carbon fibre

[cupra_matt86]

hi, i have noticed alot of pictures with carbon fibre air feeds and air filter shields for leons in mags and stuff but i have never seen where i can get them myself. any help would be good thanks

 

[D.K]

Your probabley talking about a BMC CDA, if so I would'nt bother mate, they are very expensive and can be a bit restrictive.

 

[cupra_matt86]

oh, well i just want a new air feed really and a shield or is it better to leave those bits standard?

 

[dav3]

The carbon coldair feeds you've seen are more than likely the pipercross VIS (velocity intake system). As above tho mate the BMC is expensive

 

[D.K]

Have a read of this, it will save you a few quid and give just as good power gain's
http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=198039&highlight=airbox+smoothing+guide

 

[dav3]

Why not smooth and drill you standard airbox and fit a performance pannel filter. Same sound as induction kit for pennies. I've had a K&N and a BMC CDA on mine altho they sounded good, I think the smoothed airbox option sounds much better. Dam you D.K you must type like superman but with sausage fingers

 

[cupra_matt86]

that actually looks the part.... only problem is that i have thrown mine away in place of K&N typhoon kit, and i pulled the air feed out and put a piece of bendy pipe i found at work and attached a piece of ally at each end but want something thats a bit smarter than my bodge, it seemed a good idea at the time though.

 

[D.K]

This is another one http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=158086

 

[dav3]

I'd say you can have my spare standard box that I started smoothing but the maf size is 10mm bigger than your's

 

[cupra_matt86]

the thing is that i dont really wanna buy another air filter as spent like £200 on the K&N i just wanna make sure its getting enough air. it would be so much easier if you could swap the battery and its massive case with the air filter so it was closer to the bumper. but i rekon that would be a royal pain in the arse. oh have you guys had trouble with coil pack no.4?

 

[dav3]

Oh yes mate had it go pop on me then 2 days later the other 3 went. If you're going to change them I'd suggest doing them all in 1 hit. Where in Essex you from

 

[D.K]

No problems with mine
Be carefull with the K&N, they have been known to kill MAF's due to them being coated in oil.

 

[cupra_matt86]

MAF's? im near Maldon. my air filter has been fine. no4 coil pack has gone twice since last june. i have bought spares now just in case. where is AMDessex?

 

[dav3]

MAF is the big plastic tube which the airfilter fits onto. It measures the air entering the engine. Which K&N did you buy

 

[cupra_matt86]

Typhoon, but i didnt put the pipe on that puts it to the underside because i was worried about water being sucked up.

 

[dav3]

I don't think that much water will get in unless you drive through fords in the road. It's been designed to fit in the lower part of the bumper so must been water tight to some extent. Next time you're in or near lakeside mate pop into AMD (round the back of B&Q & IKEA) and speak to them really helpfull friendly people if you're still getting the no4 coil pack going.

 

[cupra_matt86]

yeah the guy who fitted it said he didn't think that i should risk it and he tunes his own cars and was a friend of a friend i basildon. you may know the guy, nitro solutions hes changed his name now but cant remember whhat he changed it to

 

[dav3]

Doesn't ring any bells mate, but then I've done all the work myself on my old cars. This is the 1st 1 I've entrusted with a company. If you're worried about water in the filter just pat some small mesh in front of it to act as an extra deffence

 

[cupra_matt86]

yeah i could do. but i think i'll just leave it where it is, better safe than sorry.

 

[junglebrother]

it is not worth it