New Sport Suspension Kit

[thethinningbeast]

Very clean under there, hopefully its still the same, just out of interest is there much gain for fitting the air filter and does it make a nice noise?

I've not had the car on the rollers for a before and after to establish what the power gain is for the cone, but it did make a big difference! With the standard air-box when you changed gear at say just under 6K RPM, from 2nd into 3rd gear, you'd have a slight delay before the engine hit it's sweet power spot again. With the cone, the sweet spot is much lower down the rev range so when you change out of 2nd and into 3rd you slip straight back into the power band.

I'd guess the increase in torque and BHP is fairly small, maybe 10-15 BHP? But it's much more drivable and you can get through the gears a lot quicker!

The induction noise is good. On tick over when the automatic choke is on you get 60 seconds of high idle and it sounds like it's going to take off. It's also given the engine a bit of an over-run so it pops and burbles through the mid-sport exhaust when you engine brake!

[Acidburn]

Sounds cool, looks like a little task for Cullam3n to sort something out like that, I do like green airfilters tho they look the part and are huge, I had the biggest ram air filter I could find on my 20v quattro sport and it sounded lovely.

[thethinningbeast]

mate that's a nice engine bay

1) did your cam covers come black like that or did you paint them yourself?

2) how is the cone attached? do you have a maf adapter/bracket? Is it a noticeable increase?

3) battery cover?

nice to see a fellow clean v6

1) Cam covers are plastic and aren't painted - just used bumper cleaner on them

2) Cone came from Deamon Tweaks and is a non-car specific Green Filter (85mm x 120mm x 200mm Long). I used a top had adaptor, also from Deamon Tweaks, for a Nissan (Part code Green BR03). This bolts straight onto the MAF. I made the silver plate to hold everything in place from a sheet of mild steel and sandwiched it between the MAF and the top hat adaptor. I'm planning to make a carbonfibre plate when I get time at work just because it will look better!

3) The car didn't have a battery cover when I bought it and I haven't got round to buying one yet...... sorry - it kind of lets the rest of the engine bay down!