viper induction kit

[felix16v]

i want to put a viper ik on my valver and wanted to know ppols views on them and whether theyre worth it or not?

also iv been told that i may have to get the car chipped as the kit might mess up my fuelling etc?

can anyone help?

ta

felix

 

[Soneji]

Any induction kit will mess up fueling, but so does dramatic changes in atmosphere and temp

 

[steve a]

If someone can host it I have a pic of mine with a viper. I ve also got a pbv to help match the fueling.

 

[rich[182]]

I recently spoke with BB Performance Tuning and they said that in extensive tests they carried out, Fitting an open IK did not cause any probs with fuelling or with heat soak, Dont shoot the messenger. I think they use Green IKs so I assume they used one for the tests but dunno for sure.

 

[Soneji]

Well thats BB vs about every single performance four stroke tuning book I have read... and I know who I would beleive

 

[rich[182]]

I here what u r saying but BBPT do say they have carried out extensive tests on this, Think they even tried car without an air filter at all and still no fuelling probs. Obviously due to no filtering it wouldnt be a good idea to do this but I suppose it went to trying to prove a point.

 

[Pete]

Makes a 172 run v lean at full throttle, not sure about a valver

 

[Soneji]

It does make cars run lean, and is the reason for dyno operators refusing some cars on the wheels due to the dangerous engine conditions...

And running without an airbox makes plenty a difference, when I run my energy without the airbox and plenum I can tell by the smell and fuel consumption...

 

[BRUN]

you could consider the BMC Carbon Dynamic Airbox aswell

its a fair bit cheaper and Nick Read has/had one on his Clio 16v...

 

[rich[182]]

cheers guys, ill go with the majority on this and play safe, am gonna get a green panel filter for £35 for now, will think about getting a closed ik in the future if i decide to change the ECU as well, dont wanna tempt fate with running lean whilst giving it some

 

[wackojacko]

so are you saying a IK is bad for the engine??

 

[Soneji]

Not bad, it just doesnt help the ECU with the fueling... but if I were you I wouldnt think into it too much