007p'd my Leon but not very loud

[kineticz]

Hey dudes,
Fitted my Forge 007p BOV and large open cone green cotton air filter this weekend, and I can hear a slight tscch sound but it isn't very loud? It can't be heard at all from outside.

Will it take time to wear in? Or can it be improved? How loud should they be?


Much appreciated

 

[karlosR]

has your car been remapped? if it hasn't then you won't get much more noise than the standard set up but once you have more boost passing through it then you will notice a difference.

 

[Mylo]

not meant to be loud, just effective.

Remove the sound deadening from under the bonnet and it may be louder

 

[kineticz]

Is the Forge split-R louder than my setup?

It's not been remapped but I do plan to in the near future. Will also remove sound deadening this weekend. Thanks

 

[MarkE]

Is the Forge split-R louder than my setup?

It's not been remapped but I do plan to in the near future. Will also remove sound deadening this weekend. Thanks

If you want it to go whoosh-tish, go for a decent induction kit and stick with the 007p.

 

[kineticz]

I was told a big open cone filter would be best mate?

 

[MarkE]

I was told a big open cone filter would be best mate?

My LCR was crazy loud from inside, with a RamAir enclosed cone.

Extra boost from a remap helps...

 

[karlosR]

if you can get a half decent supply of cold air to it then it'll be alright................ at this time of year that shouldn't be a problem. saying that though the charge air does pass through an intercooler so a certain amount of hot air won't be too much of a problem.

 

[kineticz]

My LCR was crazy loud from inside, with a RamAir enclosed cone.

Extra boost from a remap helps...

Do you think a Dynatwist would do the trick?

 

[kineticz]

So is the consensus that I should supply a decent air feed and get it remapped? Or is my air filter not good enough? As I don't wanna spend unnecessary £pounds£


Thanks

 

[warren_cox]

I ran a Dynatwist with Revo and a 007P on my Leon, and found it was loud enough. One way to ensure you get the maximum volume is to ensure you have as short an intake pipe as you can to the filter housing. The more kinks you have in the hose, the more disruption you get in the airflow and the less the noise you seem to get from the DV. I was running an 80mm flexi airhose from the Dynatwist round to the nearside headlamp, I removed all the plastic gubbins from behind the headlamp as it is very restrictive, then plummed the air hose to a SEAT Sport intake I had made by Northern South. Worked very well, but it was certainly more noticeable when the air was cold and dense. Before I got this part I tethered on to the OE plastic intake part from SEAT and it was acceptable. Just make sure you pull the flexi hose taught as it smooths out the pipe and makes the air flow more cleanly through it.

 

[jonjay]

Remap will make it work a lot more for sure.

 

[Cupra Iain]

A decent CAI will give you some good induction noise and the whooshy sound you crave so much, but aren't you just better spending your money on a remap rather than spunking another £200 or so changing your filter just to make some noise???

 

[Ruddmeister]

Open cone should be the loudest IMO

Remap = more boost = more noise for you (significantly more)

 

[carew]

I have the same problem with mine. Had the forge 007p fitted. Sounds the same to me.

Looking at open cone filters but not sure which to get?

Would it suffer from heat soak?

 

[Ruddmeister]

Would it suffer from heat soak?

Not in a British Summer

Well in theory yes it would, I've heard plenty of stories that in very heavy traffic on a summers day it would get affected but not heard many actual experiences a nice cold air feed pointing at it would help.....worst case you could fabricate a heat shield for the cone if you had problems

 

[carew]

I was thinking about it the other day. It is possible for me to get one fabricated. Thought about using the bottom of the existing airbox as a base plate for it?

 

[Ruddmeister]

I was thinking about it the other day. It is possible for me to get one fabricated. Thought about using the bottom of the existing airbox as a base plate for it?

Jabba do an induction kit that is Cone + Heatshield otherwise any fabricator could cut & bend you some aluminium from a pattern

Jabba's has no base just warpa round the sides and makes a wall round the cone and a gap for an airfeed

 

[carew]

Jabba do an induction kit that is Cone + Heatshield otherwise any fabricator could cut & bend you some aluminium from a pattern

Jabba's has no base just warpa round the sides and makes a wall round the cone and a gap for an airfeed

Thats 1 option for me to consider. What other filters would you recommend?

Think i would need a heat shield because of inner city driving.

 

[dmmsta]

I think the thing that needs to be pointed out is that the 007P is not a BOV, it's a re-circ, so the doesn't vent to air, but back into the system.

Changing from airbox to open-cone / enclosed-cone will make the noise more noticable, as will uping the boost (as there's more to re-circ), but you're never going to get up to the volume of the likes of the HKS/Blitz dump valves that the Jap's (and others) can run.

The VAG engine isn't over keen on the vent to air type of valve (altho some have had success) so we are limited to whats available that works with the car!