Hi,
Thought I would post some progress up on the Air intake mods that I have tried today.
I thought rather than go out and spend 100s of £s on silliy gimicks, I would start off with what I have....
.....A 3 Litre Dual Ram air intake.
First off I cut the Airbox up...
What did I have to loose?
I'm running a K&N Panel Filter in there, so I have next to no restriction.
I litrally cut the bottom from it. Looks really neat too.... I will gets some pics up as soon as I can.
Piped a direct cold air pipe up from the left of the fog lamp (cut a nice neat hole in the plastic trim thingy), straight to the modified Airbox.
I'm going to run like this for a bit, The beauty of this though is that the rest of the intake system remains in place....
The results:
Firstly, the power...
....well not much improvment, there is a slight, increase, but nothing to write home about.
She seems to be smoother at lower rev's like around town.
Secondly, the sound....
Well, on Idle it's pretty much normal, and also normal driving it's pretty much the same.
BUT, and this is a HUGE Butt, about as huge as Fern britton's butt.
After 3500RPM, it growls, and I mean growls, it makes people look in amazment. it sounds like I have a 4 litre TVR Engine under the hood.
All this noise comes from under the hood, on the right hand side, you can feel it through the throttle pedal....
So in conclusion, a well worth while hour or so with the saw, if for nothing else, the sound alone is awsome and worth it.
I think I may have 1-2BHP more, but like I say nothing special.
Any Questions feel free to ask.
Cheers.
Matt.
My Disclaimer:
If you decide to cut your Airbox up, don't blame me it you bugger your car up...it's not my fault.
