Air filter options

[VRSLOZ]

Been looking at green cotton website but they still don't do one yet. Might do by the time my car gets delivered though


PRATTY

Should try contacting them and asking if they need a demo vehicle to make a filter on

 

[aski_2010]

If im totally honest I doubt at service time they'd even notice this unless they undo the box, the car is loud anyway when reving so a little louder probably wont get noticed, unless there thrashing it..

 

[Araf]

If im totally honest I doubt at service time they'd even notice this unless they undo the box, the car is loud anyway when reving so a little louder probably wont get noticed, unless there thrashing it..

Your best taking ure revo filter out before it goes in for a service. Sods law that the main dealers would have thrown the performance filter & replaced it with a standard one when servicing the car.

 

[aski_2010]

I'd go totally ape s#@t if they did that. But yeah being as is so easy to remove and change it wouldnt be a problem like removing an induction kit

 

[Mark_Jones]

E-2997

Just curious,
As the air filter on the 1.4 petrol is the same part number as the 1.6 tdi,
has anyone fitted one the the oil burners yet?
If so, what results?

Thanks

 

[Ninja10R]

Today i received the K&N replacement filter

 

[jc_boc]

Looks good mate, noticed any improvement?

 

[sly200sx]

@Ninja10R
Whats the filter like, noise wise etc? What are your early indications? How much was it and from where?

Soz for all the q's ;-)

 

[davie bocanegra]

The k&n looks well nice i ordered mine on friday so should hopefully have it by the end of the week. Notice any difference?

 

[Ninja10R]

There's a little more intake noise, but my findings may be wrong, i haven't past 5000 rpm yet (800 kilometers on the odometer).

Ordered it from german ebay, 65 euros + shipping

 

[Deleted member 55317]

just out of interest 2 cupras...well 1 cupra 1 boc at crail the standard air filters best time was 14.724, revo air filter was 14.592. the revo cupra was also running the heavier racing brakes and a spoiler.

take from this what u will it was no scientific test but interesting results

 

[VRSLOZ]

Would just changing the filter give you much more over say the Forge or ITG kits though as aren't the standard air intakes quite restrictive?

 

[Deleted member 55317]

Depends what your looking for, I not looking at remapping my car atm so a replacement airfilter was the right choice for me, sounds a bit better and slightly more free reving in the high rpm, as to get the best out of a forge or itg kit the car should be mapped to use all that extra air provided.

So its really a personal choice, I will get an induction kit and revo one day but I tour my car in europe and I cant be bothered with an ECU light coming on in Spain and the spanish dealers being like donda esta la standard air box.

 

[Lex 696]

i am in the same boat rossers. so you went for the K&N - that one doesnt require all that maintenance right whereas from earlier posts the revo and pipercross would?

 

[Deleted member 55317]

i went for REVO as the K and N was out of stock when I ordered.....plus looking at service rota air filters only get replaced every 20000 miles

But the k and N still requires maintainance it is just reusable after the maintainance.....I had a k and N on my old fiesta did 46000 miles without any probs

 

[VRSLOZ]

Would you definitely need to map the car if you use a Forge or ITG kit or could it be used without it?

 

[aski_2010]

personally i would say not... loads of people use these sorts of feeds on standard cars... BUT for the max gains a map would be best to make the most of that extra air... its the same with the exhaust, can have it but to get the most out of it the map would need to be tweaked!

 

[Deleted member 55317]

personally i would say not... loads of people use these sorts of feeds on standard cars... BUT for the max gains a map would be best to make the most of that extra air... its the same with the exhaust, can have it but to get the most out of it the map would need to be tweaked!

i agree for the induction kit can be used without a map but £150+ for a better noise is pretty pricey....but for the exhaust if u get the down pipe size increased you NEED the stage 2 map otherwise boost pressures can spike resulting in problems

 

[VRSLOZ]

Think Techie saw 10bhp from the Forge kit, wondering if the Revo or K&N unit would see this kind of gain...

 

[aski_2010]

well i think you would see some gains not as much as that as ur still using stock intake box/pipes.... but anything that derestricts air flow will help