loftust

No
No
No

Riccardo

Thanks
Thanks
Thanks

loftust

No problem

The instructions are comprehensive if you need them, although it's fairly obvious where the bits 'n' pieces reside.

I imported mine from the US (eBay) for just under £200 all in

scorcher

Will a snorkel in addition to the K&N be

a - possible to fit with my strut brace?
b - be beneficial?
c - make even more luvverly noise?
d - be possible to fit without adapting bonnet?

loftust

a - Yes
b - Debatable...helped to prevent kangarooing when I had one fitted with an OEM air box. IIRC, Irvatron had a similar setup before he went FI.
c - Oh yes
d - Yes...the bonnet catch might need to be adjusted, depending on which snorkel you have. At worst, the bonnet will suffer some scuffing on the underside, as will the snorkel.

scorcher

Hooray - more toys then!

Taking the missus to Bluewater tomorrow - might mention the extra bits I've ordered after she's bought a few things.....

s2konroids

Yup, bottle neck was removed and both ends where enlarged and 'cupped' in a effort to supply more air to the entire surface area of the filter.

The reason why I fitted a snorkel and modified the design was because a) there is a bottle neck where the snorkel passes under the bonnet, b) IMHO i dont believe the K&N gets sufficient enough air from the fender hole and suffers a little from heatsoak sometimes, c) an effort to RAM 'cold' air onto the filter which it collected from a lower point on the car.

WRT to the above, you cant 'further' cool incoming air, and the car can only take in a certain amount of air at a given period of time, there was some equation i found on a website but i didn't have the tools/equipment to put this theory in practice and prove it .

I did however monitor my IAT temps and they dropped quicker and seemed to cool more quickly than before.

Take what you will from the above, its maybe a placebo but i 'think' it did feel better, I managed to squeeze 'just' shy of 260BHP out of my car with most bolt on's and crude piggyback .

scorcher

Bah - ordered it 8 days ago from POTN to be told I'd get within 2-3 days, and no sign of it.

So got a refund from them and ordered from DC Performance instead

s2k_Nut

I have this too, well a clone ... it sounds awesome!

rtbiscuit

well all this talk of air boxes etc i went away and did my research and i know have a Comp tech ice box on its way to me from the states.

do you guys reckon its possible to rig up a makeshift snorkel of some kind with the comp tech.

i took peoples advice on the FIPK idea but prefered the look and design of the comp tech. thanks to all those who contributed in my PRM thread.