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maxogen or not?
- Thread starter craigyp
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Re: maxygen or not?
Yes, sound good and they sell for more on here if you ever want to sell.
Yes, sound good and they sell for more on here if you ever want to sell.
In all reality probably not. I wouldnt even for £170, id buy a PH1 box for around £50 and pocket the rest.
They do look awesome though
They do look awesome though
ITB'd MK1
as above. biggest difference you'll see is in how restrictive the filter element itself is. Seen some interesting stuff recently!!! pipercross panel filter far and away less restrictive than the ITG equivalent. Quite shocked really, but the dyno proved it
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
I'm more then happy with my Maxogen.
For that money i'd be getting myself a set of matched inlets, far greater gains than any airbox/Ik/filter. The Maxogen looks good i'd admit, but gains vs price doesn't fair well for it...
Iain C
ClioSport Club Member
I wouldnt bother.
I'd buy it for £170, put it on car for few months and then sell it for ~£300 on here.
Matching the inlets is a total lottery. It made absolutely diddly squat difference to my car, and the same for many others.
The V6 airbox is again another piece of forum hearsay, perpetuated by enough people to make it gospel. Like the bench tested Cup engines lol
The Maxogen I had, on the other hand, made and appreciable difference. I had it along with a GrpN ECU and when I went back to the standard airbox, the car felt strangled at high revs.
And as said, for £170 you can't go wrong. If you buy and don't like it you can sell it for £200.
Whichever airbox route you go down though, don't expect miracles lol. I've tried Viper, BMC, Maxogen and OE Box with ITG panel.... The Maxogen was the best, but the only one worth the money (as a stand alone mod) is the panel filter, becuase you can clean it rather than replace it come service time lol.
Indeed it is, did you have RS stamped inlets? If so the difference would have been minimal whereas my inlets were shocking as standard, so was a big gain to be had from it for me!
I also have a Grp. N remap, though I found that V6 airbox with ITG filter made a difference by only a couple of horsepower, it did feel much less restrictive at higher revs and more responsive and lower revs than the Ph2 airbox with aftermarket filter. On the rollers though it still showed that my car was running a little bit rich still so now I have an open cone filter with heatshield which im yet to get on the rollers. Defiantely pulls harder at high revs, but doesnt seem to have lost in the way of low/mid range pull.
I'd personally still buy it, see how you feel with it and if it makes no difference sell for a profit and buy some matched inlets and pocket the difference.
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
They don't sell for more then £250 second hand mate.
PH2 172
i paid 250 second hand on here about 4 months ago, id advise anyone to do it! the sound is awesome, you cant help but to floor it just for the sound. my mpg has suffered dearly due to this! love it tho, looks awesome too
TrackCar & F30 330d
Fred, you allways seem to bring that engine to peoples attention when they are thinking about changing from standard to something aftermarket.
What did that engine have done to it to get such a good BHP & Torque figures?
ValverInBits
i think thats the head of the nail
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Fred, you allways seem to bring that engine to peoples attention when they are thinking about changing from standard to something aftermarket.
What did that engine have done to it to get such a good BHP & Torque figures?
Yeah I've noticed that too
The maxogen was the first mod i did to my 'standard' 172 and i did feel a small difference, the 5k kick was much smoother and the car did seem silghty quicker TBH!
Fred, you allways seem to bring that engine to peoples attention when they are thinking about changing from standard to something aftermarket.
What did that engine have done to it to get such a good BHP & Torque figures?
matched inlets
428 cams
182 exhaust manifold
samco bend
pannel filter
decat
custom map
that's it from memory, i'm doing another one with exactly the same spec now, should be interesting to see what it makes
Want :dapprove:
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
My bus should have all of the above mods within the next 6 months :approve:
I looked through old for sale threads and a few have been put up at 300 and sold very quickly. Obviously don't know exactly what they went for but must be close to it.
Fit the Maxogen and just have a cold air feed from lower grill or fog light pointing in the direction of the IK's inlet, say a inch away. Dont connect anything to it, it will just restrict it plus theres no need to go over the top as it already sits in the coldest part of the engine anyway
White ds3
id buy it at that price but it aint worth it otherwise i had 1 didnt notice any difrence in sound or preformance
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
Good stuff. Mine well be for sale when i get some ITB's
Think I was wrong about that I'll offer you £100
Fletcher
ClioSport Club Member
