Tuning Drilled airbox
- Thread starter crouchy2
- Start date
Currently reading:
Tuning Drilled airbox
Of course you can. And it will do no good whatsoever! GSR for aftermarket induction kits.
Now, come on fingers thats not fair. Drilling the airbox means the car makes such a great throaty roar under acceleration.
OK, fair enough, it reduces power, but you can't drive very fast these days, what with all the traffic and that, so the car might as well sound fast up to 8mph.
Cheers
SPD
it'll be lighter, ergo faster.
Do you know anybody with the picture of one or the seientos engine/airbox google standard 1`s are hard to find
doesnt make much sense but think you are asking for a pic of engine bay
There is a pic of standard mpi engine bay/airbox (my old sei) in FAQ's at top of page, may be worth exploring the forum for a bit
Last edited:
I remember a certain Mr Brooky having a cut away air box, but at least he had a fooking great scoop in the bonnet to feed it with air
This is what a drilled one looks like (on a punto, but same idea)
LMAO......Whats the point???
LMAO......Whats the point???
Benzo1991
New member
wow. neva knew that drilling the box wud improve the sound...... but surely it cant sound as good as a propper induction kit with a cold feed pipe, that improves the performance too.
surely you wud just buy an induction kit.....
they aren't expensive. 40quid for a K&N filter & cold feed pipe on ebay.
surely you wud just buy an induction kit.....they aren't expensive. 40quid for a K&N filter & cold feed pipe on ebay.
Drilling the airbox like that will most probably reduce the performance by making the air supply a lot warmer, air is going through the rad, passed the exhaust manifold before being drawn into the airbox... exactly what people can spend a lot of money making sure doesn't happen when tuning a car.
The K&N filter is in the wrong place for 2 reasons.
1) the optimal rpm in that config is high, iirc around 9300 rpm...
2) even with a cold feed you're still going to draw a lot of warm air into the filter.
Best bet is to get something like a GSR induction kit or make your own remembering lengths of exposed metal are bad.
The K&N filter is in the wrong place for 2 reasons.
1) the optimal rpm in that config is high, iirc around 9300 rpm...
2) even with a cold feed you're still going to draw a lot of warm air into the filter.
Best bet is to get something like a GSR induction kit or make your own remembering lengths of exposed metal are bad.
Italian Coke Can
Member
- Joined
- Nov 20, 2005
- Messages
- 487
- Points
- 103
3) Buy a Novitec airbox. :slayer:
but that's not a reason for the K&N filter being in the wrong place
I have a big hole in my airbox, but also a matching hole in the bonnet for cold air
seicento driver
New member
ha induction kits are really cheap on ebay bi 1 ----why waste a perfectly good airbox??
ha induction kits are really cheap on ebay bi 1 ----why waste a perfectly good airbox??
Cheap = naff. do you have an example of these induction kits?? if there the 'focus' ones then there crap
seicento driver
New member
iv got a K&N on mine 50 quid cant go rong
Nope but you can go right as well
seicento driver
New member
but it is still beter than drilling holes in youre airbox
I'd say the Focus ones are better than the K&N, which is damning with faint praise! The Focus ones seem to shift the power curve down lower, which isn't what most people want...........
But, just compare Focus, K&N and GSR to see where the money -- and development time -- goes (or doesn't
). My advice, forget it if you can't afford GSR. But, a re-oilable replacement filter (used in the stock housing) will save you money, and give a teeny improvement, longterm.
i'd say gsr or novitec. altho i like mine atm with the big hole in, sounds good and goes well
Dukey tried the focus and the gsr back to back and the gsr won(going off feel, not on a dyno)
Dukey tried the focus and the gsr back to back and the gsr won(going off feel, not on a dyno)
