Final Say on Induction (hillpower)

[stupac]

Is the bottom line from u lot that induction kits do not work on a clio 16v? surely hillpower have figured a way of getting around this and designed a direct cold air feed? on the subject of hillpower, does anyone know how much the induction kit costs fully fitted??



Cheers !!

 

[Essex_Lad]

an IK is jus for noise they dont actually increase power unless u got loadz of air goin to em, which in this weather doesnt work ne way!

Hillpower av made a heat shield which only helps to stop the heat off the engine goin into it!

for £90 i think they were there not worth it!

the only induction for tru power is Viper or BMC (enclosed)

 

[canfordcliffs]

Yet there was a thread contribution recently from a guy with a Viper fitted who suffered a loss of power and considerably reduced fuel economy.



Not sure its worth bothering with at all.

 

[Essex_Lad]

Vipers r like £250 ne way and for 5BHP it aint worth it, buy a chip for £150 and get bout 10-20BHP instead

 

[Rick]

£250 for 5bhp is pretty reasonable.

 

[Roamer]

Oh come on guys, if you fit a Viper it is generally accepted that the air/fuel ratio will be knocked out, this will therefore lose you power at some points and maybe even lean out a bit, BUT if you correct the fueling by means of a custom map or unichip, then you do indeed gain power over standard, you can look at a few example 172s that have had this done including mine Chris172s and Sluggers to see that - Shhesh! whats it getting like on here recently? all the info is out there....... and the is a search button you know LoL

 

[Ben P]

Vipers are different, being sealed an all. I think as long as you are realistic and dont expect to be able to see huge performance increases from an IK youll be ok.

I have a hillpower IK on my 1.4 and I didnt notice any difference but its staying on because it sounds great.

 

[Camilo]

Sorry to jump in on the post but:

Benp - Ive got the same car as you. Can you tell me exactly what Hill power IK you have on cos I cant find on for mine newhere! Do you also have a direct cold air feed going to it from hill power?

PM me if you want.

 

[Chris_H]

make a viper yourself for about a fiver. In fact better than a viper if you can move the battery.

 

[Tom]

Quote: Originally posted by Chris_H on 05 August 2003

make a viper yourself for about a fiver. In fact better than a viper if you can move the battery.

our just buy a decent battery that is very small

like http://http://www.burtonpower.com/pages/vdetails.asp?ProdCat=PC080&ProdGroup=08002&Ap1=CR&Ap2=CT&Ap3=ZZ&Ap4=0+&Ap5=0+&Ap6=0+&Ap7=0+&PartNo=BATVAR40this

 

[RicH-]

pity that link dont work tom , well at least dont work for me

 

[Tom]

http://www.burtonpower.com/pages/catselect.asphttp://www.burtonpower.com/pages/catselect.asp

BATVAR15

 

[Ben P]

Camilo, best bet is to contact Hill Power. Give Nick a call he is a decent bloke.

I know they used to do a kit for both the 2 and 3 bolt fixing. (Have a look at your airbox and see how many big silver bolts are holding it down)

Hillpower IK costs around £100 I think so it aint cheap but does sound good.

 

[Camilo]

Cheers Ben.

 

[rsshawn]

Got hillpower IK on my birds valver and it sounds wicked. Like its got a V8 under the bonnet or something. It cost £124 (ish) posted & packed to our home. I fitted it in a couple of hours & even re-routed the pipework to draw in colder air.

Not sure if its given any more power (rolling road to come) but she drives round with a big smile on her face now & loads of people look when she boots it a little cos of the noise. Worth the cash in our opinion.

Wicked!!

 

[N.D.Hill]

We have on trial a new induction kit fot the 16v Clio which I should shortly have some test results from. The initial results seem very encoraging but await facts before disclosing performance figures. When I have more info I will post on here.

 

[ManxValver]

Ohh sounds interesting

Think standard airbox will be in order for me until any more news about this new IK surfaces

 

[low 16v]

Same for me i think, Iv got a extra cold air feed into the air box with a piper X filter sounds good but i want an I.K.