Airbox

[Cooksport]

Someone in another thread said:

I say standard box + a after market panel filter and acoustic valve removed. Its the way forward!

Just wondering what is the acoustic valve?

 

[Christopher]

It's an electrically operated box of tricks down by your nearside wheel arch, at the front.

It restricts airflow to the airbox under part-load throttle and on cold starts.

Removing it makes the inlet tract less restrictive, and the car slightly more responsive.

It's a bumper-off job to remove though, although that's no great hardship, it can be done in an hour, total.

 

[Cooksport]

cheers so basically its like a progressive throttle?, is it really worth removing it?

 

[Christopher]

I've removed mine as the induction setup i have doesn't feed from there. So it's just dead weight.

The people that have removed them say that it's worth it though, but i personally couldn't tell you, as i've never ran the standard airbox.

 

[Cooksport]

ok thanks for that mate! cheers

 

[Christopher]

No worries dude.