messham11
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just about to rip out the old airbox to fit my mates induction kit and theres a red wire and a pipe running to the airbox??!! What do i do?? cheers
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Stu_22
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Block the hole whith a screw
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Siberia
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pull the pipe off i presume its the hot airfeed from the exhaust.....and tie the cable up somewere were it wont come loose and come in contact with any moving parts
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messham11
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its a pretty big hole (inch thick pipe) thats runs to the manifold i think!!
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messham11
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keeping the pipe open so the hot air can still come out? and the red wire???
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Siberia
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the hot air feed just takes heat off yer exhaust... PULL IT OFF 
the red wire.. erm.. i dunno what it does but when i had a 1.2 8v engine i just tied it up.... doesnt make any difference to the running of the car....
on another note... an induction kit on a 1.2 is going to give you nice big flatspots...
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messham11
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do ya reckon a panel filter and drilled airbox will work better then?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by messham11
do ya reckon a panel filter and drilled airbox will work better then?
Yeah!!.. much better IMO and its would probably turn out a bit cheaper for the panel filter...
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messham11
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cheers fella
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corsa_fella
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if you do go for a cone filter, tap the red wire of with a screw and rip that bit of pipe off and use it as an extra air feed to the filter
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MJ
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Registered: 18th Sep 03
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im running a BMC carbon airbox on my 1.2 8V  makes the car alot better. 
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ed
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Your induction kit is worth more than your engine 
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Cybermonkey
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Red wire is a vacuum pipe that reads the density of the air inside the airbox, and adjusts the valve to allow heat to enter from off the manifold. Fuel economy only. Bugger it off to get a shrew's wheeze more performance from the crud engine.
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MJ
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quote:
Your induction kit is worth more than your engine
it sure is, but i got it at a great price, so no complant
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j0hn
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y screw the red thin pipe???
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Corsa^Dan
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otherwise u get a vacume leak if its left open and it can suck in shite...
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mjw_2k2
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i just bent the cunt in half and tucked it away never had a problem, well until i crashed it  
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j0hn
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wel iv screwed the red pipe at the end it seems more torquey but u can always imagine these things but it also seems slower acceleration wise and induction mite be quieter as well
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MJ
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here is my induction kit
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j0hn
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show off
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Greg W
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Registered: 6th Oct 04
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has any1 got any pics where they have put that red wire in their engine bay?
ive jus fitted an induction kit as was just wondering instead of putting new post up
Cheers, Greg.
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Visionz
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just put a self tapper into the end of it and cable tie it to any wiring.
afaik without checking you should be able to just cable tie it to the engine harness that runs to the o/s of the engine.
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Greg W
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ok cheers mate, i might just try a drilled airbox and/or replacment panel filter, as if i go through a puddle or somethin and water splashes up into the engine bay and into my filter which will get sucked up into my engine and eventually end up in my pistons, and water doesnt compress so engine will go BOOM.
any reccomendations appreciated
Greg
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Visionz
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Erm......... im no expert in this sorta thing......... but........
Im pretty sure water cant get through any air filter! Cause look at it this way, if water can get through, then so can dust particles and if thats true then it makes your filter pointless.
The most water can do to an induction kit is to clog it up and then you can generally wash them anyway, so its nw on that matter!
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