Mikeado
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Hello there! My name is Michael Gooderham (Username: Mikeado). I am an 18-year-old petrolhead. Don't be mislead by my age though; I'm not into the whole all-show-and-no-go, loud-exhaust style of modifying that most teenagers are into and don't switch spontaneously between blasting sub-woofers and tree-hunting at 60mph+ during the night.
I got my first car (if you exclude the failed Mini "project" that never turned a wheel >_>) back in November '09. It's a peasant-spec 3dr Grande Punto 1.2 Active, in 'Crossover Black'. Peasant-spec as in the boggiest of bog-standard. But hey, it goes, stops and steers, so as a learner car it was fine
I passed on December 8th, and all the new-driver nerves have gone, meaning that I have got used to the sensation of speed. I thus want more :devil:
With me and fuel in the car, it weighs over 1100kg, and 64bhp means it's not exactly punchy, as hard as the eager little engine tries (well, eager compared to my instructor's Citroen C3 diesel, anyway!). I have thus decided to add the cheap-but-apparently-effective modification of a K&N 57i Induction Kit.
Instead of paying for someone else to do it, I decided, being a car person, to try my hand at fitting it myself. Unfortunately this solidified my fear that knowing about cars does NOT mean you know about engines. K&N supply instructions with photographs (in black and white >_>) to help, but I have still got stuck (which is my punishment, I suppose, for barrelling in un-prepared and expecting it to be dead easy). The problem is not knowing all the relevant bits - what they typically look like and where they are - so I have got so far on pictures and guessing (I have removed the air box assembly & vacuum hose), but now I'm in need of actual knowledge.
The main question is, it says to "Remove the air box feed pipe". Is that:
a) the plastic pipe connected to the air box assembly?
b) something lower down that goes into the very front of the car?
c) Neither of those things [it does mention a 'chassis leg support']?
My main problem is that I can't match the picture in the instructions to anything I can see, although the answer does now appear to be c) having thought a bit. But if it's neither of those (attached pics), where is it?
Your help would be much appreciated
I got my first car (if you exclude the failed Mini "project" that never turned a wheel >_>) back in November '09. It's a peasant-spec 3dr Grande Punto 1.2 Active, in 'Crossover Black'. Peasant-spec as in the boggiest of bog-standard. But hey, it goes, stops and steers, so as a learner car it was fine
I passed on December 8th, and all the new-driver nerves have gone, meaning that I have got used to the sensation of speed. I thus want more :devil:
With me and fuel in the car, it weighs over 1100kg, and 64bhp means it's not exactly punchy, as hard as the eager little engine tries (well, eager compared to my instructor's Citroen C3 diesel, anyway!). I have thus decided to add the cheap-but-apparently-effective modification of a K&N 57i Induction Kit.
Instead of paying for someone else to do it, I decided, being a car person, to try my hand at fitting it myself. Unfortunately this solidified my fear that knowing about cars does NOT mean you know about engines. K&N supply instructions with photographs (in black and white >_>) to help, but I have still got stuck (which is my punishment, I suppose, for barrelling in un-prepared and expecting it to be dead easy). The problem is not knowing all the relevant bits - what they typically look like and where they are - so I have got so far on pictures and guessing (I have removed the air box assembly & vacuum hose), but now I'm in need of actual knowledge.
The main question is, it says to "Remove the air box feed pipe". Is that:
a) the plastic pipe connected to the air box assembly?
b) something lower down that goes into the very front of the car?
c) Neither of those things [it does mention a 'chassis leg support']?
My main problem is that I can't match the picture in the instructions to anything I can see, although the answer does now appear to be c) having thought a bit. But if it's neither of those (attached pics), where is it?
Your help would be much appreciated
