what a numpty ive been ffs

the guide i looked at was referencing the maf sensor (didnt know this was irellevant on the 1.6)

(DONT LET IT DROP ITS FUUCKIN PRICELESS)

so carefully taking bits off (looking for this nugget of gold)

removed the origional air intake and rplaced with new


took about 2 hrs and loads of thrashed knuckles

good to hear your pleased with it mate, stick up a few pics and maybe a video of how it sounds.

Originally Posted by scottie2065

stick up a few pics and maybe a video of how it sounds.

Give me advanced warning so i can ware some bloomin ear plugs please..lol..

a quick question
ive fitted the intake pipe to pop out the front grill just below the headlight
works a treat
but ive got a nagging felling about it being too low and too exposed
i know obviously i will need to avoid large puddles
my main niggle is it sucking in everything and anything that comes anywere near it

Hi mate glad your getting there, to be honest with your engine not being of the "tuned" nature in terms of you've not fettled to much, i wouldn;t worry about the height etc of the intake. the best height is around 6 - 8 inches of the deck, for nice cold air, the downside is you turn your car into a water hoover (You must have read about poor Abz car!),
But to sort of help and maintain a nice look, put some heat shielding around the intake pipe and the filter.

Plus you can just go for a nice cold air feed, which is in affect just a pipe that directs cooler air towards your filter, as there is no unnatural suction on this pipe then the risk of air being pushed up it by the car moving along; bringing , car killing levels of moisture are pretty low. (You can reduce teh risk by putting some fine netting / filter material over the end of it (Nick your missus' stockings!! Oooh Errr .....Easy PNL i only said stockings lol)

cheers for the reply mate
did actually think of the stockings option
think my main concern was in a torential downpoor doing 70 along the motorway high levels of spray etc