THE NEWLY RELEASED TURBOSMART ANTI-LAG VALVE WAS THE MOST TALKED ABOUT Product AT SEMA 2018
The ALV40 (TS-0552-1402) is designed to bring a typical high-end motorsport application to a broader market for the racing industry. It generated so much hype that the product was welcomed with two separate media awards from different publishers worldwide and the Best New Product Award for Performance Street with the Turbosmart Universal Kompact EM Blow-Off Valve.
The anti-lag valve provides a means to maintain turbine speed and eliminate lag on gear changes & deceleration. Boost pressure from the turbo is diverted around the engine on these closed throttle situations and combined with a fuel and ignition strategy (from the ECU), ensuring the turbine speed is maintained. A usable boost is ready when the throttle is opened again. The Air the turbocharger pressurises is diverted around the engine directly into the pre-turbo exhaust manifold, igniting a flame that continues to drive the turbocharger.
Chris Doumbos
Chris Doumbos, Turbosmart Head Engineer, the pioneer behind the Award Winning Universal EM BOV, explains a little about the Anti-Lag Valve.
“The fresh air valve allows for incoming fresh air to be diverted safely into the exhaust manifold, pre-turbo with the throttle closed to allow for safer spooling of the turbocharger without the potentially damaging combustion event style anti-lag that can induce high engine & turbo stresses, even break connecting rods”, states Doumbos.
“The fresh air ALS valve is a sealed twin-chamber design with the top port being the primary control port; the spring is designed to open under vacuum conditions to allow for the air to bypass into the exhaust manifold, the lower chamber for twin port control methods to control the valve irrespective of manifold pressure and shaft seal allows for the leak.”
Fresh AIr Anti-lag Valve
The all-new addition to the Turbosmart lineup is the fresh air ALV40 (Anti-Lag Valve). We feature a 40mm valve diameter, a purpose-designed actuator housing, and an inverted diaphragm and are supplied with multiple fittings for ease of fitment and fabrication.
Distributor orders can be placed from December 2018.
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Award-Winning Electronic Wastegates
Engineered to Win!
Surprisingly, there are no springs, no hoses, and no boost reference signal. Above all, there are no limitations associated with any of them. Gone are ‘Minimum’ boost levels associated with base spring pressure or the heat-related issues with hoses.
About Turbosmart
From our humble beginnings to establishing ourselves as a global brand, Turbosmart is well on track to lead the future in turbo technology.
Our engineers build and track-test all products in-house. Therefore, we ensure we continuously produce the highest-quality, highest-performance Turbochargers, blow-off valves, wastegates, boost controllers, fuel pressure regulators, oil pressure regulators and more. Furthermore, our products are designed and built for track and street applications.
