Nicest sounding induction kit for £100?

[Dan1503]

I want to get an induction kit for my 172 cup as i like the sound of them my mate had a green induction kit on his 1.8 16v clio and it sounded like it was sucking the air out of the planet! Is this one any good on the 172?

Cheers!

 

[Sanders]

Any open cone will do, expect a loss in power though

 

[Šįk]

v6 box is the best, end/.

 

[realnumber 1]

Just pull the air feed off the side of the standard box. Makes a much nicer sound and I can't feel any loss of power plus it's freeee!!

 

[Icarus]

If all you want is noise then pull the feed/acoustic valve off and drill some holes on the pre filter side of the standard airbox.

 

[Dan1503]

do different kits not give different sounds? or are they all the same? Im looking into the K&N apollo kit as its not to expensive (£132 on ebay) and from searching the forum it seems people like that one!

 

[realnumber 1]

Try my method 1st, it's quick, free, easy and can be put back if you want.

 

[Dan1503]

Does the box not have the filter in it though? No filter then nothing to stop s**t going into the intake?

 

[realnumber 1]

It's the air feed going to the filter. It's no different for it with the feed on or off apart from the noise of course!

 

[Dan1503]

ok i will give that a try at the weekend you may have saved me £100

 

[realnumber 1]

It's so easy you could go out pull it off now and try it and be back in 10 min. Just clips in so squeeze the sides and pull it then just rest it half over the hole to still allow cold air into the area.

 

[simonas]

do you have any photos to show where you mean and is this the same for the 182?

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Here's mine unplugged

 

[realnumber 1]

Here's mine unplugged

I'd put the feed down a bit more to get better flow to the area.

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Oh really? Ok I'll have a fiddle in the morning (as you do!)

 

[simonas]

cheers for that and is that safe for the car then and wouldn;t it just increase the amount of warm air going in reducing power etc

 

[furio-james]

All your doing is removing a pipe which directs air to the filter removing it is safe intake air temps may be higher but the difference in preformance is negligible. I certainly didnt notice it! And as said if your not happy then just plug it back in! :approve:

 

[Addicted]

cheers for that and is that safe for the car then and wouldn;t it just increase the amount of warm air going in reducing power etc

sure it'll be increasing warm air going in, but most of the induction kits you are looking at you've said you require noise which is generally open cone and would suck in alot more hot air than this method!
i've also done the same, no noticeable performance loss but the sound difference is night and day

 

[mike1pow]

This is mine with a K&N 57i cone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOcY2OiGY_U

It doesnt loose power I found as when you need the power to go fast, your alrady moving quickly and there is a good airflow through the engine bay

 

[chris_clio22]

I have a K&N filter on mine it sounds excellent it is a cone shaped one, although I dont know the price of it as it was already fitted when i brought the car.

 

[simonas]

happy days well I;ll give that a whirl tomorrow

 

[Gandi69]

I did this mod and couldnt hear much difference, but then I dont have a standard exhaust

 

[.Tyler]

I'll have to try this. I did a similar thing on my 100HP before I got the GSR kit and it sounded great.

Mine had a K&N on when I bought it and I keep alternating between it and standard airbox with Pipercross panel filter. Standard setup is much better low down, but the K&N does sound sweet!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

V6 box FTMFW !!!!!!!

Cone filters FTL.