Been waiting ages for GFB to make a DV+ for the N18 manual. I don't see the day coming. I wanted to know people's opinion on the Forge DV.
Do you guys like them? Why are you guys selling them?
At Stage 3, I want to get rid of my stock DV. I tore through one of them last year but warrantied it out with my turbo manufacturer.

Any comments help.

 

i have one, it works great. bleeds off pressure really quickly, and holds pressure better. probably the best DV on the market for the minis.

 

I prefer Forge over GFB. Not sure the case on the MINI's, but I have seen/heard too many instances where the GFB have broken. Forge makes a very good quality product and at a previous euro shop I worked at (non-MINI cars) for all the builds we did, we used many Forge products. The Forge DV was one of the products we sold the most of.

 

+1 on the Forge. We carry them, stock them. The quality of the part and metal are very high, looks good by the turbo also.

 

Any problems running the "blow off" model versus the "recirc" model?
Any pros and cons?

 

Yes problems with the "blow off" model because of unmetered air escaping that was metered by the MAF sensor. CELs were the norm.

 

Stick to the DV and not the BOV.