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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: andynorfolk on 09 June 2011, 17:53
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i need a new air box as mine was butchered when i got it and the muppet actually drilled holes in the top of the airbox as well as the bottom :S
so im gonna upgrade the filter too... i have used pipercross panel filters in the past and have always been good, anyone else got any suggestions? i've always though k&n was just a name to sell cheap rubbish under...
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I've always used k&n.
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i had a k&n induction kit on my bravo 1.6 and it just did nothing... so then i ran a pipercross filter in the standard airbox and it seemed to run infinitely better
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Just put a standard one from VWS in there. Fiver. Job done.
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As above. If 16v, drilled front corner, snorkel removed, wing blanking trim removed, £5 vws filter. In winter I run no snorkel at all jus a great big hole out front, in summer I run some convoluted cable duct attached to front of snorkel as cold air duct, but the snorkel itself is chopped off inside so I still get the noise with only a few less db's.
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Standard is best :smiley:
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i want the airbox kept completely standard, but the standard paper filters are let's be honest fairly crappy and you need to keep replacing them...
reckon i might just go with a pipercross panel filter
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K & N is a good choice.
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It's an air filter FFS. Save your money and get a standard one.
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It's an air filter FFS. Save your money and get a standard one.
How true.
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KnN or pipercross will be fine.. and lets face it they have a lifetime guarantee which standard ones dont.. even if it makes no difference i prefer them... my mk2 when finished im gona run a custom induction kit..
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Ur mk2's gonna have a £10k total bill isn't it?! I'd 20vt it for the aggro and expense you're going to,that abf will prob bore you soon enough!!
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^^ someone's a happy soul today aren't they... I gave my opinion sorry if it's not the same as yours.. Yer my mk2 may cost me 10k and ?? It's a second car for me and I enjoy working on it slowly..
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Sorry mate wasn't being funny!! It can sound dodgey in text form, wasn't the context I meant it in, I'm jus sayin jesus its no expense spared!! Wasn't being funny soz!!
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Lol no worries mate.
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Get a standard one and change regularly.
Better filtration and probably higher flow than a wash and re-use one.
Especially after the K&N/Pipercross unit's been washed a few time.
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If you have a 16v airbox, you can have my k an n panel filter for a 5er and what ever postage is on top.
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haha stick it on ebay, I'm after one also - you may get a tenner :rolleyes:
I tend to stick with k&n's on bikes and cars just because I'm used to giving them a clean at service time.
Get the big recharge kit and it lasts for years. Been using them for over 20 years now never had any probs.
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Paper filters are good and flow well, but only when new. The flow rates quickly drop.
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got a pipercross one, along with a new unbutchered air box :D
cause apparently when drlling the airbox they thought it'd be good to drill the top too so unfiltered air was being drawn straight into the throttle body...
GENIUS! :huh:
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got a pipercross one, along with a new unbutchered air box :D
cause apparently when drlling the airbox they thought it'd be good to drill the top too so unfiltered air was being drawn straight into the throttle body...
GENIUS! :huh:
good engineering knowledge i guess :grin:
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good engineering knowledge i guess :grin:
;)
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got a pipercross one, along with a new unbutchered air box :D
cause apparently when drlling the airbox they thought it'd be good to drill the top too so unfiltered air was being drawn straight into the throttle body...
GENIUS! :huh:
good engineering knowledge i guess :grin:
Yeh, I taught him everything I know
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A friend of mine took the plastic cone part out of my airbox and now at cruising speed i have a very annoying droaning noise a bit like.. warb warb warb warb... i'm sure its because of what he has done.. he threw the bits away :evil: anyone else experienced this?
Anyone got a airbox for a g60 or golf if they are the same?? i dont like the noise :sad:
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got a trumpet for a digi 8v box, if it'll fit its yours.
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oops... i just cut the cone out in the new one i got as it looks like all it's doing is restricting the air flow... was that a stupid thing to do? :undecided:
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the cone/trumpet should pull out without breaking (so can be replaced if you prefer it), depending how you go about it! It is there to reduce noise primarily, and will have an effect on restricting flow.
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oops... i just cut the cone out in the new one i got as it looks like all it's doing is restricting the air flow... was that a stupid thing to do? :undecided:
Let me know if you get a bloody annoying droaning noise when cruising.. tunes have to be turned up to cancel it out, actually gives me a headache!
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got a trumpet for a digi 8v box, if it'll fit its yours.
That would be awesome mate, apart from your in scotland... can you find out how much postage would be, i need the trumpet and the internal bracket i guess. cheers
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got a trumpet for a digi 8v box, if it'll fit its yours.
That would be awesome mate, apart from your in scotland... can you find out how much postage would be, i need the trumpet and the internal bracket i guess. cheers
PM'd
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I know a 16v with trumpet removed and a few added holes doesn't drone, if you have head under the bonnet on tick over you can hear a humm from it, but other than that when you give it some it sounds great. So much so the tunes get turned down...
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I gotta 16v, Whats this Trumpet bit ya all on about
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I gotta 16v, Whats this Trumpet bit ya all on about
if you open up the airbox it has a trumpet inside it that the air travels in through, you'll know what we all mean if you open it up and remove the filter
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I gotta get around 2 changin my Filter 2 be honest, 4got all about it, Its only been in there 12 years now :angry:
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i need a new air box as mine was butchered when i got it and the muppet actually drilled holes in the top of the airbox as well as the bottom :S
so im gonna upgrade the filter too... i have used pipercross panel filters in the past and have always been good, anyone else got any suggestions? i've always though k&n was just a name to sell cheap rubbish under...
[GOLF ./quote]DID A TEST FOR A MAG ON A ROLLING ROAD WITH 6 LEADING AIR FILTTERS RAM AIR CAME OUT BEST THAT WAS ON A 16V MK2.