Mk3 Air Intake

[steve1127]

Ive just noticed that on the air intake behind the grill there's like an air plate in front of the actual pipe - I assume this stops water going in and leaves etc..

But if this was removed and a 90 degree pipe put on (tie wrapped to the grill) would this make any difference?

[stevegtuk]

you will probably end up having to replace the filter more regularly.

The water doesn't seem to be too much of a problem as such, from what I under stand the is a small hole at the lowest point in the air intake system to let water out, but bugs muck leaves etc will get in alot easier and foul up the filter.

[steve1127]

ok may leave it alone then lol but would it make any difference?

[FOCA]

ok may leave it alone then lol but would it make any difference?

Nope - an NA F1 car with a massive air ram scoop only produces 3% supercharge with the air pressure, and thats with no air filter and flat out (eg 180+) - it will make no noticable difference on your car untill your car gets slower with the flies/ debris you have collected

The people that designed the air intake know what they are doing and it was designed like that for a reason, (to stop flies/ debris getting into the engine air intake) even the position it is in - it draws cool air,

The ST-TDCI has exactly the same intake/ design and produces 152Hp stock and about 180 tuned - the intake is 50mm but other parts of the inlet are only 35mm in diameter anyway

Unless you are a engineer/ tuner and know what you are doing probably best to leave well alone

A remap (including Bluefin) or quality tuning box, produces the most power for a single mod, and is the most bang for buck, then removing the exhaust back-box, then a decat, then everything els makes hardly any difference, but some mods are inexpensive, like EGR plate, (an "essential" mod for a mk3 diesel) or resonator bypass, so are worth doing

You can de-web your airbox, (smooth the inside of it) and fit a K&N panel filter, only worth a couple of HP (with the resonator bypass) but the engine pulls a bit better before the boost kicks in and these are realatively cheap mods