aaronmk2 3 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 ive been running a cheap inclosed type airfilter that i picked up from halfords it has a similar look to the bmc.ive been running it for a while and noticed that the car was lasy and i never had that vr sound.so my cousin who also owns a vr come to see me and took my car out he also said it feels sluggish up top but bottom end it feels ok he then looked at my filter and said that the filter look quite small and that the vr respond well to breathing right so we tried his filter on mine and the car just is a diiferent car it picks up and pulls pull and pulls lol after putting my filter side by side a proper bmc it shows just how much smaller and restrictive mine was,the car feels ten times better more aggresive can this have been the problem and has anyone else had this problemCheersAaron Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 yes it can have a bit of a detreMENTAL effect on the performance if it cant get enough air in it will limit fuel supply Link to post Share on other sites
vr6 bez 3 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 i put a corbonio on mine and found it picked up quite fast, could tell the difference right away Link to post Share on other sites
H13VYY 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 i had a bmc for about a year. i recently put the standard airbox back on. I noticed a better pull low down in the rev range with the airbox but with a loss of power at top end. Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I've recently put an FK auto filter on mine, like the sound - until high up rev range where its a bit eardrum-busting noisy but not sure if less responsive. I guess now it's sucking in warm engine bay air, rather than the cold air the standard filter box gets. I may swap back to see if any difference Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 I've recently put an FK auto filter on mine' date=' like the sound - until high up rev range where its a bit eardrum-busting noisy but not sure if less responsive. I guess now it's sucking in warm engine bay air, rather than the cold air the standard filter box gets. I may swap back to see if any difference[/quote'] you could try sheilding it and running fresh air pipe from under inner wing Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 going to get pipe for mine and run from fog light vent Link to post Share on other sites
aaronmk2 3 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 anyone got pics of there air filter,cold feed set up thinking of making a shield for mine and running a cold air feed Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 cold air feeds are easy if you remove the carbon filter fro under the inner wing you could then run a pipe into there or even into the front lower vent for ram air if you have an open filter it would be better to site it behind the bumper and run a pipe from that to your maf Link to post Share on other sites
Hairyarse 0 Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Just taken mine off and gone back to standard, I must be getting old Link to post Share on other sites
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