Clio V6 Airbox

[fa57 son]

Guys,

I have a clio V6 Airbox .. What do people do about Air inlet, and also what do you do with the original ait intake and the choke or air flow meter thing ...

it seem sto be a bit slugish untill 5k revs aswell then at 5k seems like its turbo'd or sumting (Exaggerating a bit) is this normal/ somthing to do with the air intake.

Cheers

 

[mr.pink87]

5k kick yo! Absolutely normal.

 

[fa57 son]

ah ok, does this get sorted with a re map

 

[NATHAN182]

had mine remapped, still has the '5k kick' but has alot more lower down torque.

 

[fa57 son]

Anyone any help on V6 Airbox??

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

Airbox has no sensors on it. It's a housing for the filter.

I left mine bare so there was no outside world feed .. lots more noise !!

I found it to be very fruity over 4k but below that sluggish almost .. putting the standard box on meant more low down punch but not so exciting the rest of the time.

 

[fa57 son]

The sensors where on the air intake by the Horn or alarm siren not 100% sure what it is..

 

[Yellow Dave]

are you talking about a 1*2? if so the sensor by the horn will be the acoustic valve, does nothing other than try and reduce induction noise. Not needed if you've replaced the airbox. And I presume you've got the Espace V6 / Ph1 172 style airbox? If so no real airfeed needed as it draws in from behind the headlight. I used a little silicone hose to extend it further behind the headlight a little like the Maxogen style.

 

[fa57 son]

I think it may have got the Clio V6 Air box.. Whats the difference?

 

[Yellow Dave]

Espace V6 box is the one in the pictures in the following link
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?331529-Cold-air-feed-from-fog
The clio 172 Ph1 airbox is almost identical but it has 2x smaller airfeeds instead of the 1 larger feed on the side.

I beleive this is the Clio V6 box as fitted by some of the 197 / 200 cars, which I can't imaging fitting into a 1*2
http://www.clio197.net/forum/showthread.php?t=227

 

[fa57 son]

Ah ok, mine looks like the first one.. maybe The guy i ordered it from Actually new what i wanted

 

[Yellow Dave]

then assuming it's the Espace V6 box then remove the acoustic valve and original cold air feed you'll be fine as they're not needed.

There are several guides for removing them so best to search and all the info can be found

 

[fa57 son]

Yea i did remove then was concerned about what it actually did so put it back in but seems to be running sluggish .... time to take it back out..