Interesting Induction Kit RR Data

[LiquidRich]

After having the Catcams fitted to the 182 and remap done @ TDF I've been looking at a change to the induction system. After doing lots of research on different website (CS included) I was leaning towards a Carbon enclosed kit.

A friend of mine has a 182 thats off the road for a few weeks while it has some work done. About 6 months ago he fitted a BMC CDA kit so I asked if I could barrow it. He did say that it didn't seem to give any noticeable power gains and the noise it made was the same as before. A rolling road day had been organised @ TDF for yesterday so I thought it would be a perfect oppertunity to get the actual figures with it fitted.

This is the figure the car produced last month after the cams and remap done @ TDF

And this is what the car produced yesterday with the BMC kit on

Thats a loss of 6bhp, but more importantly a 15flb loss in torque. I was amazed at how much it lost tbh needless to say the standard air box was refitted before I left TDF. I shall be putting in an ITG panel filter and samco hose under Matt's advice

 

[Damo_Sport]

standard system on the RS's are pretty good

 

[Greeny.]

Wow thats a bad drop with the BMC! Where you running a CAF to it out of interest?

 

[Naith]

interesting, thats why i run a standard system on the meg too.

 

[LiquidRich]

Wow thats a bad drop with the BMC! Where you running a CAF to it out of interest?

I piped it to the front of the car and put the original feed upto it aswell. Not quite as I would have had it if I was doing it properly but it wouldn't have made much difference.

I'm just amazed at how much it changed the torque

 

[Fred@BTM]

told you so!

 

[Icarus]

I have never had a good experience with the BMC CDA filters but even I didn't think it would be that bad until we tested it!