I recently sold my V6 induction set up as I was planning on selling my car, I replaced it with the standard airbox and induction bend and thought I'd share my opinions.
First things I noticed when I went back to standard was the car felt smoother lower in the revs but didn't pull as hard afterwards. A couple of people have said to me that they feel they have lost a little bit of low down torque with their V6 box, I definitely noticed this but once it hits around 3k the V6 airbox is more eager than standard. I'm guessing this is due to the size of the V6 airboxes 100mm side opening, it must take a bit more time to get some pressure in there.
I'm not getting shoved in my seat as much when changing gear at high revs with the standard set up. The V6 set up definitely excelled in this area.
The V6 box does make a nice noise with a deep tone but I haven't missed it since swapping back. I didn't notice how loud it actually was until I was on the motorway on route to TRAX this morning, I can barely hear the standard box even with the top CAF removed.
Overall the V6 set up is more 'raw', yes its not as responsive if you try flooring it from 2k in 3rd but once the revs start moving they pick up more urgently. I think a good compromise would be to have the standard airbox with a 70mm silicone bend and only the bottom CAF in place.
Next weekend me and my mate (Tomo182 off here) who has the 'JMS induction kit' with the race filter are going to meet up and do some power runs with my RS Tuner.
I'll do 3 back to back runs with each set up on my car:
- Standard airbox set up
- V6 induction set up with 'race' filter
- Standard airbox with 70mm induction bend (just because I am curious)
I'll update this post with some graphs, either way it will only be miniscule but whichever I see performs best will be put on my car. Now I'll be keeping the car a bit longer I do regret selling the V6 set up but we'll see if the figures back up my thoughts.
First things I noticed when I went back to standard was the car felt smoother lower in the revs but didn't pull as hard afterwards. A couple of people have said to me that they feel they have lost a little bit of low down torque with their V6 box, I definitely noticed this but once it hits around 3k the V6 airbox is more eager than standard. I'm guessing this is due to the size of the V6 airboxes 100mm side opening, it must take a bit more time to get some pressure in there.
I'm not getting shoved in my seat as much when changing gear at high revs with the standard set up. The V6 set up definitely excelled in this area.
The V6 box does make a nice noise with a deep tone but I haven't missed it since swapping back. I didn't notice how loud it actually was until I was on the motorway on route to TRAX this morning, I can barely hear the standard box even with the top CAF removed.
Overall the V6 set up is more 'raw', yes its not as responsive if you try flooring it from 2k in 3rd but once the revs start moving they pick up more urgently. I think a good compromise would be to have the standard airbox with a 70mm silicone bend and only the bottom CAF in place.
Next weekend me and my mate (Tomo182 off here) who has the 'JMS induction kit' with the race filter are going to meet up and do some power runs with my RS Tuner.
I'll do 3 back to back runs with each set up on my car:
- Standard airbox set up
- V6 induction set up with 'race' filter
- Standard airbox with 70mm induction bend (just because I am curious)
I'll update this post with some graphs, either way it will only be miniscule but whichever I see performs best will be put on my car. Now I'll be keeping the car a bit longer I do regret selling the V6 set up but we'll see if the figures back up my thoughts.
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