i went to ed38 yesterday and bought off REVO one of there TFSI cold air feeds as i'm getting the octavia remapped very soon, it fitted a treat but god the engine looks horrible with it fitted, so took it off straight away and put it on ed38 to sell.

so what can i do with the standard air box prior to getting it remapped?? just an uprated panel filter, or what about a BMC Carbon air box at the end of the air intake hose without an air filter in the engine cover??

thoughts please

I think it looks ok, If it was me i would make a lid for it and seal it up with some sort of reflective heat tape

+1 on making a lid!

Why do you care what the engine looks like? You drive it with the bonnet down!

Does it really matter what it looks like? The modern engine after you've taken all the cover off is hardley a thing of beauty lol,looks a good piece of kit

yeh it is a good bit of kit and has certainly livened up the engine, but i dont like how it looks, i'm looking for a 2nd hand engine cover that i can butcher up to cover up all the engine bits, why are modern engines so nasty to look at without the engine covers one, here is a pic of my 1994 corrado vr6 engine and how nice does that look.

My first car was a Mg metro and even that had a red engine block and chrome rocker cover Lol

Edited 5 September, 201213 yr by MR G