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Hey dudes,

I installed a K&N pod on the weekend and now I hear sexy noises! But no power increases. In fact below 3000rpm it seems more slugish. After 4000 it seems a lot smoother then before but still very little gain. I'm putting it down to evil hot air.

Could anyone with a cold air partition/intake give details of what they've done, how much it cost and performance increase??

Another thing, I can now hear the BOV nosies but it makes a pssshht sound. I've heard a few BOVs that make a kkkksshhhh sound (sounds tougher). Any ideas what brands make this noise???

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Originally posted by adam 32

yeh itll be because of the hot air

i made a partition out of aluminium for my car, cost me a $10 (for sheet aluminium) and an afternoons work, pretty simple

i havent noticed any difference with the pod on, but the filter is always cold so i guess its working...

$10 sounds like its worth doing. Do you have a cold air in take?? I left the stock one on which must help but obviously not enough.

nah i dont. i didnt think it neccessary, theres cold air coming in from around the headlight. the disadvantage of running a pipe closer to the ground to duct cold air is moisture and excessive dirt from being closer to the road...

put in the partition and see how it feels. if still no good, then maybe youll need an intake as well

Originally posted by KILLER-T

My air box cost me a carton of beer to get the stainless cut and a afternoon to fit it i got the templates from here or sdu just do a search on airbox.

He he he, good to see people using the CAI template that I put up for everyone to use.

How do you find it KillerT??? Was the design pretty close for your car and pod filter???

If anyone else wants to see the web site, it's here:

http://www.users.bigpond.com/jayson77/

Originally posted by KILLER-T

Thanx Jay the template was a BIG help saved me heaps of time and it fits perfect i used some 5mm foam tape that i got from Clark rubber to seal it to the car    

:)

That's great, you did a great job of putting it in. Looks sweet.

It puts a big smile on my face when I know I've helped someone out and it's come out that good.

Cheers

Jayson

Originally posted by R33

riggap: refer to the Carbon and Fibreglass Airbox offerings from UAS as seen in the For Sale > Business section.

10% discount to forum goers

Thanks, but for $10 I think I'll make it myself.....

IF ITS WORTH THE EFFORT???? What sort of power increases can I expect?

Adam & Jay,

I'm not too sure from the picture of Adam's set-up but does the compressor outlet pipe run through the boxed section? This pipe radiates a LOT of heat! For this reason I made my box/shield with a section molded around the comp' outlet pipe so it's outside of the boxed area, & with enough of a gap to stop as much radiated heat as possible..

During testing on the dyno (3 runs with bonnet down nil airflow into CAI) the temp's inside the boxed area were measured @ 25'c lower than on the eng' bay side. Measuring the comp' O/L pipe surface showed temp's well over 80'c.

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