fingers crossed :stuck:

AWESOME to Postman Pat

Postman Pat to me

Me to MAF

Bingo

(Colin all this talk of Cookies is messing with my waistline ! :wiggle: )

But does it fit?

But does it fit?

Seems to fit the drive quite well...

Its cold and its dark... and it's gonna get colder :frosty:

I have booked saturday off work to fit it... shouldn't take more than half an hour (famous last words)

I will of course show you it fitted and report.......

Pete :cool

Got this far tonight... :woohoo:

Its cold and its dark... and it's gonna get colder :frosty:

I have booked saturday off work to fit it... shouldn't take more than half an hour (famous last words)

I will of course show you it fitted and report.......

Pete :cool

minimum of 3 hrs... cos they dont fit octys... trust me.

minimum of 3 hrs... cos they dont fit octys... trust me.

Where don't they fit Paul ? Where's the clash ?

Where don't they fit Paul ? Where's the clash ?

Octys with Xenons are a bloody tight fit...I say again bloody tight.

Then again you have taken the battery out...

The xenons wiring and depth eats into the area where the pipe needs to go down. Thus leaving a bit of brute force to position pipe. We also found it a little short, between MAF and a suitable location, however this is no doubt the looms again.

If it does fit, let us know, I was holding off on announcing till we fitted on a normal octy...

my quote during fitting was: It's coming off only when in the breakers yard.

:wavey: Colin,

I was never given the option of xenons :mecry:

Battery doesn't scare me...

Bear in mind that I am mad so I don't really care if it fits or not ... cuckoo !

My fear of ripping my new car to bits faded after about 1 day when I took everyone's advise to take my standard front speakers out to cut a flap in the foamy lining to improve bass... how many people remember those days?...

When I stick the filter on the end of the carbon pipe... replace the battery... put it all back together... and go for a celebratory spirited drive I shall let you know and post some pics

Pete :cheers:

My fear of ripping my new car to bits faded after about 1 day when I took everyone's advise to take my standard front speakers out to cut a flap in the foamy lining to improve bass... how many people remember those days?...

:wave:

:wave:

With ya fella with ya

Wet, cold, got scraped knuckles but happy

change of clothes and off for a :drive: then a well deserved :dtp:

Wet' date=' cold, got scraped knuckles but happy

change of clothes and off for a :drive: then a well deserved :dtp:[/quote']

If you have any high walls/fences or bridges... Makes a great sound..still not heard mine in anger...

Looks a neat job Stathap - was it difficult? Colin - which one do you have now then?

Same one Carol

That drive was fun fun fun

Colin, yes the noise is cracking !

Nick, I wouldn't say difficult. In the end I had to take the wheel off and stick it on axle stands to gain working room. Then juggle. Colin was right... the tight bit is at the back of the headlight but it's ok.

All good

That drive was fun fun fun

Colin' date=' yes the noise is cracking !

Nick, I wouldn't say difficult. In the end I had to take the wheel off and stick it on axle stands to gain working room. Then juggle. Colin was right... the tight bit is at the back of the headlight but it's ok.

All good [/quote']Somthing else I noted and was going to raise. The instructions describe the assembly such that the rubber hose, not the samco style, should be on the angle to carbon pipe...least that was our initial understanding. If you look at the Carbonio site, it shows the samco style at the top.

I note you assembled it the same way we did, using the rubber boot at the maf end and not the samco side. I will raise this question now as I would rather have two samco style connectors.

I know exactly what you mean.

Whilst it's okay the way I've got it... it's not really right.

The rubber boot isn't wide enough for the MAF so I've had to assemble it the wrong way round.

When I find out where to get some from, I am planning to buy a short piece of 3" (I think that'll be the right size) Samco hose and use that with two clamps.

I think that will make a much better connection.

I know exactly what you mean.

Whilst it's okay the way I've got it... it's not really right.

The rubber boot isn't wide enough for the MAF so I've had to assemble it the wrong way round.

When I find out where to get some from' date=' I am planning to buy a short piece of 3" (I think that'll be the right size) Samco hose and use that with two clamps.

I think that will make a much better connection.[/quote']

What I added was a small band of insulation tape...not to hold it on, more to prevent ingress if it got pulled apart (boot and carbon pipe) as the engine moved . After a few thousand miles it appear that all is okay though.

I/we have no idea how that rubber boot would of held the filter on.

I/we have no idea how that rubber boot would of held the filter on.

Colin,

Mine came out the box with the silicone sleeve ON the filter so I pretty much assumed it had to go together this way round.

I think the rubber boot has been designed for smaller MAF aperture (maybe VR6 or A.N other lowly MkIV Golf). I'm fairly sure that on that application it would fit the other way round (small end on MAF fat end on Carbon pipe.

???

Not too worried though

Just out of interest... is that the Royal We or did you have a little help from your friends in fitting ?

What did you do about the air pump (bolted onto the front of the engine under the oil filter) and pipework, once you had the new air intake installed? I'm guessing its no longer required.

If you removed it did it show up a fault code?

What did you do about the air pump (bolted onto the front of the engine under the oil filter) and pipework' date=' once you had the new air intake installed? I'm guessing its no longer required.

If you removed it did it show up a fault code?[/quote']

Dog,

No fault code. They include a little K&N style filter to stick on the end of the disconnected hose (left full length)... quite cute really.

I twisted mine round and secured it under the lip on the front of the bonnet for tidiness.

They include a little K&N style filter

As the pump is no longer connected to the air intake and no longer has a purpose I'm guessing the filter is just to stop crap getting into the pipework should you wish to go back to original spec - would that be a fair assumption?

As the pump is no longer connected to the air intake and no longer has a purpose I'm guessing the filter is just to stop crap getting into the pipework should you wish to go back to original spec - would that be a fair assumption?

I think it still has a function......... "breather" pipe ? QED it needs to breath ??

I just followed the crowd :baa

I really really don't know :confused:

Help?