How to make a forced air induction kit for £1.50

[Dave Hester]

Here is a guide to make a forced air induction kit for a 172/182

Tools need

A drill
A pencil
And a pair of scissor

First u need to get hold a induction cone. I bought this pipercross one off a member on here for £15

Need u need to go to any agricultural supplies shop and buy a 5 litre calf rearing bucket for £1.50, everywhere sells them

Next make round the IK with a pencil

Next drll a hole one cm from inside the circle drill a hole and then cut out a circle with your scissors

Next cut round the hole with your scissors up to the circle u marked with your pencil

Now your bucket should look like this

Now pust the induction cone through the hole, it will be tight and the bucket will grab it and be very secure

Now fit to the thottle body, the bucket fits perfectly into the 172 engine bay

This is a very simple mod that takes 20 minutes tops. Now u can enjoy the induction ROAR!! Without loosing any bhp as the bucket shields the filter from any heat soak.

Feel quite chuffed i have invented this!!

Comments welcome

 

[mini-valver]

Except you have a bucket in your engine bay thats sucking allll that hot air from the rad. Shot son!

 

[keirravn]

:slap:

Good effort, probably sounds great, but I'm with valver on this one

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

PAAAAHAHAHAHAH !

Forced induction:

What you've done:

Please tell me it's April 1st ?

 

[Dean.]

SRS?

 

[hatyy]

hahahahaha loool

it's not a saxo that sucks a lot of air from that position ...

 

[Dave Hester]

It does exactly the same job as a £250 simota induction kit tbf

Was only trying to save some money

 

[James]

I lol'd hard!

As it's not sealed, what's stopping the air inside the bucket getting hot?

 

[Dunn]

Hmm id rather take pride in my car and buy something decent, if you use a bucket as an induction you probs buy second hand oil too

cool though, video of noise?

 

[Knuckles]

Heat wrap/ heat shield/ Whatever insulates it... Get some of this and wrap the bucket to prevent it sucking up heat.

 

[Nickson]

I lol'd hard!

As it's not sealed, what's stopping the air inside the bucket getting hot?

Sealed?

If you sealed it, how would any air get in there whatsoever?

 

[Addicted]

except it's not £1.50 as you have to have the induction kit in the first place!

 

[Dave Hester]

I have some heat wrap so will put some on, surely this is still better with the bucket than without

After a fast run i opened the bonnet and had a feel of the cone filter and it felt quite cold

Pulls really well, certainly doesnt feel any slower than with the standard airbox

 

[James]

Sealed?

If you sealed it, how would any air get in there whatsoever?

You know what I meant, sealed like a piper cross viper is and the like

 

[Dave Hester]

except it's not £1.50 as you have to have the induction kit in the first place!

Sorry £1.50 + £15 = £16.50 hardly breaks the bank does it

 

[Knuckles]

It'll give more protection from heat like (not sure how much or for how long lol)

I had this idea a while back (not with a bucket but similar ) but I have an enclosed induction kid anyway

I drove around with a flask under my bonnet for a while... Didn't serve any purpose... I just forgot I put it there

 

[16vfan]

oh dear!!

 

[172Ben]

I actually had tears I was laughing that much!

 

[Nick172Cup]

Clio prices really have hit rock bottom...

 

[Dave Hester]

Tbf spending £1.50 to maybe get an extra 2 bhp is slightly better than spending £1800 on a RS2 for a 13 bhp gain

Im happy, dont really care about it being a bucket, it matches my 172 cup blue and looks quite sweet in the bay

 

[Gregor11]

It's a good effort mate, not to everyone's taste but still, a good effort

 

[Will.]

Holy s**t. I aren't sure if this guy is being serious.

Can you imagine being someone working at a garage, doing a service and opening the bonnet to find that.

 

[Dave Hester]

I think 99.9% of joe public wouldnt realise its a bucket

It fits in the bay so well non car enthusiasts wouldnt even blink an eye

 

[Will.]

But you can see where the handle attaches to the bucket.....

TBH though, 99% of car enthusiasts wouldn't put a bucket in their engine bay.

 

[Dave]

Lolz

 

[Sam]

I think its a good idea. Could you not put a feeder pipe to the bucket for that bit more cold air ?

 

[JackJack]

Wouldn't do it personally but fair play for trying something different though.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Still wiping the tears away here...

Why not just use a v6/ph1 airbox + ITG filter if needed. At least that actually has actual cold air feeds and probably a TUV mark on it.

 

[Dave Hester]

It's a good effort mate, not to everyone's taste but still, a good effort

Thanks pal, i appreciate that comment

 

[Dave Hester]

Still wiping the tears away here...

Why not just use a v6/ph1 airbox + ITG filter if needed. At least that actually has actual cold air feeds and probably a TUV mark on it.

Because compared to my bucket mod, a ph1/ v6 airbox sounds gay

 

[BBC-Jan]

A* for the idea
E for looks

 

[Jekyll]

what is the sound like?

 

[Dave Hester]

what is the sound like?

Sounds bloody fantastic tbh, not too dis-similar to throttle bodies

The bucket acts like a megaphone and amplifies the roar

 

[Struggler]

you may well have gained 2bhp over not having the bucket,

but you've still lost 5bhp over the standard system!!
and surely its still sucking air from directly behind the rad?!

 

[Jekyll]

i would imagine the induction noise would be quite echo-ish.

have you got any vids.

its not my thing. i like my engine to look neat and seeing a blue bucket under there just isnt my thing, but fair play for a bit of diy action. maybe carbon wrap the bucket to make it look less "sniggery"

 

[Cro]

Lol I expect more mods like this to become more and more common,

credit crunch + now cheap car = these mods

Up there with the wooden strut brace for me

 

[Rob]

Carbon wrapping it would be a definite improvement, but my main concern would be that the particular filter has a large sold silver piece on the end.

So, it's not like it takes in air from that top part, so are you almost starving it a little?

 

[Dave Hester]

Certainly doesnt feel like its lost any power. At speed the bucket will catch all the cold air going through and over the rad

But omg to sound is just incredible!!

 

[macca6]

B and Q have just reported that the sales in buckets have risne by 50% lol.

In all fairness fairplay dude and much respect for trying to do something off your own back, alot of people on here would say to not bother and make a joke.
If people didnt try things like this even though it is a bit......naff!? We wouldnt have other forced induction methods.

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

It's still not forced induction. It's a bucket collecting warmed up slow turbulent air from behind the radiator.