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Offline Rideandy

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Cold air
« on: 07 January 2007, 16:08 »
Please can you tell me what advantages there is with having cold air sucked into the induction system and is it worth going down the route of venting?
I love the look of the vent but not sure if I should spend my money on other mods.
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: Cold air
« Reply #1 on: 07 January 2007, 16:56 »
i'd imagine the difference would be minimal.
it's more of a styling issue i think.
I've just run a 70mm feed to the vent below the fog light next to the horn.
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Offline boneybradley

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Re: Cold air
« Reply #2 on: 07 January 2007, 16:59 »
your'e engine needs as much cold dence air as possible for more power and with a cone filter they suck air from the engine which is warm and lower's power...With a vent your'e pulling cold air from outside the car and you also get nice induction noise...you can also run a hose like monkeyalan (altho i recommend using plastic hose as this is unaffected by engine heat unlike metal flexi stuff)...regarding other mod's first induction, second exhaust and then a decent chip
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Re: Cold air
« Reply #3 on: 07 January 2007, 17:09 »
Monkeyalan, has the 70 mm feed made a noticable difference?
Boneybradley, There the mods I had in mind,K+N induction kit being resent out tomorrow.
Cheers chaps.
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Offline NU773R

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Re: Cold air
« Reply #4 on: 07 January 2007, 19:11 »
you may not notice it that much but it is always better to have a feed of cold air rather than just hot air in the engine bay
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Offline monkeyalan

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Re: Cold air
« Reply #5 on: 08 January 2007, 12:52 »
Quote from: Rideandy on 07 January 2007, 17:09
Monkeyalan, has the 70 mm feed made a noticable difference?
i did it at the same time as a k&n panel filter. It did seem to to rev more freely and have a bit more oomph at the top of the rev range. not mindblowing but noticable.
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Re: Cold air
« Reply #6 on: 08 January 2007, 13:12 »
I dont think having a vent in the wing will make any difference to a cars performance.
Yes it will perform better if it got only cold air, more dense/bigger bang!
But a cone filter draws air from all around it not just one side.

Perhaps this is why some say a standard air box is just as good.

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Re: Cold air
« Reply #7 on: 08 January 2007, 17:42 »
Cheers Chaps
K&N sitting on kitchen table, will fit tomorrow! :smiley:
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Re: Cold air
« Reply #8 on: 15 January 2007, 16:03 »
For future reference I plan on putting an induction kit in, do any come with cold air feeds or is it simple to just add your own ?
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Re: Cold air
« Reply #9 on: 15 January 2007, 20:20 »
The K&N 57i induction kit comes with a cold air feed pipe, just a length of flexible hose.

Cant say about any of the others coz I wont buy anything else! And as I have had a K&N on my cars since 1981..........
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