ripp
ClioSport Club Member
182 FFAT
After years of reading various opinions on wether an IK is worth doing I finally got the chance of testing 2 setups on 2 cars
specs of the above car:
november 2004 clio 182
engine was changed one year ago with a new one and the current unit has abou 6k
std suspension
custom 63mm cat back exhaust
that awful green open cone air filter
6j steel rims with 185/55 R15 winter tyres
early 2005 clio 182 with cup packs
original engine with 78k on the clock
milltek exhaust plus decat
rs tuner remap
BMC CDA air intake
k-tec engine mounts plus powerflex dogbone
gaz coilies and k-tec top mounts
camber bolts with 1,5 neg on the front
6,5j steel rims with 195/50 R15 winter tyres
Both cars were tested on the same day on the same dyno, the blue clio came up 2bhp more at the top end with a more linear power curve (due to the remap)
This is a video showing the cars on the road, with the blue clio having a slight edge (ignore the first run when I anticipated the third signal)
Then we both decided to do the same IK setup, something like the k-tec one, but with a combination of silicone and alloy instead of full silicone ended with a Ramair 70mm filter at the end.
We decided to add the new setup to the silver clio and then repeat the test. Here's how it looks:
We went for another drive to see if it gained something else beside the noise (which is mental!)
So we were basically neck in neck now which proves that this setup is better than an open cone near the engine like it used to be.
I will now make the same mod to the other car and see if it will gain anything over the BMC.
I'll probably look for my old std airbox and test that also at some point.
As a preliminary conclusion:
DO NOT run a open cone filter positioned like the one above
specs of the above car:
november 2004 clio 182
engine was changed one year ago with a new one and the current unit has abou 6k
std suspension
custom 63mm cat back exhaust
that awful green open cone air filter
6j steel rims with 185/55 R15 winter tyres
early 2005 clio 182 with cup packs
original engine with 78k on the clock
milltek exhaust plus decat
rs tuner remap
BMC CDA air intake
k-tec engine mounts plus powerflex dogbone
gaz coilies and k-tec top mounts
camber bolts with 1,5 neg on the front
6,5j steel rims with 195/50 R15 winter tyres
Both cars were tested on the same day on the same dyno, the blue clio came up 2bhp more at the top end with a more linear power curve (due to the remap)
This is a video showing the cars on the road, with the blue clio having a slight edge (ignore the first run when I anticipated the third signal)
Then we both decided to do the same IK setup, something like the k-tec one, but with a combination of silicone and alloy instead of full silicone ended with a Ramair 70mm filter at the end.
We decided to add the new setup to the silver clio and then repeat the test. Here's how it looks:
We went for another drive to see if it gained something else beside the noise (which is mental!)
So we were basically neck in neck now which proves that this setup is better than an open cone near the engine like it used to be.
I will now make the same mod to the other car and see if it will gain anything over the BMC.
I'll probably look for my old std airbox and test that also at some point.
As a preliminary conclusion:
DO NOT run a open cone filter positioned like the one above
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