JamesSXI
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Opinions please?
Acceptable places to put them?
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AndyCorsaSport
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In the bin?
They are ok and work, just hide it instead of having a silly coloured hole sticking out of the bumper. They look shocking.
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JamesSXI
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Yippee I was waiting for the hate, apricate it though. Do they make a noticeable difference then??
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AndyCorsaSport
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Won't be noticeable no, just like putting the air filter on, wont notice it really. But the cold air feed will help kept the air temp down going in the engine.
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JamesSXI
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Oh yeah might as well just try one a few grills so one with a hole won't hurt
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iby
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Just so long as it is rigid inside the bay meaning it wont fall off and get caught in the belt lol.
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Haimsey
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TBH (psychological or not) I noticed a difference on mine.
However it is mounted in the headlight
As said, dont go hacking anything up to make it noticeable. Just looks daft.
You can get them routed through the engine bay to the same effect.
Marcy Marc
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NathanR
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I didn't feel any difference with my intake in the lights what so ever but like andycorsasport said it will help to keep engine bay temps down .
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JamesSXI
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Only one way to find out then
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IvIarkgraham
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I had a drilled airbox with no standard feed on it. just a lamp missing on my morettes.
engine temps were always cooler than they were before but as for power differences I didnt notice anything major
I had a mantzel on mine too
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IvIarkgraham
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Jed D
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just not using a headlight on mine, suppose that's an advantage of not having it on the road... haven't yet decided if there's going to be an air filter in its place of just a cold air feed strate in, no filter
a mate of mine had a few mph over the finish line advantage going from a headlight in with a pipercross cotton cone filter to no headlight no filter, pipe out the front. it made a difference!!
i was going to make an air intake out of a headlight just haven't had chance yet
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eckers90
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i run a 3 inch duct to the towing eye section. cut alll the plastic away but kept the fins.
looks discrete and works, just ran it up the inner wheel arch to the air filter.
will post a pic or 2 later
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Jed D
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quote: Originally posted by eckers90
i run a 3 inch duct to the towing eye section. cut alll the plastic away but kept the fins.
looks discrete and works, just ran it up the inner wheel arch to the air filter.
will post a pic or 2 later
kid who bought my old 1600 engine did something like this, last 2 weeks of running until a puddle killed it
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eckers90
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dont see how the duct would carry water that high?
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Gary
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Engine sucks it up. I know of a lad who fucked his saxo cos the feed wemt too low and he went through a puddle/partially flooded road
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eckers90
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but a duct, just runs to the air filter. doesnt attach to it. so its not technically sucking the duct, the duct only works when your moving, the forced air goes up.
[Edited on 23-01-2013 by eckers90]
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IvIarkgraham
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jed are you seriously thinking about not having a filter on your car?
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Gary
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corsa-torque
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what engine is the car? and what filter are you planning on using?
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JamesSXI
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It's only a 1.2 sxi and not sure probably just a K&N style to start with
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Jed D
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quote: Originally posted by IvIarkgraham
jed are you seriously thinking about not having a filter on your car?
problem with that... its for drag use
daves white nova doesn't run one he has no issues with a pipe sticking strate out the front too, obviously wouldn't recommend it on the road.
iv got a filter theres just haven't decided yet. il try both with and without and report back to you whats best
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Gary
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No filter will be best till you suck some shit into your engine and fuck it.
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Jed D
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quote: Originally posted by Gary
No filter will be best till you suck some shit into your engine and fuck it.
totally see what your saying but there's little chance of shit getting up there. 1 its on a strip and if your winning there's nothing infront of you and 2 the plastic mesh shaped bit inside the afm should stop stuff getting in so to speak. i do see your point though. but it obviously works better
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AndyCorsaSport
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Yours doesn't work anyway so doesn't really matter.
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