The Fatty's KTEC alternative induction setup that works just as well!

Stueylouey21 · Jan 4, 2015

Orderd the parts just after Christmas and fitted them yesterday, only been out the car twice but happy with it. Not massively noticeable when driving 'normally' but sounds awesome when you put your foot down!
One question (and may be a stupid one!) I see a few people have tied the pipe to stop it moving about, there is quite a lot of room for up and down movement.. Does it make any difference if it is tied right down behind the headlight or lifted up as high as it will go towards the top of the battery?

andy1982 · Jan 5, 2015

Had mine on now 2 weeks the ecu has adjusted and this morning I really noticed the difference happy days

Syncros · Jan 6, 2015

I was planning on retaining my standard ab and swapping the oe filter out for a ITG. Mind changed :up: ordered!

Syncros · Jan 6, 2015

After reading through the whole thread and seeing all the comments about the noise, i'm not overly keen on too much of a RAWRR so might stick with ordering the ITG panel instead :grin: i do quite a bit of motorway driving so it'd drive me and everyone else in the cars nuts having to listen to that mile after mile :smile:

Gus · Jan 6, 2015

Syncros said:
After reading through the whole thread and seeing all the comments about the noise, i'm not overly keen on too much of a RAWRR so might stick with ordering the ITG panel instead :grin: i do quite a bit of motorway driving so it'd drive me and everyone else in the cars nuts having to listen to that mile after mile :smile:

I do a lot of motorway miles and you dont hear the roar at all, its exactly like the standard airbox. Its only when you floor it or go over 5k rpm that you hear the noise, its not even that noisey either. Well worth trying it out for the price, dont be worried about the roar you will be pleasantly surprised.

imprezaworks · Jan 6, 2015

Agree with the above. Unless you want to hear it, you don't.

TarkMalbot · Jan 7, 2015

My exhaust is that loud it's difficult to tell what sound is the intake;

bb55am · Jan 8, 2015

just a lil test vid

Syncros · Jan 8, 2015

optical said:
I do a lot of motorway miles and you dont hear the roar at all, its exactly like the standard airbox. Its only when you floor it or go over 5k rpm that you hear the noise, its not even that noisey either. Well worth trying it out for the price, dont be worried about the roar you will be pleasantly surprised.

Cool, i suppose it's worth a bash for that price!

chrishesketh · Jan 8, 2015

quick question, if you doubled the size of the filter would the ecu have to re adjust again? and would you see any gains on a Rolling road ?

TarkMalbot · Jan 8, 2015

I would doubt it. I changed mine for a Pipercross which was substantially bigger than the Ram Air filter and didn't notice a decrease in power that's for sure. I would think once you get above a certain size and there is very little restriction, increasing the surface area of the filter will have little affect.

chrishesketh · Jan 8, 2015

did you go to the pipercross 200x200? that's the one I have seen and was wondering that because it's twice the size would this make any difference, positive or negative

Dominic172 · Jan 8, 2015

Just ordered this setup, stupid question.. do the hose clamps come with the pipe?

N4TH4N · Jan 8, 2015

1 hose clip for the filter to attach onto the air pipe mate

TarkMalbot · Jan 8, 2015

chrishesketh said:
did you go to the pipercross 200x200? that's the one I have seen and was wondering that because it's twice the size would this make any difference, positive or negative

Sorry for the confusion. What I meant was I had a Pipercross fitted on the car but changed it for the smaller Ram Air. The Pipercross was right next to the engine so wanted the bend to take the filter away from the heat. Plus it was a Christmas present I asked for before getting the car and didn't realise it had the Pipercross already on it.

Dominic172 said:
Just ordered this setup, stupid question.. do the hose clamps come with the pipe?

One clamp came with the filter. Non came with the pipe.

Gus · Jan 9, 2015

You dont need to buy any clamps is what MarkTalbot is saying.

BoatNonce · Jan 13, 2015

Did anyone else's pipe not have bulged ends? Mine was just a straight end, which is probably why it popped off today.
I've cabletied it back on with about 0405984 cable ties so it shouldn't come off again, but it's a point to note.

TarkMalbot · Jan 13, 2015

Get it sent back as I am sure the photo shows it having the flared end. I have straight ended pipes on the Navara and the turbo pipe blows off now and then.

sburrell93 · Jan 13, 2015

Mine has flared ends. Doesn't sound right that you've been sent one with just straight/flat ends. Could see if they'll send you a proper one, alternatively just fire some amalgamating tape round the end of it and put it back on with the usual clamps.

BoatNonce · Jan 13, 2015

I've already sorted it, but thanks anyway.

rave · Jan 18, 2015

on this right now, -2c outside, I must be mad. Can't be bothered to remove sound valve, how dose caf attach to valve? Should it come off with a good tug (ahem) or is there some kind of catch?

Gus · Jan 18, 2015

I had trouble with getting the cold air feed pipe off the valve. A lot of others have aswell.
Here is a pic of the notches you have to push in whilst tugging. there is one notch on each side.

rave · Jan 18, 2015

Cheers for that, after a right old tug it actually just ripped. I'll save removing it properly for a warmer day.
Sounds good though, I'm impressed! For anyone still umming and r'ing about the noise it's not particularly louder, just sounds better.

gambit · Jan 18, 2015

Guys, following on from my post a few pages back and some interest in my enclosed pod filter setup, i have embarked on a group buy for a quality version to be produced. Refer to this: http://www.cliosport.net/threads/type-x-airbox-pod-filter-enclosure-group-buy.766793/#post-10627341

andy1982 · Jan 25, 2015

Had mine on a couple of weeks but not driven it much has anyone notice the 5k kick not as strong but seems to pull better before it

N4TH4N · Jan 25, 2015

Mine imo pulled better after 5k not before

chrishesketh · Jan 25, 2015

IMO since I have gone decat and use this filter my car feels more responsive! going on the RR day at efi next Sunday to find out my figures

TarkMalbot · Jan 25, 2015

andy1982 said:
Had mine on a couple of weeks but not driven it much has anyone notice the 5k kick not as strong but seems to pull better before it

Did you have the air valve working in the standard system as that may have been causing the kick which is now missing?

N4TH4N · Jan 25, 2015

chrishesketh said:
IMO since I have gone decat and use this filter my car feels more responsive! going on the RR day at efi next Sunday to find out my figures

Keep us updated with this mate.

LeeRS · Jan 26, 2015

Induction is next on my list, I don't know if I should go for the FATTYS setup or go all out and get this
I just think the bay looks a bit empty once the airbox is removed.

imprezaworks · Jan 26, 2015

Not the latter. Get the fatty one mate 10000%

LeeRS · Jan 26, 2015

will do then, can get other bits and bobs for the price difference then. what bend do I need? I know its in this post somewhere but having to go through it on a phone takes ages.

imprezaworks · Jan 26, 2015

If id have known, could have sold you mine at £25.

On the first page lol

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=400...costs-less-than-%C2%A340.761531/page-18&xtz=0

LeeRS · Jan 26, 2015

is it just a standard jubilee clip at the filter end as i only have 2 at the moment. Just ordering me the pipe and filter.

newb · Jan 30, 2015

Relocating my battery don't know to go for the fatty one or make one like this?

joeseph · Feb 2, 2015

Has anybody had this set up tested on a RR since fitting? Got to admit the noise is a guilty pleasure of mine but loosing power isn't.

andy1982 · Feb 2, 2015

lovin the sound mate mine feels just as quick but I think the real test is in the summer when the outside temperature is higher in hope it doesn't suffer from heat soak

chrishesketh · Feb 2, 2015

had mine RR'ed on saturday at EFI! most standard cars were hitting 169ish ... i made 177.9

hopefully attachment will work! running decat also

gambit · Feb 2, 2015

^ Great result

sburrell93 · Feb 2, 2015

Regarding heat soak, I was curious the other night so took mine out a drive with my phone connected to the car using the Torque app, and measured the intake air temperature.

Outside air temp was around 3c. Idling with the engine up to temps, the intake air temp rose to around 25c after sitting for 5 minutes. Once moving, it began to drop slowly, and sat at around 10-15c just driving normally round the doors. I'm assuming they dropped so slowly as there was hardly any opening in the throttle body just driving normally.

With a bit of spirited driving though, as soon as I went full throttle the temps dropped instantly as the car pulled in a lot more air quicker. Dropped right down to about 6 or 7c iirc. From that, I'd say any heat soak from behind the headlight is minimal. Might put my standard airbox and filter back in and compare the results.

The Fatty's KTEC alternative induction setup that works just as well!

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