So FINALLY today I managed to fit my "Custom" Induction kit. In the rain. In a rush! 15 minute job. :yes:

I've always fitted one of these type kits to nearly every car I've ever had, from Metro GTA to MR2 Turbo, and they are definitely worth the small cost and effort for the smiles they produce.

If you don't want a nice loud "ptttssshhhh" when you ease off the throttle and you prefer stealth then stop reading now!

So basically I've bought a mushroom style filter (eBay) which with the use of the supplied adapters fits nicely to the bog standard MAF section of the standard set up. In red, which happens to match the colour of my car. nice.

Next I bought a 25mm fitting breather filter to fit on the end of the air pump hose which you have to pull of the bottom left of the standard air box, again from eBay, with a male connecting metal section which fits inside both the hose and the filter.

The result? Astonishing! A slightly angry roar but most notably is the above mentioned noise, which allegedly drops knickers at 50 paces. According to spotty teenagers. I guess I will never grow up, as I love that sound, reminds me of my ill fated MR2 turbo, which unfortunately disappeared in a cloud of blue smoke!!!

Summary: what are you waiting for???? around £20 its cost me to do it, poke your uber expensive cabon do-dad and do this!!

Photos to follow when i get chance

Pics?

Excuse the dirt, engine cleanup to follow!!!!!!

each to there own.

Hi dude

Nice induction kit they work well

I had a hks one before I got my carbonio

I had oneproblem tho with maf unit when I did tho , at the tip is all floppy

Its a gd idea to hold down the top to keep it secure and the maf unit in one place

Thanks daniel

The thing about the expensive carbon do dads is normally they have a filter that actually filters particles out yet keeps air flow up as a result of testing.

Looks pants, and is breathing warm under bonnet air instead of fresh air. Still as long as it makes a loud pttssshhh it must be good.

oh dear what a mess

p.s you might aswell save your money and run no filter

p.s.s if you havent a clue then just leave it standard is the best way imo

How to lose 10bhp for only £20

To all the negative commenters... Jog on.

If you think you know best and your better than me then you clearly have some issues. Like I go round showing people my engine bay???? Really? No.

This is a quick fix I did in a hurry, not the final piece. Rest assured I will never be buying a £200 kit I have better things to spend my money on. I have bought one before and they really aren't worth the money. But feel free to waste yours

Lol, feel free to waste your engine/turbo.

Lol, feel free to waste your engine/turbo.

how exactly is that going to happen then.

Lol, feel free to waste your engine/turbo.

If you know something I don't, as per forum guidelines, BE HELPFUL. this is not helpful. thank you.

Oh dear,

The biggest issue I see here, is the lack of cold air. Lack of cold air = less power due to heat soak when the engine is warmed up.

There are other issues, lack of support = bad for maf

Thin coating on filter makes it about as much use as a chocolate teapot and small particles will get through and clog up the maf if your lucky, or even worse end up contaminating the turbo causing major damage.

Several members who have posted in this thread including myself have been members for many years on this forum, and at least one has worked on VAG cars in the past and is a fully qualified Skoda Technician. We have seen everything and know what we are talking about because we have seen members come on here with blown turbos and more besides caused by ebay filters.

I have a standard airbox & filter and something got past that, hit the turbo vanes and knackered it. Total cost? Just over £1000 and that was getting the parts fitted by a mate of a mate. I'd hate to drive round knowing that there's not much going on in terms of filtration under the bonnet and that something could get through the cheap filter.

I understand what you mean about not growing up, I too like to hear a growly car, but if it means having one that works or makes a nice sound, there's no choice for me.

Don't take offence at what people are saying on here. They really do know what they're talking about and have huge amounts of knowlege of our cars. What causes some of the more sarcastic comments is when they feel that someone is chavving up a vRS with little understanding or regard for what actually makes a car work properly. Leave stuff like that to Corsas and you'll be fine.

Oh dear,

The biggest issue I see here, is the lack of cold air. Lack of cold air = less power due to heat soak when the engine is warmed up.

There are other issues, lack of support = bad for maf

Thin coating on filter makes it about as much use as a chocolate teapot and small particles will get through and clog up the maf if your lucky, or even worse end up contaminating the turbo causing major damage.

Several members who have posted in this thread including myself have been members for many years on this forum, and at least one has worked on VAG cars in the past and is a fully qualified Skoda Technician. We have seen everything and know what we are talking about because we have seen members come on here with blown turbos and more besides caused by ebay filters.

thank you for your advice.

To all the negative commenters... Jog on.

If you think you know best and your better than me then you clearly have some issues. Like I go round showing people my engine bay???? Really? No.

This is a quick fix I did in a hurry, not the final piece. Rest assured I will never be buying a £200 kit I have better things to spend my money on. I have bought one before and they really aren't worth the money. But feel free to waste yours

You save your comments as you clearly have no clue what your doing??????? HEAT SOAK that is all that is gunna do,and you will be replacing your MAF before long,Congrads you have succeded in losing power and fooking up your engine at the same time... But hey you know everything????????? Lets see guys shall we have a poll in how long before he posts my engine is nackered?????

Edited 14 February, 201115 yr by mountie66

I've always fitted one of these type kits to nearly every car I've ever had... reminds me of my ill fated MR2 turbo, which unfortunately disappeared in a cloud of blue smoke!!!

:wonder:

I had an EBAY one on mine for 24 hours and wasnt keen on :

A: The sound

B: The heat soak

C: Lack of filtration.

So I put it back to standard.

But if that sort of thing floats ya boat then thats fine. Id rather have a cold air intake though.

To all the negative commenters... Jog on.

If you think you know best and your better than me then you clearly have some issues. Like I go round showing people my engine bay???? Really? No.

This is a quick fix I did in a hurry, not the final piece. Rest assured I will never be buying a £200 kit I have better things to spend my money on. I have bought one before and they really aren't worth the money. But feel free to waste yours

If you ask for comments be mature enough to deal with the criticism please.

As mentioned above, heat soak will strangle your engine in no time at all, plus you'll muller your MAF as the tiny ceramic probe is prone to fracturing through vibration/knocks....and at best part of £90 you'll be emptying your pockets rapidly too!

As for any performance merit it scores 0, the surface area of the filter is tiny, surely common sense will tell you that something that small can only be detrimental to performance......

People use cold air induction pipes for a reason……..

Finally it doesn’t pay to spit the dummy at people on the forum as there is a wealth of knowledge and experience here that can be immensely useful.

Steve

I had an EBAY one on mine for 24 hours and wasnt keen on :

A: The sound

B: The heat soak

C: Lack of filtration.

So I put it back to standard.

But if that sort of thing floats ya boat then thats fine. Id rather have a cold air intake though.

True, and it does. All considered immature comments aside I will be getting a solid pipe as the MAF section does seem abit limp. As for cold air feed, it's only as cold as the air temperature. oh and a better filter. This was a test item to see what difference it made... sad that some see it as an opportunity to ridicule rather than assist.

True, and it does. All considered immature comments aside I will be getting a solid pipe as the MAF section does seem abit limp. As for cold air feed, it's only as cold as the air temperature. oh and a better filter. This was a test item to see what difference it made... sad that some see it as an opportunity to ridicule rather than assist.

Do yourself a favour, stick this on, would be worth getting a larger filter too, but this would certainly be much, much better!!!

Either that or leave it standard.

Steve

Edited 14 February, 201115 yr by Steevie Wonder

If you ask for comments be mature enough to deal with the criticism please.

As mentioned above, heat soak will strangle your engine in no time at all, plus you'll muller your MAF as the tiny ceramic probe is prone to fracturing through vibration/knocks....and at best part of £90 you'll be emptying your pockets rapidly too!

As for any performance merit it scores 0, the surface area of the filter is tiny, surely common sense will tell you that something that small can only be detrimental to performance......

People use cold air induction pipes for a reason……..

Finally it doesn’t pay to spit the dummy at people on the forum as there is a wealth of knowledge and experience here that can be immensely useful.

Steve

Well said Steve but I have a funny feeling he knows everything and is gunna learn the hard way

All that is doing as said is drawing in heat from the engine bay, and these engines run hot before you even start spanking it, your gonna overwhelm the intercooler your inlet temps will get to high and the ecu is gonna pull back the timing etc, if this didn't happen things can go boom very quickly so the ecu is protecting the engine and your gonna go slower. Cold Air Intakes are called that for reason. Just look at the standard airbox it's in let feed is sealed off from the bay as to protect the cold air. It's subjective as to wheter the CAI's are more powerful than the standard airbox iirc it has been proven that they arn't as good as the standard set up.

Are we getting through to you.

Hot air is not good.

HTH