air induction kits

[andc1]

ok seen this on the bay, what ya recon ?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190450012623&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[s-l-i-x]

I've got it, and really pleased with it! Sounds awesome too.

People on here are gonna say beware of deep puddles, but ive never had a problem.

[Wazzzer]

got a carbonio on mine but considering going back to standard air box as it's a bit loud lol

[andc1]

I take it there easy to fit? any pipes to be blocked off? what's with the smaller filter in the pic?

[simon20vt]

isn't that a bit cheap? £39.99 for a CAI, look at any other products such as K&N or Carbonio, and you'll pay £100 odd extra. Would be interesting if someone had tried both of these to compare the difference. A pipercross panel filter will set you back about 30 quid, so for a tenner extra, why aren't everyone buying these ebay CAI kits if they are any good? 

you know what people say, you get what you pay for. Guess its worth taking a punt though for that price to see if it is any good. are you running a stock air filter now? maybe you could try a pipercross panel filter, and then the ebay CAI to see what the difference is. If you decide to stick with the CAI after, i'll even buy the pipercross panel filter from you for £30 (pretty much what you'd pay for it new so you don't lose any money) providing it came in the original packaging   

[Cunning stunT]

The puddle would have to come up to your headlight to immerse it as that is where the intake is.

[s-l-i-x]

The puddle would have to come up to your headlight to immerse it as that is where the intake is.

Not that kiit, it runs near the bottom bumper vent.

I ran a pipercross panel filter before I got one of those induction kits above, and no loss in power and no gains really, just love the sound. Not too loud.

The smaller filter is just another breather I think, I just blocked mine up with a rubber bung and clip as a small amount of engine heat was being drawn in.

[simon20vt]

so do you have to be rather careful with puddles/how deep they are? E.g - chav at the side of the road by a very tempting puddle to soak him, but you have to avoid it due to the CAI being quite low? what would you do if the whole road was flooded width ways with an inch or so, would you be able to cross but very slowly so not to suck up water?

[Waffs1984]

I've run one of these on my car for the past 2 years wtih no problems whatsoever. The only thing r-tech mentioned when i took my car in for a remap was that the filter was getting a bit cruddy and could do with replacing which i am getting onto this xmas.

As for puddles, yeah it would have to be DEEP. My car is sensibly lowered approx 40mm and to touch the filter i have to kneel on the floor and put my hand up under the passenger side bumper a fair way. Just think of it as the bottom of the filter will sit where your lower bumper vent sits, its not that close to the ground 

[topher]

a bit of splash on the filter won't hurt it, as long as it doesn't get fully submerged. There's nothing wrong with these kits though, i can probably do them a little bit cheaper i just never bothered with them because

a) people dont like "unbranded" performance parts
b) it looks a bit chavvy
c) as mentioned before they are suspiciously cheap compared to the branded ones which puts people off.