robjnr
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Since i've had the panda there has been one thing thats annoyed me and thats the lasck of air the intake pipe is getting, if you have a good look you'll see that there is no way of cold air getting to it what so ever and this can't be good on these hot days.
So today after recieving my new front grill (other one was cracked) i decided to see if i could route some sort of pipe to the end of the intake pipe and heres what i came up with
The biggest pipe i could get in there was 50mm but for this size engine i think that is big enough anyway.
I've not long come in from testing it out and i noticed that it feels stronger low down the revs and the pull just stays there till 7k without any drop off in power whereas before it felt kinda limp above 5k.
Still got the standard filter in at the moment but i will replace that with a K&N replacement or similar.
I know most people go for the GSR but IMO i don't think this engine could cope with an open filter because of the lack of cold air. Tempted to go with the BMC CDA but not sure how big the filter is inside of the carbon casing,
would it be better than the standard airbox with a replacement filter and a decent cold air feed? I don't know.
But for now this feels just fine and very happy with the way it pulls, just need to get rid of that annoying vibrating sound coming from the dash above 5k
So today after recieving my new front grill (other one was cracked) i decided to see if i could route some sort of pipe to the end of the intake pipe and heres what i came up with
The biggest pipe i could get in there was 50mm but for this size engine i think that is big enough anyway.
I've not long come in from testing it out and i noticed that it feels stronger low down the revs and the pull just stays there till 7k without any drop off in power whereas before it felt kinda limp above 5k.
Still got the standard filter in at the moment but i will replace that with a K&N replacement or similar.
I know most people go for the GSR but IMO i don't think this engine could cope with an open filter because of the lack of cold air. Tempted to go with the BMC CDA but not sure how big the filter is inside of the carbon casing,
would it be better than the standard airbox with a replacement filter and a decent cold air feed? I don't know.
But for now this feels just fine and very happy with the way it pulls, just need to get rid of that annoying vibrating sound coming from the dash above 5k
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