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Offline carrie

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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #60 on: 04 March 2005, 22:13 »
yeh and thats what i was trying to get at b4 coz i had the car moded (put full exhaust on, K&N, Denso sparks etc and higher gear ratio) i was now able to reach 70mph in 2nd, like my m8s Supra RZ he put the HKS turbo onit and his 3rd goes 120mph i asked him yesterday its not 110mph, But thats y i was sayin K&N induction kit makes the world of difference coz it did 4 me. P.S has anyone like me put in the Iridium Denso sparks? if so tell me what differences u felt in the cold weather.

sorry but i find it hard to beleive on the basis of a standard box getting 60 and your modded one getting 70 you would not not loose acceleration by just changing the plugs and filtre, the max increase in bhp would only be around 6 and that would not be enough.
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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #61 on: 04 March 2005, 22:54 »
Have to agree with Carrie. To make sustancial gains in power and torque creating top ends and accelaration you would have to pay alot of money to to just that. Yes a filter helps, but what about cams exhaust systems, gas flowed heads etc etc.  These help increase in power but a extra 5BHP won't change a car dramatically.


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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #62 on: 04 March 2005, 23:38 »
I gotta say, respect to carries knowledge of random car info that i've never shown before!!

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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #63 on: 05 March 2005, 00:00 »
Well i dont agree with Carrie shes a Trick, when did i once say i had a standard gearbox? Dont assume it makes a fool of me and YOU!!!
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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #64 on: 05 March 2005, 00:04 »
Well i dont agree with Carrie shes a Trick, when did i once say i had a standard gearbox? Dont assume it makes a fool of me and YOU!!!

yeh and thats what i was trying to get at b4 coz i had the car moded (put full exhaust on, K&N, Denso sparks etc and higher gear ratio) i was now able to reach 70mph in 2nd, like my m8s Supra RZ he put the HKS turbo onit and his 3rd goes 120mph i asked him yesterday its not 110mph, But thats y i was sayin K&N induction kit makes the world of difference coz it did 4 me. P.S has anyone like me put in the Iridium Denso sparks? if so tell me what differences u felt in the cold weather.

sorry but i find it hard to beleive on the basis of a standard box getting 60 and your modded one getting 70 you would not not loose acceleration by just changing the plugs and filtre, the max increase in bhp would only be around 6 and that would not be enough.

erm no offence but try reading this again? :wink:
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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #65 on: 05 March 2005, 00:10 »
I am a little lost now. :undecided:

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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #66 on: 05 March 2005, 00:13 »
^ changed it martz, not that used to using the quote thing


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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #67 on: 05 March 2005, 00:47 »
Like i said b4 which no 1 seems to have read is {I had the gear ratio of all the gears extended so they can go longer!!} So i was told by K&N that what the induction kit will do is GIVE more TORQUE in lower gears eg:2nd so now my car can hit 70mph b4 i have to change to 3rd when b4 i use to change at 65mph, so to me it shows that i have added the K&N it does the job as K&N said!

induction kits are crap. plain and simple.

they get bolted onto cars with wild joy and the owners sit there convincing themselves "it must be faster". yeah right. louder maybe, faster? probably not. if you do happen to feel the extra 2bhp, its probably 2bhp you could gained by taking that raggidy old sh!t airfilter that came with the car out and putting a new one in in the first place.

lets face it - if you find your 8v a little pedestrain - which everyone apart from 8v owners do - then report it stolen, smash it into a lamppost and buy yourself something faster. like a milk float. and really live on the edge.


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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #68 on: 05 March 2005, 00:50 »
I drilled 28 holes in my airbox.... :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :undecided:

so its not really an airbox is it? its more like a sieve. you should tell VW about your marvellous invention. bet they never thought about drilling holes in airboxes to get more power.

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Re: K&N induction kit makes the world of difference!!!!
« Reply #69 on: 05 March 2005, 00:52 »
Also by increasing the speed of engine ie. redline, the top speed in lower gears would only increase marginally.
Infact by just increasing the top level rpm, the effect would be quite minimal.
Unless you are talking about the Honda Civic Type R, which is a very high revving engine.

dont forget drag. not just a case of making the top gear taller, doesn't the drag also increase exponentially?

hence 200bhp = 150, 300 = 160, 400=170 and so forth. (not exact figures of course)