Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: England
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Has anyone got one? Are hey worth the money? What do they sound like?
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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They sound like Vipers going hiss hissssss
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Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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i dont reckon spending 200 quid on an air filter is worth it
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Andy Stocker
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Registered: 31st Aug 00
Location: Herts Drives: Porsche 911
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quote:
Originally posted by Kayleigh
Not now later
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Drew
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Registered: 24th Nov 01
Location: County Durham
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got told make hardly no differance to a noral induction kit
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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ur better off spending 200 quid on something else
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GREG 1
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Registered: 28th Jul 00
Location: Essex
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Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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What about noise tho?
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Ned
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Registered: 1st Sep 01
Location: Dudley, West Midlands
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Not much sound really
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Big G
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Registered: 1st Apr 03
Location: Manchester
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Get the Teipan made by Quikshift.
Cheaper and better
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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my viper sounds real nice, loudest/nicest sounding induction kit iv had, had bfo, k&n, piperX, but viper made most difference an sounds nicest!
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stuyw
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Registered: 15th May 02
Location: North West Drives: Rev3 MR2 Turbo
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yeah but is it worth 200 quid 
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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its made of carbon fiber, looks real nice under bonet, course it is! humm....wonder if i coulda spent me student loan on better stuff!????
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Kayleigh
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Big G
Get the Teipan made by Quikshift.
Cheaper and better
Do u know where i can find info on it?
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Dave Hay
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Registered: 10th Apr 02
Location: Aberdeenshire
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i cant undersatnd why anyone would pay £200+ quid for an air filter!
they all do the same job
i hated paying £80 for my ramair kit lol
old piping and sis' bf k and n cone nearly found its way on to my car lol
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
Location: Cambridgeshire
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The Viper sounds sweet with a s/s exhaust system, but no way is it louder than a BFO or even a std Pipercross/K&N. The sealed unit filters will always be quieter, but instead give a more distinct induction note.
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StuartVRS
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Registered: 9th Feb 03
Location: Bromley Common, Greater London
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i swopped from a k&n to a viper on my old mk4 fiesta, huge increase with the viper but the downside was it is more or less silent, only thing i culd hear was a high pitched whistle at high revs
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Joff
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Registered: 17th Oct 00
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I had a BFO fitted and used to spend ages stuck on the M25 in rush hour and the engine temp was always really high.
Now the Vipers on it takes a lot longer to get the fan to kick in.
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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in general u get what u pay for, the viper is real god quality piece of kit, looks good, gives noticable power increase, an sounds the part, not to loud, but sounds really sporty, if u no what i mean
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Pete
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Registered: 20th Sep 99
Location: Northampton
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I've got a Viper on my Corsa and my Vectra, and will have one on my VX220 soon when I can get it fitted (a ball ache on these).
On C3 it made a lot of difference to the running as the redtops are notoriously iffy with induction kits - throttle response was improved no end, it ran better and certainly felt nicer to drive.
On my Veccy, the improvement was even more noticable, again good throttle response, but you could really feel the difference in power, which I've never found with an induction kit before.
I'm looking forward to getting one on the VX as we've sold a couple for these, and both customers are very happy with them.
At the end of the day 200-250 quid isn't cheap for an induction kit, but you do get a lot more kit with the Viper. It's carbon fibre for a start, so you can imagine how much higher the manufacturing costs are! Also it does work, and I've seen numerous rolling road results on different cars, and powergains of up to 10% aren't unusual.
With the number of Viper's we've sold now in the hundreds, we've never had a disappointed customer with one. That always says a lot.
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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so if u get one can u please oder it from pvd 
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vibrio
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Registered: 28th Feb 01
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the filter will only improve over whats already there. run the car on a set of rollers without a filter and thats the most you;ll get putting a viper on will not improve that figure.
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