s_purs
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Im pretty sure the small change of half smoothing the air box wouldnt make a difference in sound? It wouldnt effect the air flow THAT much surely..?
Done mine and it sounds much nicer now (didn't really smooth it though, just snapped the odd fin off in the bottom section)
gordy.r
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Right I've read this post from start to finish about 3 times now and I've come to a conclusion...
wait for it, it's ground breaking...
It's all down to personal preference!
I was going down the route of a BMC CDA but after much consideration I too will be smoothing the airbox, drillig (a few) holes and getting a bigger cold air feed and panel filter.
For the sake of a few hours tinkering and a little pennies spent I can't see this doing any harm in the long run even if it does only give a crisper sound to the induction roar.
Nobody sems to have any scientific or data logged proof that this will increase bhp/torque figures and to the same reasoning nobody has noted any adverse effects so it's all good IMO.
Now to go get the bits for the job!
wait for it, it's ground breaking...
It's all down to personal preference!
I was going down the route of a BMC CDA but after much consideration I too will be smoothing the airbox, drillig (a few) holes and getting a bigger cold air feed and panel filter.
For the sake of a few hours tinkering and a little pennies spent I can't see this doing any harm in the long run even if it does only give a crisper sound to the induction roar.
Nobody sems to have any scientific or data logged proof that this will increase bhp/torque figures and to the same reasoning nobody has noted any adverse effects so it's all good IMO.
Now to go get the bits for the job!
s_purs
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from this percieved change in sound from just smoothing the airbox what difference is it? it doesnt make the exhaust any louder at all? i definitely dont want my exhaust sound louder.
also whats the difference with the new air intake? again is it just literally the sounds from the engine when your stood at the front of the car or does it make the exhaust louder at the back?
also whats the difference with the new air intake? again is it just literally the sounds from the engine when your stood at the front of the car or does it make the exhaust louder at the back?
all your hearing is the noise of the air coming through the pipe/ holes/dv.
Shouldnt make any difference to exhaust/engine
Shouldnt make any difference to exhaust/engine
after a drop in power on the RR last time around i removed the open cone and went back to oem box and feed with pipercross panel... got bored today so decided to smooth the box (no drilled holes) and fit 3 inch air feed, quick tb reset then went for a spin
deffo hear hear more DV noise but not sure if this is down to smoothed box or more likely the huge pipe at the front
deffo hear hear more DV noise but not sure if this is down to smoothed box or more likely the huge pipe at the front
oldskool
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Alot of testing has been done over the years on Vwvortex and little or no improvement has been seen on smoothing the airbox, as for drilling the air box, what's the point? Why not have an open cone as you'll be sucking in warm air anyway, Just for a little dump noise!???? Hmmm just put an uprated panel filter in and stop faffing!
You'll see bigger gains renewing your MAF and N75 every other year than messing with filter setups!!
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You'll see bigger gains renewing your MAF and N75 every other year than messing with filter setups!!
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oldskool
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fair enough captain. I think you get more power out of the cone filter when its shielded however the airbox is better responding low down hence why i took mine off and put airbox back on with a green cotton filter.
Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I thought it's better than starting a new one, plus it seemed popular.
In case I totally bodge mine up (or wish to revert back to standard in the future), what other standard air boxes from the VAG group will directly fit onto the 1.8T 180 cupra 1M besides the standard cupra air box? Would a golf gti 1.8T one fit my car? (despite being 150) or maybe a octavia vrs mk1 (180)?
In case I totally bodge mine up (or wish to revert back to standard in the future), what other standard air boxes from the VAG group will directly fit onto the 1.8T 180 cupra 1M besides the standard cupra air box? Would a golf gti 1.8T one fit my car? (despite being 150) or maybe a octavia vrs mk1 (180)?
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trev_tang
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dthorb
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You usually find that when you play about with td air intakes it is possible to get a cracking induction noise, my mates Astra has been fettled with and a de-resonated exhaust and it sounds amazing snorting and popping.
Could be a bit annnoying if like him you weren't going for that effect though.
So basically anything that works on tsi will work on td.
trev_tang
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