Home made Induction Kit

[Greeny.]

Sold my yellow KTR silicon as I wanted to move my Ramair KTR filter lower, slightly into the arch. After much cable tieing and silicon cutting I got it to fit without having to change or disconnect anything major in the engine bay apart from the plug to the auto light adjuster, this can still be adjusted from above manually. I didn't want to disconnect the light adjuster completely as it leaves the headlight beam to flap about all over the place, plus to plug it back in, ideally you need to get the headlight out.

Anyway, heres how it now looks, arch liner is now back in, but not much point of taking a pic of that! Excuse the bad iPhone 4 pics, its all I had on me!

IMG_0110 by danfullstop, on Flickr

IMG_0109 by danfullstop, on Flickr

IMG_0111 by danfullstop, on Flickr

IMG_0112 by danfullstop, on Flickr

IMG_0113 by danfullstop, on Flickr

 

[danward]

Not a bad job that, did you get the mounting bracket from the KTR kit? Can you still hear it as well when driving?

 

[dmallett]

Looks good Dan! Going to be doing something very similar for my ph1

 

[Greeny.]

Not a bad job that, did you get the mounting bracket from the KTR kit? Can you still hear it as well when driving?

Yes and no, not really, you can with the passengers window down

Rhys has had good results with a setup similar to this (but with a worse filter ), although mine isn't as long (boom boom), the car feels rapid tbh.

 

[dmallett]

something to do with the cams making it feel quicker over your better filter?
Take it you had it like this before Dan mapped it?

 

[Greeny.]

something to do with the cams making it feel quicker over your better filter?
Take it you had it like this before Dan mapped it?

Nope lol, didnt have time to sort it before Bit annoying, I had the KTR silicon on. Doubt there will be much difference imo as its using the same filter, just worse quality silicon in a different position

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Looks sick, Scared of sucking up water? it might be high up but I never like to risk things that could cost a bomb to fix haha!

 

[dmallett]

You are such a knob! Back to back runs with that filter and my itg filter needed

 

[Bobby.]

Nice to see people trying something different, noticed any difference in performance?

 

[Greeny.]

Looks sick, Scared of sucking up water? it might be high up but I never like to risk things that could cost a bomb to fix haha!

Na its well high and the filter would need to be proper covered to be a problem, all good guy.

 

[Greeny.]

You are such a knob! Back to back runs with that filter and my itg filter needed

Lol would be good but getting that filter off is a nightmare, plus im using BTCC tech, why change? hahah.

Nice to see people trying something different, noticed any difference in performance?

Around 100bhp. I just copied Rhys lol as he made good gains from it, although im sure his car was f**ked on the before run

 

[dmallett]

lol! needs a bucket in there for good measure.

Rhys's car wasnt fucked, epic ITG gives epic gains

 

[plymcl172]

I think its brave will give you that

there is always a reason when they made cars why they didn't put things in places we might think will work....

 

[Greeny.]

Loads of cars have air feeds from arches, im just taking it a level further, nothing to worry about imo.

 

[Budgie]

Loads of cars have air feeds from arches, im just taking it a level further, nothing to worry about imo.

This.

GTi-6 airbox is in a similar position. If not lower.

 

[dmallett]

In all seriousness running the filter there will be fine, how often do you drive in water that goes above your door sills? You dont.

Running it there with out arch liners is a different story, one that i am going to regret i feel.

 

[McGherkin]

Running it there with out arch liners is a different story, one that i am going to regret i feel.

Yeah, that's not the best of ideas on a road car.

 

[Bobby.]

Have you ever tried sucking water up through a straw with holes in it?

 

[McGherkin]

Have you ever tried sucking water up through a straw with holes in it?

Yeah, it fcuking goes everywhere.

 

[JaredHasNoBrain]

Na its well high and the filter would need to be proper covered to be a problem, all good guy.

Ah fair enough then just thinking as my mate owned at yaris Tsport and put a typhoon induction kit on it.... That kinda sucked up a lot of water haha, so his car is buggard.

 

[Chris Lewis]

Cars that have air feeds from the wheel arch always have holes in the pipe or air box to let out water.

 

[Gandi69]

Ah fair enough then just thinking as my mate owned at yaris Tsport and put a typhoon induction kit on it.... That kinda sucked up a lot of water haha, so his car is buggard.

Irony of the typhoon name there

 

[Philip.]

Hydro Shield?

Just to be safe.

 

[Budgie]

Wrap the filter in cling film.

That'll stop water getting in.

 

[rctempire]

I looked at this an instantly though of this.

 

[l33th3tr33]

Can't you just use a heatshield?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASH-Aluminium-Alloy-Induction-Air-Filter-Heat-Shield-/271052222913

 

[Detail Chris]

Other IK (focus RS etc) that are fitted that low have a water sock that goes over the filter to help prevent it sucking up water. You know how sponge can suck up water. Doesn't news a lot of water to hydraulic an engine.

​However it's a good idea

 

[Greeny.]

It's not even that low guys... This thread is brilliant!

 

[Philip.]

The AEM induction kits in EP3's have caused hydrolock on a few occasions, they sit in the wheel arch.

 

[dmallett]

Can't you just use a heatshield? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ASH-Aluminium-Alloy-Induction-Air-Filter-Heat-Shield-/271052222913

i ordered one of these last week to make mine, as I don't have arch liners lol

 

[Greeny.]

The AEM induction kits in EP3's have caused hydrolock on a few occasions, they sit in the wheel arch.

Ye as I said, its to high to get wet unless I drive through puddle large enough to go over the doors sills, which I wouldn't. From the looks of that kit from a very quick google search, it sits ALOT lower than my filter.

 

[James28]

That looks lovely, bet it took a lot of measuring/cutting/fiddling!
​Very nice though.

 

[Rhys Beal]

You will have to submerse the filter around 80% for the engine to suck a load of water in

 

[ripp]

hey where are the pics in post #1? made me curious about the setup!