panel vs cone

[martinjs]

Nearly finished then habib

[S2central.net]

Mmmmm mmmmm good !

Got your work cut out there son

[Habib]

Mmmmm mmmmm good !

Got your work cut out there son

[Doug_RS2]

Habib - I was expecting it to look better than that - Are you putting the dash back in or going for the minimal look?

[Habib]

Habib - I was expecting it to look better than that - Are you putting the dash back in or going for the minimal look?

Dash is going back in.

[Beetie]

Dash is going back in.

No stripped out road racer then?

[dan_b]

Well, I got me a cone: a big K&N off ebay for £11 - perfect size length- and diameter-wise for the MAF.
Got shot of the 3B Airbox, which was pretty straightforward really.
Had a look at the condition of the old air filter which it turns out was a JE panel filter?? It looks identical to a K&N Panel one. Anyway, it was absoloutely caked in cack, including 4 dead wasps!

I've retained the airbox heatshield to see if that helps with the heat issues talked about here.

Just taken it for a quick blast, interesting!
DEFINTELY improved the throttle response, and the turbo spools up quicker - less lag. (although I suppose that could be as much to do with not having dead wasps stuck in the filter?!)
Makes a slightly more sucking-in noise on induction. It's not a dirty induction roar like some cars, so that's nice.
Defintely can now hear the wastegate chattering off-throttle now, especially at high rpm off throttle - quite amusing actually! Hope it doesn't become too intrusive/boy-racerish though?

All in all, not bad for a tenner, the filter defintely needed changing anyway!

[dan_b]

Here's the cone installed, including the existing heatshield

[dan_b]

and here's another one from a different angle -apologies for the poor quality image, taken with my phone!

[S2 Ant]

Looks good, i got a cone filter from Inters over the weekend and will be fitting that along with other goodies very soon too

[Ski]

Hi guys... well.. i got my FIRST!!! performance mod.. its a element filter (K&N pannel filter). looking at this site i got many many many serial numbers, but only 1 fitted my aby standard box, it was the 33-2029. It fit like a glove, but once in the box was pretty hard to close/seal, so i had to take the whole box out, fit the filter as the clips were hard to put on and then put the box back.

I didnt think it would make ANY difference, but it has, and big difference at that.

It seems the car is same upto the point where the turbo kicks in, and now it kicks BIG TIME. Im very pleased with it and would recommend it as a £35 mod.

next on my list is exhaust / home fry.

[jameswkr]

Ski, how dirty was the original ? According to Autospeed the paper element presents a minimal pressure drop. Did you disturb anything else when you removed the air box....glad to hear it worked for you. James.

[Ski]

my old original was like new. didnt disturb anything else. apart from that i did an oil change which which i dont think would give me a boost.

[Sidspud]

I sometimes find that refitting the MAF to turbo hose at the MAF end can change the amount of boost I get. I think it leaks from there slightly. Hopefully the Samcos will make a big difference on that front.

It could be that you bumped that connection and closed a minor boost leak.

[sps-si]

heres my induction system i built while bored waiting for a customer to come and collect his car.
please ignore the zip ties i'm waiting for a big delivery of mikalor clamps