induction kit?

[ady365d]

been thinkin about gettin an induction kit , how do 16v's respond to these , i know it makes some cars run like a pig ! any sugestions of good ones? im looking to tidy up the engine bay and a litte more performance /noise wouln't go a miss either , but if its gonna run like a dog and cain fuel???

[kells]

most folk on here will say drillthe airbox, i on the otherhand prefere a induction kit and always use K&N, never had any issues in the last 14 years with all my cars

[ady365d]

yer ive allway's used k&n i seem to remeber a problem with one of my cars cant remeber witch one , i think it was to do with it taking in hot air? iv seen some with the stainlees pipes wich ones are they , they look good and suppose it puts them further away fronm the hot engine? or do you mean k&n replacement pannel filters kells?

[mystic valver]

i had a carbon fibre kit on mine with ducting down to from bumper apart from the brilliant sound it used to make the only other difference was the lower mpg i used to get

better off with a panel filter up grade

[ady365d]

i had a carbon fibre kit on mine with ducting down to from bumper apart from the brilliant sound it used to make the only other difference was the lower mpg i used to get

better off with a panel filter up grade

thanks for that , i thought that may be the case 

[kells]

no i mean induction kit, i run 2 cold air feeds from the front bumper. not really a fan of panel filters, they are way too overpriced for zero performance in return... just my take on it

[eightyeightmph]

Cold air fed BMC Induction kit, better throttle reponse, more torque-y, no drop in MPG, not too noisey unless you give it some.

Expensive, but worth it!

[ady365d]

thanks for that 88 , i take it thats what your runnin, you got any pics?

[SuperSandwich4]

Sorry to hijack but I got a k&n induction kit in my 16v GTi and the engine is always hot around 90degrees celcius and stays at that temp no matter what, is there a way of bringing it down cos the induction kit is taking in hot air even though its got some flimsy plastic cold air intake.

I would like to find a way of getting the heat down in the engine and or getting some actual cold air into the induction kit.

[green-blood]

heat wrap teh exahust.... it can make a huge diference to under bonnet temperatures.

i've a K+N on mine, for sound, it wont go faster and it wont go slowere and with an abf... you can put a carbon with a tube being fed by an artic from Iceland running beside you and you wont get 2bhp.... but the noise is lovely.