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Offline Rideandy

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Anyone tried one of these?
« on: 18 October 2007, 12:21 »
http://www.electronicturbosystems.com/
I have just taken my K&N off and put back standard filter, but saw this and wondering should I try!

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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #1 on: 18 October 2007, 12:31 »
Been posted about before! Load of complete and utter rubbish!
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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #2 on: 18 October 2007, 12:47 »
What len says....
hey I'm agreeing with len again!! maybe blue lenses are ok after all??
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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #3 on: 18 October 2007, 13:51 »
Of course they are! :wink: :laugh:
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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #4 on: 18 October 2007, 14:59 »
Been posted about before! Load of complete and utter rubbish!
What len says....
hey I'm agreeing with len again!! maybe blue lenses are ok after all??
Whys that then?

Offline Sukhi

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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #5 on: 18 October 2007, 15:18 »

Have you looked into getting a pannel filter? They seem like the actually produce gains.
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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #6 on: 18 October 2007, 15:21 »
Filters are an interesing subject. Pretty much all the Cone filters available off the shelf do nothing other than increase inductionnoise (WHich is no bad thing). K&N panel filters in a drilled airbox however actually do produce more power in most applications. They also increase induction noise. THe key with the K&N panel filters is to keep them clean and oiled. If you slap it in and then leave it it will be no better than a standard paper filter after 12 months.

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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #7 on: 18 October 2007, 17:09 »
Yeah a was thinking about a panel filter.
I found that with the cone filter, once the engine bay warmed up the performace was not so good! To much warm air being sucked into the engine :undecided:

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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #8 on: 18 October 2007, 17:26 »
Pardon my dimness but other than the old story about induction kits not bein as good as a panel filter because of the heat sucked in what is it about these kits thats rubbish?  :undecided:  They look mad :shocked:

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Re: Anyone tried one of these?
« Reply #9 on: 18 October 2007, 17:43 »
Electric superchargers do not work! They are as useful as a chocolate tea pot!

Electric superchargers do not work because, the engine's vacuum (the natural suction of air through piston displacement) is more powerful than the push force of the electric fan used on the supercharger. This means the pull of the air from the engine turns the fan quicker than the fan can turn itself due to the fact that there simply isn't enough power to turn the fan at any worthwhile speed. What this does is this puts drag on the air intake while damaging the fan on the supercharger. Hence it breaks fairly easily and leave debris to flow into your intake which may cause engine damage. They're not worth it at all. You'd get better gains from a Cold Air intake.

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