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PaulW
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20th Sep 04 at 08:47   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Piper-X Induction Kit on my GSi...

main issue, warm air being drawn in...

Considering swapping it for a standard air-box (not drilled) and panel filter...

Opinions??

Really can't be arsed to build up some sort of heat-shroud & cash is strapped as it is
Fad
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20th Sep 04 at 08:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

drill air box all the way

altho if its standard whether you put an induction kit or pannel filter doesnt matter so much as its hardly a noticable mod

stick with pannel filter though i noticed i had a flat spot from 1.5-2.5K with mine on
PaulW
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20th Sep 04 at 08:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

does seem a bit 'torqueless' around that range

anyone wana swap then?? X16XE airbox & filter for an induction kit
Adam-D
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20th Sep 04 at 09:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

u2u sent
PaulW
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replied
Joff
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The standard airbox will leave you feeling robbed of all your 109bhp, even with a performance panel filter and useless drill holes.

Get a sealed unit induction kit if you're really not happy with an open cone. At the weekend Broster's 1.6 (Viper) was so much happier to rev than my 1.6 (panel + airbox), which just held the revs long after the throttle was released... even with the engine off

PaulW
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Joff - how much would I be looking at for a sealed unit? Or would it be possible to adapt something to seal the piper-x I've already got?
ed
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£150 for a BMC CDA...
Joff
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Depends if you want a tailored fitment or a universal filter Paul.

You can quite easily have a heat shield fabricated or possibly use the heat shield from an Audi TT or Renault 5 Pipercross filter.

Is your GSi C16 or X16XE?

Flat spots occur because the initial supply of air when the throttle is opened is warm air from the engine bay.
Once the vehicle is moving, you'll get the benefit of any cold air feeds you're using (you are using cold air feeds aren't you...?

I found with an open induction kit, the car would rev till the cows came home, but it felt the car just wasn't going anywhere.

With the panel filter, the car feels smooth but power delivery is strangled.

Greasemonkey
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i got a pipercross viper on my C16XE, biggest bunch of wank ever, with the cold air feed attached it gives a HUGE flat spot from 3000rpm -4000rpm, so much so that if revvin between these in 5th the car wont pull through it, soon as i take it off, the flat spot dissapears. weird huh
PaulW
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Joff - its an X16XE, and doesn't have an AFM.

Greasemonkey - that sounds about right with the flatspot on mine atm
3CorsaMeal
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air filters do sod all really in terms of power, they just filter air.

maybe its too much air causing flat spots?
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On a proper car (Skyline) filters do LOADS. im talking about a 30bhp increase. But they do need cold air. I will dig up a picture of what the rover turbo guys do in their engine bays to keep the heat away.

ok i found one... This is my mate Ste's engine bay. the filter is sitting where the battery WAS. The battery is now in the boot. The filter is also surrounded by a cold air box sheilding it from the engine. This is pretty basic. Some guys have carbon fibre boxes with air intakes to the front of their cars.



[Edited on 20-09-2004 by Uber_Derv]
Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
its an X16XE, and doesn't have an AFM.


Air Flow Meter? should do

[Edited on 20-09-2004 by Adam_B]
3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by Uber_Derv
On a proper car (Skyline) filters do LOADS. im talking about a 30bhp increase. But they do need cold air. I will dig up a picture of what the rover turbo guys do in their engine bays to keep the heat away.
oh yeah on real engines they do give gains, but on the willy wonka vauxhall corsa's they just make noise really
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up-dated my post above
PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
its an X16XE, and doesn't have an AFM.


Air Flow Meter? should do

[Edited on 20-09-2004 by Adam_B]


either then its been removed or its invisible! I tried chasing the induction route back to the manifold & didnt find one...

has a MAP sensor tho...

 
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