Air filter speed boost?

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I will be buying a MK3 fiesta on saturday afternoon, and was wondering about these air filters, as it says fitting one will give you more speed & performance, is this true, and if so is it worth the £70 for it?
 
Janesy B said:
No, about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.

What engine will this car have out of interest?
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Not entirely true. Some engines can be rather suffocated at stock and respond decently to breathing mods. The gains will be tiny but not useless.

A re-usable air filter is an added bonus if you plan to keep the car for a while and saves re-buying a new OEM one for every service.
 
It's no use on a MK3 Fiesta and at £70 you can buy about 10 normal filters which will last the life of the car, the filter oil you need every 15k will also set you can a few pennies.

Depending on the engine you can buy better mods for the money.
 
on the 2.0 ST fiesta, there was a dyno test in a mag where a cone filter actually gained 7-8bhp, but on any other car, i doubt there will be measurable gains at all.

leave it how it is
 
I paid 50 dollars for my iceman cold air intake...I don't think I could ever justify paying more than that for an aluminum/plastic tube and filter.
 
The 2.0 ST intake is very restrictive and a good intake system can show an improvement. A panel filter on a MK3 Fiesta will make no difference.
 
You wont notice any difference apart from the feeling of regret that you paid £70 for one that you didnt have before. Certain cars seem to react quite well to some basic breathing mods, thinking Fiesta ST for one. I got a bargain on ebay not so long back, new Green panel filter for £16. Wouldnt pay the retail for it though.
 
I used to have an Mr2 Turbo. Removing the standard airbox and fitting a mushroom cone K&N gave me + 95bhp, increased my 1/4 mile to 11.4 and got me a recording contract with Simon Cowell. True story.


Totally pointless mod on a Fiesta. Put that £70 towards your next car.
 
jamief said:
I used to have an Mr2 Turbo. Removing the standard airbox and fitting a mushroom cone K&N gave me + 95bhp, increased my 1/4 mile to 11.4 and got me a recording contract with Simon Cowell. True story.


Totally pointless mod on a Fiesta. Put that £70 towards your next car.
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here hear
 
Don't take this the wrong way but buy one with a better engine in the first place.

NA Tuning is expensive and offers very few gains vs the same amount spent on a turbo car.
 
We only had a limited budget, and thats the best we could come up with for the price, but now I have seen a lot of modding sites, and wondering what you can buy/do to get speed boosts out of it? As far as I can remember the guy we are buying it off of has had the engine tuned already
 
danceMB said:
We only had a limited budget, and thats the best we could come up with for the price, but now I have seen a lot of modding sites, and wondering what you can buy/do to get speed boosts out of it? As far as I can remember the guy we are buying it off of has had the engine tuned already
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Speed boost?? You are buying a fiesta 1.4. An air filter might make it sound a bit fruitier, but thats about it.

Anything you could do to make it noticably faster would cost a considerable amount, and as such you would better off buying a better car in the first place :D
 
It'll be a 1.4 CVH is which isn't the best engine for tuning. If it was the 1.6 CVH you'd be laughing as it's a very tunable engine. The two engines don't share many parts and I don't think many people bothered with the 1.4, it's normally 1.6 + Turbo :D
 
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If you want it to go fast take it to an airfield :cool:


Then load it on a plane and drop it out when you are about 50000ft up



:p
 
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