Batmanman
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sent out a thread asking which air filter to get a little while ago, i got the red max power one (was £10 on motorworld.com) arrived today, whacked it straight on and then reset the ecu, sounds great  really chuffed with it actually, i will get some pictures of it
A quick query thoe.. on the old air box there was a pipe going from the front of the engine to the air box.. i have taken the air box right out, so at the moment the pipe is just taken off.. from what i can see this is just another way of air getting to the engine.. Do i need this on it?
I will get picci's if you dont know what i mean
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johnhara1
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pipe from exhaust manifold heat shield to airbox?
Yeah just remove it, its fine.
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Scotty C
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Why did you reset the ECU?
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Brett
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Heat Soak 
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Batmanman
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Originally posted by johnhara1
pipe from exhaust manifold heat shield to airbox?
Yeah just remove it, its fine.
Sweet, cheers
Also, thinking about it, there was a little Red wire i was unsure about.. but it was just a realllly tiny tube, and couldnt see that it would do anything.. is it ok to take that bad boy off?
I Read on the Tuning section somewhere that you should reset the ECU after adding things like air filters.. new exhausts.. so thought i would.. should i not have done? 
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Ben G
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yeah that pipe thing is to get air into the airbox.
should've kept it on there really as you don't have a cold air feed
how/why did you reset the ecu?
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Brett
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I'm guessing he took the battery off for 30mins. He did it because people on here advised him to, as well as advising him to get a Max Power induction kit
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Batmanman
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yea, took the battery off for a while and then started the car and left it running for a few minutes.
Well, nobody advised me to get a Max power induction kit.. but i wanted to get an induction kit for the noise, and i figured what with having a 1.2 8v, theres bollox all point in spending alot on one, and as it was only £10.. im really not to bothered that it's crappy.. not like im expecting my Car to go any faster or anything..
[Edited on 21-08-2007 by Batmanman]
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Scotty C
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NO need what so ever to ''re-set'' the ECU, i'm not even sure if you did re-set it right.
Even adding stuff like full exhaust, inlet's, cams u dont need re-set the ECU!
[Edited on 21-08-2007 by Monster]
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Batmanman
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well, i read this thread
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=44965
and figured if it was wrong one of the moderators would have taken it off or something..
Cheers for the advice anyway, i will bear that in mind for the future..
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Scotty C
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it's cool, post some pics up
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Brett
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like im expecting my Car to go any faster or anything..
Are you expecting it to go slower and bog down at traffic lights? Hope so.
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Batmanman
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like im expecting my Car to go any faster or anything..
Are you expecting it to go slower and bog down at traffic lights? Hope so.
Thats what im hopeing for... no chance of getting caught speeding then
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Tommy
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Christ in his original thread he said he just wants it to sound nicer and didnt wanna spend much, just coz he didnt get a expensive one dont mean u hav to give him shit, and as far as im aware its advisable to re-set the ecu after all engine mods
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Batmanman
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thank you Tommy im glad there is somebody not just slateing me
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Tommy
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Some people dont get that u can only buy what u can afford
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Batmanman
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to true..
Am just making a thread with some picci's of my car in thoe.. it's nothing special.. literally, just a standard corsa..
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Tommy
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Everyones gotta start somewhere
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johnhara1
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quote:
Originally posted by Batmanman
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Originally posted by johnhara1
pipe from exhaust manifold heat shield to airbox?
Yeah just remove it, its fine.
Sweet, cheers
Also, thinking about it, there was a little Red wire i was unsure about.. but it was just a realllly tiny tube, and couldnt see that it would do anything.. is it ok to take that bad boy off?
Trace it all the way back It plugs in behind the tophat. Take it off and put a screw in the hole. Sorted.
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Batmanman
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
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Originally posted by Batmanman
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Originally posted by johnhara1
pipe from exhaust manifold heat shield to airbox?
Yeah just remove it, its fine.
Sweet, cheers
Also, thinking about it, there was a little Red wire i was unsure about.. but it was just a realllly tiny tube, and couldnt see that it would do anything.. is it ok to take that bad boy off?
Trace it all the way back It plugs in behind the tophat. Take it off and put a screw in the hole. Sorted.
Ah, okey smoke skip at the moment there is nothing in the hole, so i shall go and put a screw or something in it
Cheers for that
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Batmanman
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Just went out and properly tested it..
Slate me all you like.. but, i like the sound of it, and it has given me the result i wanted, and it was only £10... so.. ha!
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C00RSA
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got a vid clip or audio clip?
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Schlumpfy
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Wish my lovely Apiro would make some noise but my cars only 1.2 8v 
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dan_c4rsa
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quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
I'm guessing he took the battery off for 30mins. He did it because people on here advised him to, as well as advising him to get a Max Power induction kit
lmao at that.
surprisingly resetting your ecu does help, the car feels more responsive i do it once a month.
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Bullet Proof SRi
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this is true about reseting ecu's, when i had my old corsa sri i drilled the airbox and put a piperx panel filter in. the car juddered a bit every now and then. it also idled high. i took the battery off for about a hour, problem solved.
Though this only has to be done sometimes i think coz ECUs are suposidly self learning.
Also the max power filter, filters shit, but does sound good as i fitted one on a 1.6 focus, sounded real nice, but its probably letting in dirt that better filters wouldnt
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