KTR ramcharger induction

[SHORTY]

Wow these look well cool, has anyone bought one yet
if so what the quality like and the air filter that comes with it
is a pannel filter or a induction kit, the more info the better it looks great
just hope it performs well to.

nice price buy the way, well interested in getting one

shorty

 

[SHORTY]

http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=961&pic=1http://www.k-tecracing.com/show_product.asp?id=961&pic=1
direct link

 

[BenR]

carbon look?

its not tacky stuff they stick on is it?

rather have plain plastic wouldnt you?

 

[SHORTY]

i dont know ben , i hoped someone might of already had one
have you had a chance to view it on the web site

 

[SHORTY]

it would be wicked for the guy from KTEC to show us some more pics
of the filter and the carbon case

 

[pete bann]

not sure theyd do anything for a milkfloat though!

 

[SHORTY]

he he no the milk float is having work done
the rear shock were shagged on my clio hence milk float

 

[BenR]

how long between recharges?

 

[SHORTY]

quite quick about a 1hr on turbo charge


but on to the topic has anyone got one of these induction kits
or have had a look at the website and thought the same as me they look
well cool, what i need is for someone to say thay got one on there 172
and has pics and comments
cheers peeps

shorty

 

[SHORTY]

anyone got one on order

 

[philip]

i believe theyre made by a french company. cant remember the name unfortunately, but I remember I saw pictures on a thread on http://www.rs-team.orgwww.rs-team.org suggest you do a search there on "admission directe" or something like that. I remember reading that the unit is made of plastic and incorporated something similar to a std panel filter, so not too sure what the point was..

The std airbok on mk2 172 is good with only one inlet duct opened at low revs to improve torque and the two inlets opening at high revs for power. I have a BMC CDA myself with short-ish ducting to get max high rev performance, but I am doubtful how much of an improvement it would have made on its own.

 

[SHORTY]

they look good but over £100 for a plastic box covered in carbon fibre
with a pannel filter seems a bit steep

 

[Ben j]

ive seen it on there 172. they aint tried it yet, but dont think its gonna be that good really

 

[SHORTY]

sh*t it just looked good
i thought it would a good option besides the BMC and VIPER filters

 

[Nick Read]

Well its certainly another option. And seeing as I dont know anyone whos been unhappy with a BMC or Viper style of replacement induction system, I should have thought this might work in the same way. Looking at the Clio Cup cars at Rockingham I saw the induction up close, pretty simple really - the airbox is attached to the throttle body by about a foot or so of hose, then the entry to the box is attached by another foot or so of hose from the side of the box to the ram scoop in the headlight.

 

[philip]

Yes thats the best way to avoid bends etc. problem is we have the battery in the way and need the headlights to remain street legal. Ive got my 70mm induction hose from the BMC weaving its way down to the lower grille, but its got two bends i dont like...

 

[flatpackedworld]

shorty - i sent the chap at k-tec an email and he said for my 1.6 16v (02) itd give me 5bhp and more noise from the exhaust

 

[Oakley]

It looks like it come from behind the radiator though! how does the air feed in?

 

[MaLicE]

seeing as it says availible from mid july i dont think ne 1 will have 1 yet will they ?

 

[Nick Read]

So the answer is, put a NACA scoop in the bonnet just above the airbox and hook it up directly - scoop to box all sealed up. Of course you cant open your bonnet then unless you use collapsible hose (silicon/wire helix brake ducting pipe should do it?) but I cant see why you couldnt do it.

 

[paddymph]

cos it might look a bit cack?!

 

[SHORTY]

i just had a e-mail from ketec and a nice photo of the filter showing the insides can someone send me the link to uploading

 

[BenR]

its in teh members list nxt to KDFs name.

Still..........all this is a bit excessive for freaking induction kits!

a hole in the bonnet for ZERO bhp!

 

[SHORTY]

it dont need a hole in the bonnet, does it

 

[Turkish]

Quote: Originally posted by paddymph on 24 June 2003

cos it might look a bit cack?!

lmao, and this week on blue peter we will be making induction kits and cutting holes in bonnets, now remeber we will be using tin snips so make sure you have an adult with you

 

[SHORTY]

http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1056830081__clio2.jpg

 

[SHORTY]

There it is, could be replaced with a better filter
the filter looks a bit naff

 

[Flying Scotsman]

That looks like a K&N element to me? A bit small though for a 2.0L. Also seen a picture of this kit fitted to a 1.6 which had the same induction/TB pipe diameter, so looks like the 2.0L uses the same kit. Surely this restricts the airflow to the larger engines? How is the cold air vented into this assembly?

BTW this is my version

http://www.fifegallery.co.uk/domains/cliosport/coldair03.jpghttp://www.fifegallery.co.uk/domains/cliosport/coldar03.jpg

 

[SHORTY]

yes mate i seen this before well put together,
thats one of the things i thought about, the size of the filter is small
looking at your airbox, and they want £105 for it you should start making them, it looks loads better than the ktec racing version why dont you get in contact with them show the your version and they could improve on theres
i build the website and you can sell them.


shorty

 

[Flying Scotsman]

Yep you could be right there Shorty. Thanks again for your comments. I just like dabbling with these sort of things .. Im an engineer by profession and generally never do / design things by half! I should really exploit these things to the full! ........ K-Tec .......if your are interested I still have the cardboard cutout prototype!

 

[SHORTY]

looking at the ktec version , the intake pipes do nothing, because of the ramcharger but if they took a look at yours they could include the intake pipes aswell giving more airflow,

to me if you guys got together the ramcharger would be great

its good you posted that picture you can compare the both

cheers mate
shorty

 

[BenR]

what ramming and whats charging?

 

[RPM]

Lol.

 

[SHORTY]

i dont f**king know, it what ketec call the iduction kit

f**king ask them

 

[BenR]

hey, u asked us first

 

[Simon172]

no offence intended, but whats wrong with the standard airbox? surely renault invested quite a few £$£$£ into developing the engine etc. If you want noise, just take off the cold air feed pipes......just a suggestion....and it costs £0

 

[Flying Scotsman]

What cold air feeds? LOL Both pipes, well one especially sucks in hot air! I reckon Reno blew that part of their budget by developing that stupid vacuum controlled valve, gave up and left the job half finished!