Cleaned engine bay... a bit

[R0b]

My engine was covered in crap and getting right on my goat, so cracked out the fairy up liquid and t cut metal polish.

Spent about 20 minuntes on it because it was raining a bit, but im pleased with the result. It's a bitch to clean with some really tight spaces to get into with the old toothbrush

Also fitted the CAI i bought off of Karl W. Only main difference i have noticed is the noise. It's alot quiter in the car, dont hear the turbo spool up half as much but when i let off the accelerator the dump outside is a hell of a lot louder, bordering on atmospheric levels

Before..

After..

 

[Sharky_82]

good effort! - Time for me to get the rubber gloves on soon - waiting fo rthe rain to stop!

 

[acidstrato]

nice cai did he give you the reason why he sold it?

atleast he cut it, no risk of water ingress

mine is sooo low down but i cant be arsed to remove it, really should do though
great sound though aint it

 

[PhilW]

Doesnt look much different to me.

 

[C3 LJG]

Doesnt look much different to me.

Would have to agree - sorry! You need to dress the plastics, makes a big differece to the finish.

 

[karl.w]

nice cai did he give you the reason why he sold it?

atleast he cut it, no risk of water ingress

mine is sooo low down but i cant be arsed to remove it, really should do though
great sound though aint it

It was i bit loud for me thats the reason i sold it. I also wanted to try a open cone filter so i fitted this huge k&n

i degreased it and then re oiled it before fitting it as it was a bit too oily for my liking and i know all the stories about maf failure( which I'm not totally convinced is caused by a k&n)
Ive now tried..
..standard airbox
..standard airbox and green panel filter
..modded airbox and green panel filter with 80mm cold air feed
..modded C.A.I (the one in the first post)
..green open cone filter
..and now the huge k&N
I will be sticking with the k&n as my car running so good now and feels so much quicker. The intake temps are also no problem as i have a cold air feed, big Laguna FMIC and water and methanol injection

 

[acidstrato]

interesting, i love the sound mine makes but tbh i felt no difference between dynatwist and cai

and very little difference from standard airbox

 

[karl.w]

the only one out of the different intakes Ive tried that i can honestly say has made a big improvement epically at higher rpm is the open cone filter.

All the rest made very small improvements if any at all

 

[hadz]

R0B - how did you car sound with the powertec filter on? i have got a cai on mine and my filter is gettin really dirty so i was thinking about gettin a new open cone filter!

cheers

 

[R0b]

When fitted in normal position it sounded quite nice, got a nice induction note, a pleasent spool up noise and a nice little dump as well.

My old powertek is fitted to another members car now as he is pleased with it.

 

[__B3NNY__]

Looks abit half a job to me..... my motto has always been if your going to do somthing do it properly!

saying that mines still awaiting a clean...

Waiting for all my new vaccum pipes to be replaced tho

David.

 

[deansibiza]

looking good mate, what mounts are on the cai? cant reallt tell from the pic, i want to make something up for my viper, to stop it keep fookin the maf's.

 

[R0b]

The wheel arch liner and cable ties keep the CAI nice and firm

 

[goble]

no difference to me . use a steam cleaner!!!!

 

[R0b]

Not keen in covering whole bay in steam, engines are too tempramental, bound to bugger a sensor or something

 

[goble]

get someone (dealer) to do it for you they will cover up all parts that could be damaged done it loads before always been o.k.