Which induction kit

[SWR1.8t]

Ashmond - Do you have a link to the ones you use?

Really stuck on what to get to be honest. I have seen that you can buy filter jackets from AwesomeGTI which help deflect most of the water away from a filter on a cold air feed, anybody used one of those?

Thanks for the replies guys, much appreciated.

[Ant1981]

Name these people or show me these threads, you only ever hear about it there's no proof, if water was bad for the engine then why do people (like myself) use water injection? say if you did hit a massive puddle and the front of you car was submerged underwater the amount of water u would suck up would destroy the turbo causing the engine to stall so there'd no pressure to suck up water plus you would let off throttle therefor shutting the butterfly valve on the throttle body, so only a little amount of water would get through, not enough to damage your engine.

im sorry but the whole cai and sucking up water thing is rubbish if you ask me.

It's not rubbish. Large amounts of water can't be burnt off and will have a hydraulic effect and ruin an engine.

Water injection is something entirely different.

Some years ago I binned a car as enough water got into the induction and ruined my engine.

[asboGTI]

Name these people or show me these threads, you only ever hear about it there's no proof, if water was bad for the engine then why do people (like myself) use water injection? say if you did hit a massive puddle and the front of you car was submerged underwater the amount of water u would suck up would destroy the turbo causing the engine to stall so there'd no pressure to suck up water plus you would let off throttle therefor shutting the butterfly valve on the throttle body, so only a little amount of water would get through, not enough to damage your engine.

im sorry but the whole cai and sucking up water thing is rubbish if you ask me.

I never said i had proof and i never said there was a turbo involed either so dont just jump to conclusions i know some people have been affected by this my mates polo was onewhich sucked up waterand then shat itselfstraight away

[DunnDeal12]

Name these people or show me these threads, you only ever hear about it there's no proof, if water was bad for the engine then why do people (like myself) use water injection? say if you did hit a massive puddle and the front of you car was submerged underwater the amount of water u would suck up would destroy the turbo causing the engine to stall so there'd no pressure to suck up water plus you would let off throttle therefor shutting the butterfly valve on the throttle body, so only a little amount of water would get through, not enough to damage your engine.

im sorry but the whole cai and sucking up water thing is rubbish if you ask me.

I never said i had proof and i never said there was a turbo involed either so dont just jump to conclusions i know some people have been affected by this my mates polo was onewhich sucked up waterand then shat itselfstraight away

well you need to make yourself alot clearer next time but if its a n/a car then YES you can suck up water and F**K your engine thats obvious as it goes directly into the engine but seen as u were talking about fitting an induction kit to a turbo car then the water will hit the turbo first. think about it and the distance the water will have to travel.

Ant please stop talking.

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Name these people or show me these threads, you only ever hear about it there's no proof, if water was bad for the engine then why do people (like myself) use water injection? say if you did hit a massive puddle and the front of you car was submerged underwater the amount of water u would suck up would destroy the turbo causing the engine to stall so there'd no pressure to suck up water plus you would let off throttle therefor shutting the butterfly valve on the throttle body, so only a little amount of water would get through, not enough to damage your engine.

im sorry but the whole cai and sucking up water thing is rubbish if you ask me.

I never said i had proof and i never said there was a turbo involed either so dont just jump to conclusions i know some people have been affected by this my mates polo was onewhich sucked up waterand then shat itselfstraight away

well you need to make yourself alot clearer next time but if its a n/a car then YES you can suck up water and F**K your engine thats obvious as it goes directly into the engine but seen as u were talking about fitting an induction kit to a turbo car then the water will hit the turbo first. think about it and the distance the water will have to travel.

Ant please stop talking.

you sound like you know what your talking about  .

if you suck up enough water throught the induction its obvious that the engine heat wont burn the water of quick enough as engines dont get that hot.

think if they did we would all use alot more water in are cars,i am no mechnic but its not rocket science.

[Dalo Harkin]

If you havent changed anything yet as in the car is standard in terms of induction then I personally would just fit a panel filter in.
That being said I love the sound of an induction kit and you also get rid of the massive airbox - if you do consider the CAI route I wouldnt get one of the ebay type that runs behind the bumper, I would go for a cone on the end of the MAF and a heatshield of some kind.

[SWR1.8t]

Ah okay so maybe something the neuspeed kit that comes with a heat shield, time to search the Internet for a decent one I think

[simon_709]

I think a standard air box with uprated pannel filter is best for performance.

[Ant1981]

Name these people or show me these threads, you only ever hear about it there's no proof, if water was bad for the engine then why do people (like myself) use water injection? say if you did hit a massive puddle and the front of you car was submerged underwater the amount of water u would suck up would destroy the turbo causing the engine to stall so there'd no pressure to suck up water plus you would let off throttle therefor shutting the butterfly valve on the throttle body, so only a little amount of water would get through, not enough to damage your engine.

im sorry but the whole cai and sucking up water thing is rubbish if you ask me.

I never said i had proof and i never said there was a turbo involed either so dont just jump to conclusions i know some people have been affected by this my mates polo was onewhich sucked up waterand then shat itselfstraight away

well you need to make yourself alot clearer next time but if its a n/a car then YES you can suck up water and F**K your engine thats obvious as it goes directly into the engine but seen as u were talking about fitting an induction kit to a turbo car then the water will hit the turbo first. think about it and the distance the water will have to travel.

Ant please stop talking.

you sound like you know what your talking about  .

if you suck up enough water throught the induction its obvious that the engine heat wont burn the water of quick enough as engines dont get that hot.

think if they did we would all use alot more water in are cars,i am no mechnic but its not rocket science.

It's not to do with the heat, it's the volume of water.

Water injection is a fine mist, where as if you suck cupfuls of water into an engine, you'd get effectively a hydraulic lock as the piston wants to push down, rods bend and worse case the block will crack if there's no plug.

[cullygti]

feck me not this  again 

this argument as been done to death now