Induction kit
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The one that is cheapest.
Really..on little 4 cylinders intakes just increase throttle response and make the engine sound cool. My advice is to spend as little as possible. I always laugh at people spending hundreds of pounds on intakes.
Really..on little 4 cylinders intakes just increase throttle response and make the engine sound cool. My advice is to spend as little as possible. I always laugh at people spending hundreds of pounds on intakes.
I tohught a lot of them smooth the power delivery rather than add any realy BHP gain?
I think k&n induction kits are pretty much the worst on the market.
The only induction kits I've been impressed with are BMC CDA's and Carbonio's
A good cold air feed with the standard airbox and a good panel filter tends to be just as good though
The only induction kits I've been impressed with are BMC CDA's and Carbonio's
A good cold air feed with the standard airbox and a good panel filter tends to be just as good though
The question you should be asking: do i need one? answer: no.
if you really want to do something, get the auto deflector and the st funnel (or whatver combination it is)
From my experience with my old b16 civic different intakes shifted the powerband around ever so slightly.
Short rams seemed to pull a smidge harder up top from 6000-8400rpm, sound really gnarly (in a good way), and increase throttle response by quite a bit giving the illusion of low-midrange gain.
Cold air intakes seemed to give slightly better midrange grunt and as you say make the entire powerband a bit smoother...also sounds good.
Either one I'm sure you will like as long as you are into noisy engines (my buddy had a Celica GTS with the 1.8 190hp engine, and with a short ram it screamed...sounded really amazing, even better than my friends 200whp b18c)
Personally, my favorite was the Iceman intake..I'm not sure if they sell it here or if they even make it for Celicas...but it was made of ABS plastic to resist heatsoak, and was a 2-piece cold air intake so I could remove the extension for the rainy/winter season. Best of all, I got it for 50 bucks used.
there she is in action
Based on...........?
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http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/filters_test/2/index.html
Based on the above article, the only filter i would ever trust would be the Apexi, I ripped out the K+N panel from my honda the moment i go it, and replaced it with a standard filter.
Based on the above article, the only filter i would ever trust would be the Apexi, I ripped out the K+N panel from my honda the moment i go it, and replaced it with a standard filter.
This is my problem as well. If you have a cold air feed what is the chance of air getting into it?
I really want to get rid of the standard airbox and get a new filter, just looks better and sounds better, I'm not overly bothered about performance increases.
Based on the article you have quote, the HKS and Blitz are surely worse than the K&N?
based on pretty much every induction kit test I've ever read and the opinion of everyone I know who has owned one and replaced it with something good
And based on David Vizards testing it was one of the best performing filters for use on Baja buggies that see a lot of dust.
that's probably because they are oiled to within an inch of their lives, which on real cars kills MAF sensors
standard airbox, panel filter, and if possible cold air feed
I've had Mugen, GruppeM, ARC and K&N induction kits and still prefer the stock box with the resonator and a free flowing (non-paper) panel filter.
Not the best for noise though, depends what you want.
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