Drilled holes in air filter trick

[Vandal]

Has anyone ever done this?

Ive been told that drilling some holes in the stock air filter will give the "throaty roar" you get from the likes of the K&N Filter (Maybe not as much but some of it). Is it possible to do on a Stock filter on a 1.4 Clio on a K? If so, how do I go about it, where abouts should I drill and how many holes-ish?

I know I could just get a K&N Induction kit but theyre £60 ish and would only get it for the sound coz I aint really a boy racer after extra power etc.

Cheers.


[Edited by Vandal on 28 July 2005 at 7:39pm]

 

[unofficialPete]

Surely a boy racer goes for sound over power?

Drill the holes where warm air won get in, if I was you Id buy another air box from a scrappy, also think about cold air feeds..

 

[Mole]

oh dear...

the air filter is ontop of the engine on the 1.4 so drilling it anywhere will cause it to suck in warm air, and youll lose power.

 

[Clarkie172]

if your not arsed about power and want an induction roar lol..........take the airbox off and put tights over the hole

 

[TriO`]

Its a bit silly to drill holes in something that feeds air straight into your engine... all kinds of sh*t could get in there. Well, depending what filter it uses.

 

[Friction]

think he meant the airbox, rather than the filter itself.

just buy an induction kit so we dont have to laugh...

i agree with the man who said about a boy racer prefering noise to power...

 

[McBunny]

i once got to see some one who painted his brake disks and pads lol

 

[Final Maxim]

if you want a nice throaty roar, leave the induction kit alone, just take off the midsection and backbox. that should do nicely

 

[Day]

Quote: Originally posted by McBunny on 28 July 2005
i once got to see some one who painted his brake disks and pads lol

I remember that thread, it was all over the net!