Installed de K&N intake on teh Clio

[ijaen]

Holy crap what an amazing sound! :evil:

I have no idea if there are power gains, if any, but the sound is enough to enjoy this thing...

A couple piccies....any suggestions?

and a short video....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mglrzmGFX18

 

[The Boosh!]

noice

 

[AliasOmega]

prepare for the flaming for a 'open induction kit' sucking in warm engine air..

 

[ijaen]

prepare for the flaming for a 'open induction kit' sucking in warm engine air..

the kit comes with a hose that kind of feeds cooler air from the lower bumper area to the filter

bring it on! :approve: lol

 

[Timmay]

very tidy looking engine bay!

 

[ijaen]

very tidy looking engine bay!

the car on has 9k miles...
its filthy...FILTHY!
I'll give it a good clean this weekend and see if I can remove those red marks on the upper engine mount bracket...

 

[-Leigh-]

prepare for the flaming for a 'open induction kit' sucking in warm engine air..

the kit comes with a hose that kind of feeds cooler air from the lower bumper area to the filter

bring it on! :approve: lol

That will completely irradicate the engine bay of hot air won't it!!

I suppose you've tested the area where you've mounted this pipe to check it's not actually in an area of negative pressure?

But, anyway, should sound nicer now.

 

[ijaen]

the kit comes with a hose that kind of feeds cooler air from the lower bumper area to the filter

bring it on! :approve: lol

That will completely irradicate the engine bay of hot air won't it!!

I suppose you've tested the area where you've mounted this pipe to check it's not actually in an area of negative pressure?

But, anyway, should sound nicer now.

of course, the area next to the blinker fluid deposit is perfect for this....lol j/k

enlight me, the area behind the bumper could be of negative pressure due to aerodynamics, how would that affect the performance of the cold air feed?

I was kind of worried that the kit would only get hot air from the engine but I haven't noticed lack of power or any problems, it is not like I'm all about [clarkson] powerrrrrrr [/clarkson] I knew the power gains are marginal...if any, I like the looks and the sound....it is a 1.6 for god's sake, it is not like I'm doing major mods to it....yet

 

[-Leigh-]

That will completely irradicate the engine bay of hot air won't it!!

I suppose you've tested the area where you've mounted this pipe to check it's not actually in an area of negative pressure?

But, anyway, should sound nicer now.

of course, the area next to the blinker fluid deposit is perfect for this....lol j/k

enlight me, the area behind the bumper could be of negative pressure due to aerodynamics, how would that affect the performance of the cold air feed?

I have no idea, I was just making stuff up!!

 

[jamesp24]

LOL,groovey.

 

[ijaen]

of course, the area next to the blinker fluid deposit is perfect for this....lol j/k

enlight me, the area behind the bumper could be of negative pressure due to aerodynamics, how would that affect the performance of the cold air feed?

I have no idea, I was just making stuff up!!

that was evil, I was about to fire up wikipedia and start some research...I only made sure it wouldn't suck any water

 

[-Leigh-]

LOL

It won't suck any water unless it's actually touching the filter, and it's causing a vacum in the pipe.

 

[Slammed172]

sounds ok i suppose for an 'OPEN WARM AIR SUCKING FILTER'

 

[-J-]

This is the Gen 2 isnt it... We tested this in the Performance Tuner mag test which is out in next months issue, Results are interesting

Its a very nicely designed bit of Kit actually and gives a good gain over standard.

 

[ijaen]

This is the Gen 2 isnt it... We tested this in the Performance Tuner mag test which is out in next months issue, Results are interesting

Its a very nicely designed bit of Kit actually and gives a good gain over standard.

Yup, 6508 Gen II.
I'll wait for the article then (dying to see why is it "interesting")

 

[Chrisjk]

Should have done it like these guys
http://youtube.com/watch?v=5y5ve9obG4M

 

[Neil G]

As well is the hot air issue have you notified you insurance company

 

[ijaen]

As well is the hot air issue have you notified you insurance company

Nope, here they don't care about it, I notified them about other items though.

 

[Mr RSi]

god i miss that sound ! got the same filter on my 1.6 and i lost the noise once i put the k-tec manifold on :dapprove: .

 

[Simon_172]

nice and clean bay how it should be

 

[Chrisjk]

god i miss that sound ! got the same filter on my 1.6 and i lost the noise once i put the k-tec manifold on :dapprove: .

Did the manifold give you any gains though?

 

[glyn1980]

Sounds good, I wish my pipercross sounded like that, mine is silent!!

 

[CBetts]

Has anyone had their car on a rr to test the Gen 2? Would be interesting to see what the gains are? if any?