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[Hammers]

Been browsing around and found a Pipercross viper enclosed ind kit. Priced at £230ish.  Would look nice and shiney under the bonnet, but seems alot of money. Has anyone bought one, wondered if its worth the money :question

[zirk]

The one you found, is it on the Net, if so do you have a link?

[Hammers]

Try www.potn.co.uk Then go to the filter section.

[Markjay]

Generally speaking, an induction kit by itself will give the engine a nice throaty roar but will have little effect on power or torque.

On some cars you may find that low-end engine response is slightly improved, but I doubt if this will be the case on the Omega.

One thing to notice is that with most Omega induction kits you loose the low bumper-level air scoop, resulting in (a) hotter under-bonnet air entering the intake manifold, which is not necessarily a good thing because cooler air has more oxygen per volume, and (b) at high speed the scoop actually manages to get more air into the intake manifold than the open filter under the bonnet... from this point of view the K&N OEM-replacement filter may be a better bet than an all-out induction kit.

On a general note again, an induction upgrade will work much better as part of a complete engine 'breathing' solution removing all other restrictions in the way, i.e. free-flow tubular exhaust manifolds, big-bore rear box, and ideally also larger valves with polished heads and polished intake manifold.

Oh, and you will need to let your insurer know that the car has been modified...

[Jay w]

Been browsing around and found a Pipercross viper enclosed ind kit. Priced at £230ish.  Would look nice and shiney under the bonnet, but seems alot of money. Has anyone bought one, wondered if its worth the money :question

I have used one of these on vauxhall engines in the past, with good results as well....

Most cone filters draw their air from within the engine bay, this is hot air and so can create a performance loss as cold air is better/denser

The viper is a sealed unit, the ducting ensures that it gets cold air and it has some really good flow rates as well, it will not increase the noise that the engine makes in the same way a lot of the cone filters do.

If you want noise then no, if you want something that does the job very well then yes  

[TheBoy]

Rememebr with Omega, the gains are minimal, as the OE filter is huge.  In many cases the gains are actually loses.

If you want for perfomance, I suspect you will be disappointed. If you want for noise, it will sound more throaty.