happening accross the board I say: use your OWN judgement.
10-03-2000, 01:07 PM
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No, I'm quoting from people who have tested it. (more)
It just confirms the point that the Bailey valve is a superior piece of engineering; consistently operating within specs.
10-03-2000, 01:25 PM
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Well, I'm not full of cr*p - at least not about my DV :)
My car felt like I was a throttle spaz with the original DV. I came to learn that was boost leaking - same effect as tapping on the gas is the best way I can describe it...
And yes, higher then stock boost really makes a weak DV much worse.
My car now sings (as Cameron says) and there is no breathing sound at all, nor honking or boost loss when I keep a constant pressure on the gas.
That said, I wouldn't have changed it out if it wasn't behaving bad. And I don't think it was just "in my mind" - unless of course my irratic gas guage, insane pass side window and no-heat heated seats are in my mind as well!.
And yes, higher then stock boost really makes a weak DV much worse.
My car now sings (as Cameron says) and there is no breathing sound at all, nor honking or boost loss when I keep a constant pressure on the gas.
That said, I wouldn't have changed it out if it wasn't behaving bad. And I don't think it was just "in my mind" - unless of course my irratic gas guage, insane pass side window and no-heat heated seats are in my mind as well!.
10-03-2000, 01:26 PM
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Don't get carried away...
The Bailey is nice, but I don't believe that it is a superior piece of engineering.
It's just a valve, nothing more, nothing less.
A superior piece of engineering wouldn't have a plastic piston inside of it, it would have a metallic piston able to withstand the high temperatures that the turbo generates. A superior piece of engineering would also have a replaceable piston.
It's just a valve, nothing more, nothing less.
A superior piece of engineering wouldn't have a plastic piston inside of it, it would have a metallic piston able to withstand the high temperatures that the turbo generates. A superior piece of engineering would also have a replaceable piston.
10-03-2000, 02:20 PM
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Perhaps, I can interest you in a TAS DV?
Fits your descript to a tee, but be sure to install backwards (which is actually forwards) or the o-ring surrounding the piston will let go along with your turbo. 8-]
10-03-2000, 03:12 PM
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Take or leave all the rest, I never honked, but the Bailey cured the stutter. And, I haven't ..
reset my ECU yet because I had enough under the hood after I dropped the clamp into the engine and spent an hour fishing it out. Even if the Bailey doesn't restore 'lost power', it was well worth $160 to get the smoothness back.