Experience with induction kits

[ghentlan]

Hi Guys,

Anyone have any experience with the BMC kit?

One of my previous cars was a Civic Type R where these were reputed to be very effective, but I've not heard much mention of them in this forum.  Most advice seems to be to just change the panel filter, but from my limited knowledge of how these kits work it seems that a dedicated air pipe (almost ramming the air in once you're moving) coupled with an efficient filter would be a step up.

So, has anyone tried one and what gains (if any) did they see?

Cheers,
Mark

P.S.  This is for an 87 Mk2 16v.

[Davo13]

Not sure that I have ever seen a BMC kit for the MK2.

I had a K&N for mine, don't think it really makes any difference with regards to performance.  I still have the K&N Induction kit that I had on my Mk2 sitting in the loft gathering dust.

[takethefifth]

  I've got one in my shed!

[ghentlan]

I've got one in my shed!

What improvement in 0-60 did the shed get?  Anything at the top end?

[Gambit]

its not just as simple as that on a 16v, with it being mechanical injection the fuel regulator works via the airbox

PiperX do an induction kit for a 16v which replaces the bottom half of the airbox. but its no big improvement over just a panel filter & drilled airbox.

[ghentlan]

I can understand the PiperX ones not helping a lot, because its still hot air they're bringing in and you get a lot of heat soak unless you're constantly on the move.  Thats why the design of the BMC makes more sense to me.  But it does seem like very few people have tried one on a golf.

Here are the specific ones I'm thinking of:

http://www.venommotorsport.com/cgi-bin/products.pl?CategoryField=Filters-BMC-CDA_Filters-VWGolfMk2

Cheers,
Mark

[Mk1Mad J - 16v]

I drilled my airbox and my car wouldn't start when it was hot = bought a new airbox

I put an extra tube into my airbox and the car wouldn't start in the cold = another new airbox

I put a K&N in my standard airbox and it's now lived in 3 cars over a 10 year period 

[Gambit]

i didnt even realise there was another one the market?!?! id be interested in seeing the picture of the actual setup to see what they done with the fuel regulator

go on, be the guinea pig and buy one

[Mk1Mad J - 16v]

Have these BMC people got a bigger budget for R&D then?














Didn't think so 

[takethefifth]

Strangely enough the carbon can induction kits thingys bmc do are the same for 8v and the 16v with only the MAF sensor mounting flange being different.