Hi first post.

I have just bought a 1.9 Tdi Fabia and fancy adding a PD160 air intake. I have done a search on the site for this but it only seems to mention replacing the intake on the Vrs. Is it possible to put a PD160 air intake on the 1.9 Tdi non-Vrs?

Thanks.

Yep. Jason has done it on his before he did the conversion. The airbox is the same on all 1.9 TDI's.

Cheers thanks very much for that.

Hi

Just done it on my 100PD , WOW

Throttle response is FANTASTIC

I have the Pipercross panel filter with mine too , yes excellent!!!!!!

Sarah

Hi

Just done it on my 100PD , WOW

Throttle response is FANTASTIC

I have the Pipercross panel filter with mine too , yes excellent!!!!!!

Sarah

Sarah,

how much is the PD air intake and a green panel filter delivered for?

Im guessing you do both of these items?

Hi

Just done it on my 100PD , WOW

Throttle response is FANTASTIC

I have the Pipercross panel filter with mine too , yes excellent!!!!!!

Sarah

I have the pipercross filter, PD160 pipe and trumpet, and to be honest I cant notice a difference so dont get your hopes up.:(

The main difference is that it revs much more freely beyond 4k rpm.

Ash do you have the PD100?

Im guessing you do both of these items?

I didn't think Awesome did either of these!

The 160 intake is a Seat part, and Awesome sell the K&N and Pipercross filters.... each is about 30 I think.....

Chris

I didn't think Awesome did either of these!

The 160 intake is a Seat part, and Awesome sell the K&N and Pipercross filters.... each is about 30 I think.....

Chris

Yep

This is the case

PD160 is Seat dealer only

The Pipercross filter is

The main difference is that it revs much more freely beyond 4k rpm.

IMO there is absolutely no need to rev a TDi up to 4k rpm, never mind beyond it!!!!

Does the 160 intake fit a 1.4 TDi though?!!!

IMO there is absolutely no need to rev a TDi up to 4k rpm, never mind beyond it!!!!

Does the 160 intake fit a 1.4 TDi though?!!!

Not on a standard one. Mapped ones though rev much better and therefore do benefit from such mods.

Mine revs to 5k rpm - and on the standard map it revs more smoothly, like it's not sufficating, to 4000+ rpm.

Sure mostly there isnt much point, BUT it can be handy if you need just a little extra rev range on the standard map.

With my hybrid on it needs it for sure, mine sweeps up to the red now under load - generally I dont change up that late either for fuel economy reasons, but when I'm booting it hard in 3rd/4th, the extra range makes it very useful

IMO there is absolutely no need to rev a TDi up to 4k rpm, never mind beyond it!!!!

Does the 160 intake fit a 1.4 TDi though?!!!

You've never been off the Severn Bridge in rush hour have you?

IMO there is absolutely no need to rev a TDi up to 4k rpm, never mind beyond it!!!!

Does the 160 intake fit a 1.4 TDi though?!!!

yes it does fit 1.4TDI , the tdi's all have the same air filter

My Question... in relation to the 1.9TDi 100 bhp with out changing the intake but by changing the filter to a pipercross, will there be any advantage performance wise!!! will it increase mpg

I got a bit better fuel economy on mine , not much but then dont go thinking that a filter will be the answer to your dreams , but for

My mpg decreased a little, I dunno, I reckon the filter won't have much if any impact on fuel economy either up/down if you don't alter your driving style at all, but the better throttle response, lack of running out of 'air' at the higher revs, it's not a bad investment

My Question... in relation to the 1.9TDi 100 bhp with out changing the intake but by changing the filter to a pipercross, will there be any advantage performance wise!!! will it increase mpg

The only advantage of a cotton gauze air filter is a bit more noise and the fact that in the long run it works out cheaper (because you can clean it). Performance will feel more because the filter is noisier, but in the real world there's nowt in it. My economy remained unchanged in both my Fabia and the Mondeo.....

Chris

Just fit clean paper filters more often than 40k to save any problems and any worries re oil on the MAF. I'd say every 40k.

As for the PD100 needing a PD160 air intake... well if the PD130/PD150 can live with teh standard intake and only benefit a tiny amount from the PD160 intake I can't see a PD 100 needing it.

All depends on whether you remap/tuning box it - if you do, it's definitely worth doing. If not, it's not worth bothering.

Reckons you meant paper filter every 10k? I must admit having seen the state of the paper filter after 20k plus the amount of smoke I got with it being that dirty, would make me recommend that if you stick with paper ones

anyone got part number?

anyone got part number?

Fabia-vrs.com - PD160 Intake Guide

Although the prices quoted there are a bit out of date I think.........

Chris