Air filters...

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

I want my car to sould a little more meatier... If you dont like loudness please dnt comment, thanks

Anyonegot any good ideas opinions for the filter, looking for a nice loud 1 to fit my 1.6 16v

Thanks

 

[cat171]

Did you not ask this before ?? Sorry if you didn't.

 

[TOGUSA]

right iv just found out that mine come with a green stuff cotton panel filter......

are these any good, how do they compair to the others....pipercross ect

 

[cat171]

^
Hi jack alert.

 

[Ruffneck]

Panel filters don't give any noise mate...

 

[TOGUSA]

mine dos for some reason, it almost sounds like a dump valve for some reason when i boot it,

its the engine taking a deep breath when i change gear i guess

 

[guysy]

Brought a pipercross filter off a forum member, Cant wait for abit of noise.

Obviously it wont sound pukka untill you have a loud exhaust etc.

go for a pipercross, as i hear they make the most noise?

Ebay will probably be cheaper.

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

i dont want one of the pannel filters they are pointless.
what i want is something that will sound meaty cant you remove the suare box of the back of the engine and attach a filter?

 

[nth]

i think a k&n is noiser than a pipercross. . .correct me if im wrong. . .

 

[guysy]

i dont want one of the pannel filters they are pointless.
what i want is something that will sound meaty cant you remove the suare box of the back of the engine and attach a filter?

Yeah, you unbolt the air box, and take it off. then install the air filter. Easy enough job. I took my airbox off to see what it was like. took 10mins.

Not sure which is loudest to be honest. But pipercross uses sponge, which lets more air in i think. and K&N uses paper/mesh, something like that which i didnt think allowed as much air in. Probably wrong though.

 

[172Petey]

Nice exhaust would be a better noise and pound for pound power gain. Even a De-cat on a standard system would add some noise and more power than a induction kit.

 

[mattjk]

What a crock of s**t. Making a car louder you have a few options....

Pull airbox feeds out
Induction kit
Drill exhaust
New "sports" exhaust

Despite what people think cotton is better than foam.

 

[matt_182]

f**k it, air box off, jubilee clip your mums sweaty tights on the pipe, jobs a dream...

 

[twaiter]

hi mate i have the same engine as u, i bouht the ramcharger from k-tec, it sounds really good because its in a casing so it sounds deeper and the sounds is echoed, plus its near the front plus it looks good, then if u want diferant just remove the casing an ur left with the filter alone! buut with this engine it sound good beetween 2500 and 5500 then its really loud!

 

[MillerLight]

The loudest induction kit you can get is a Powertec one. As the whole thing is steel and not plastic like some of the better well known brands it acts like a megaphone.

I had one and it made my 172 sound like a Scooby (almost)

 

[.J.a.m.e.s.]

does anyone have any pictures?, i dont want to take the top pannel of and replace it, i need to take the whole thing out but i dont know if it dis connects from the back of the engine, does anyone have pics?

 

[SIMON MONACO 260]

Hi ive had a viper piper which was enclosed with cold air feed from bottom grill.then i changed to a k@n gen 2 which is a cotton filter that is open and can suck allround.the differance is amazing.acceleration is vastley improved and induction roar when under load is fantastic.an engine needs to breathe as much cold air as u can give it.foam enclosed filters are too restrictive.

 

[Black-Clio-1.4]

If you want a subtle deep noise, 3500 - 5000rpm then pipercross is what you want, otherwise i'd go for a KN. Noise all the time.

 

[MT AUDIO]

BMC!!

still plenty of noise

 

[guysy]

Just got the pipercross on. took me about 5 mins to swap. Happy with the sound. Not loud, just tunefull when revs are high. Like it a lot.