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Technical Fiat Coupe turbo Drilling the Air Box
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Technical Fiat Coupe turbo Drilling the Air Box
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Not really.
Keeping the stnd airbox retains the low down torque which the induction kit loses. Fitting an induction kit to a fiat coupe gives next to no gains in power, but AFAIK fitting a new filter along with drilling holes in the box can increase spool up slightly. Generally without the SIP, fitting an induction kit is a noise making exercise, the same as drilling the airbox. Except you lose the torque.
Ross
p.s. this is assuming nothing else is changed on the car.
but you're a ned you would think its cool
ned?
ahahahha
Lol. Feel better?
I was merely pointing out the reasons. You don't accept thats ok. Calling me names? Ok then.
Thanks again.
Ross
got rr proof?
make your mind up
Well considering its "retaining" the low down torque, the only rolling road that would indicate a change would be one which was just an induction kit fitted, which would show a decrease in low down torque. I don't personally have one as i didnt fit an induction kit on a stnd car, but i'm sure there is one somewhere which will show that.
But as for proving that it retains it, rr of stnd airbox against rr of drilled airbox won't show any difference.
Ross
i not asking about that am asking about the induction kits, so you no proof? then its just bloke down the pub talk again
So your off topic then as its about airbox drilling?
The original question has been answered.
Ross
Didy
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Surely drilling the side of the airbox will allow in hot air from around the engine. Cooler the air going in the higher the oxygen value, so bad move. Fitting a cone filter has the same downside unless inducted in an enclosure.
I would suggest a performance panel filter (I used ITG in my Sei) and then re-route the pipe into the filter box to behind the front grill. This way you get cool air, an element of forced induction at speed and any gain in induction roar is vented to the outside of the car where it can be more easily heard.
I would suggest a performance panel filter (I used ITG in my Sei) and then re-route the pipe into the filter box to behind the front grill. This way you get cool air, an element of forced induction at speed and any gain in induction roar is vented to the outside of the car where it can be more easily heard.
If you have seen the airbox on a coupe you will know that one side sits next to the gap between the bonnet and wing. This is the side which is drilled. This makes the main piece of trunking (put there by Fiat) much closer to the main engine and coolant pipes than the side which is drilled.
Not on the Coupe. Where the airbox is as standard gives it plenty of cold air. Besides, behind the front grill wll mean that the air has passed over the radiator (and aircon radiator) on the Coupe. All the other holes at the front are used for oil cooler and intercooler.
Didy
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Fair enough. I was probably too specific regarding layout considering I am not familiar with the engine bay of the Coupe. I’ll stick to Sei’s in future.
slightly off topic, but you'll see roughly where im going
remember there was a bravo on ebay a month or 2 ago? it was on the auction watch on here also, taty car, had been abused something awful, anyway, the fool that owned it had drilled the air box, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FILTER!!! what a f*nny!! , then he seemed to wonder why the engine ran like S**t after a while of sucking in unfiltered air! haha, lesson being, know what bit of the box your meant to drill ffs!
it differs on all cars, some will lose performance from a drilled airbox due to sligtly more hot air getting in than cold, some will make a VERY small gain, but generally not even close to a decent induction kit, on a coupe, that may be different though.
yes, it is mod with a chavvy reputation, but if people who run these cars day in, day out and know every nut and bolt of a (the true enthusiats who own the things) say its a worthwhile mod, thats good enough for me!, my personal preferance would always be an induction kit though, but each to their own! it depends what the owner of the car is after and how much they want to spend on the mod.
remember there was a bravo on ebay a month or 2 ago? it was on the auction watch on here also, taty car, had been abused something awful, anyway, the fool that owned it had drilled the air box, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FILTER!!! what a f*nny!! , then he seemed to wonder why the engine ran like S**t after a while of sucking in unfiltered air! haha, lesson being, know what bit of the box your meant to drill ffs!
it differs on all cars, some will lose performance from a drilled airbox due to sligtly more hot air getting in than cold, some will make a VERY small gain, but generally not even close to a decent induction kit, on a coupe, that may be different though.
yes, it is mod with a chavvy reputation, but if people who run these cars day in, day out and know every nut and bolt of a (the true enthusiats who own the things) say its a worthwhile mod, thats good enough for me!, my personal preferance would always be an induction kit though, but each to their own! it depends what the owner of the car is after and how much they want to spend on the mod.