1*2 Airbox modified with Saxo Vts airbox ? (experts ?)

[Ross M]

can it be done ??
just interested really as have no interest to do it myself.

guy near me with a 172 cup has modified his and has put in a saxo Vts airbox in. has 2 cold air feeds to the fog lights.
seems to work by forced air induction i think ??
impressive results anyway ... 200bhp but thats including some other mods including group n ecu and polished head.
sounds meaty as hell too.

oh and he was a mechanic for porsche when it was done.

 

[Fred@BTM]

200bhp eh??? unlikley

why would you put an airbox off a 1.6 car onto a 2.0??? seems a bit daft, unless the saxo airbox is some super dooper design

forced air induction doesn't happen in a NA road car

 

[fUbAr]

cant see it being any better than the 182 box?

does the 182 box have 2 feeds? My Ph1 172 airbox has 2 intakes.

 

[Ross M]

its modified i.e. mixed both the 172 airbox and the vts airbox together somehow.
does the 197 not get its extra horses from forced air induction ?

 

[Fred@BTM]

nope, BenR will explain, but that has something to do with the pleham/intake, venturi effect i believe is the technical term (i am more than likley wrong)

renault claim upto 5% over atmospheric pressure, but i have my doubts on that claim

just by mounting an air feed to an airfilter doesn't create "ram air"

 

[Ross M]

ok thanks for clearing that up

now with his car ... its rapid lol ... so why would he be using a Vts airbox in there ?!
i know his other mods do make quite a bit of the extra horses but he seems to get a gain from this.

grateful for any explanation ... if there is one.

 

[Fred@BTM]

well i've yet to see a car with a genuine 200bhp that DOESN'T have cams

 

[Lam7r]

Also by all accounts the VTS airbox is sh*tter than sh*tty sh*t!!!! Seriously bad design.

By replacing this on a VTS is is possible to see 5-10 bhp. Even replacing with an open cone shows an increase!

So if its restictive on a 1.6 then i cant see it doing anything for a 2.0.

Again depends how he modded it tho.