drilling airbox.... pros cons ?

[monkeyalan]

a place called Larkspeed in rotherham but it's standard heavy duty ducting so you should be able to get it most tuning places. It HAS to be 70mm to fit the standard airbox intake. the feed runs down to the small grill bit under the indicator/fog. I twisted the horn up out of the way a bit and secured it with cable ties.

[Organisys]

Pros...More Noise 
Cons..More Noise 

[Pikey Potter]

sorry guys i have to disagree here, when i had my congi with a k&n filter and straight through zorst from the cat back the car sounded absolutly mint some people said it sounded like a vr6 but now ive put it back standard with a little hoover size pipe for a forced air into the airbox it sounds quiet as hell but the car goes like fook now!
so id say forget the k&n forget the zorst just keep it standard and just put a pipe from the front of ur car to the air box, also its now doing 100 miles per £20 where before it was only doing 50 miles per £20
 

He's right, i've carried out this mod and its like driving a different car....much quicker with more torque, you just can't go wrong and all its going to cost is a few quid for some ducting. Just for the record i also got rid of that trumpet shaped thing you get in the bottom of the air box. Can't honestly say i've doubled my MPG though !

[monkeyalan]

forgot to mention that 

[robbiehall]

Cheers to Golf-Vr-6 advice.....drilled my airbox at the front and wing side only.....and its GR8!!!!!! sounds and performs like the business!!!! You will definatley hear the difference and feel more power in the mid-range!!!. My Gti feels more like it GTIIIIIIIIIIIII now!!!!!. Rob

[Khare]

i put mine just behind the grill, next to the headlamp.

[gtiscott]

where do you run the 70mm ducting to? anyone got a pic to show me

cheers
Scott

[golfmk31993]

i have an induction kit on my mk3 1.4 wich my friend gave me , it was on his fiesta zetec-s wich he wrote off, it has made the car sound better but thats about it, the air filter wasnt made specificly for my engine but i dont see why there model specific

[eightyeightmph]

Induction kit all the way. Speak to Bored_welsh_lad on here & buy some intakes if you want to run the ducting!

[boneybradley]

Where did this thread come from....2005!! 
and i have to say drilled airbox with a good panel filter is my choice. I agree performance with the induction kit will be better but for the power gain/cost i would rather save for other mods..... better brakes or suspension will do more for driveability than induction..