my CAI and views

[p34ch3y]

well as some of you know i run a CAI and have done for nearly two years

well you do get grate sounds from them slurping and hising its like hveing your own lil darth vader in the wing.

i cut my CAI down so the filter would sit in the wing as i dint want it to sit to close to the floor,i aldo put a stockin over the filter as a pre filter just to give it that lil bit more pretction

but i whent to clean/change the filter at the weekend due to me giveing
the car a service and i could not beleave how dirty the filter was,totally coverd in thilf,well this made me think strate away that mabie this is not the best or most safe place to have a filter, so i
have moved it back to wear i think most people have theres

 

[p34ch3y]

i only wanted a new filter but i managed to get this simota CAI of ebay for £24 bargin

so i thought i just use that filter as my new one and mabie mess around with that piping

this is how messy the filter got in the wing

so with my filter now sitting just behind the batt i only used this smal strate bit of pipe

this is how much i messed about with the pipeing just to see what would suite me best

again another stocking over the filter for abit of extra might remove this yet of this one as i will not get no where near as thilfy behind the batt

 

[p34ch3y]

so realy unlees you wanna be cleaning your filter every 3000 miles dont get a CAI,ok in the summer but when you have crap weather like we do at the mo and the roads are shity probly not the best filter to go for,ideal realy for clear track days not every day road use imo

 

[kyle'87]

Some good views and valid points

Im still undecided over what form of induction to get when finally get my cupra

but I will defo be taking this into consideration.

 

[cus]

ah.. well glad i read this thread. mine sits behind the battery at the moment, so gonna keep it there. once the battery is in the boot, i'll get better air flow. but dont want it in the wing.

so whats the stocking for? just to protect from the crap it picks up??

 

[p34ch3y]

ah.. well glad i read this thread. mine sits behind the battery at the moment, so gonna keep it there. once the battery is in the boot, i'll get better air flow. but dont want it in the wing.

so whats the stocking for? just to protect from the crap it picks up??

well K&N do something called a pre filter never found one but the stocking basicly acts as the pre filter just to protect it from extra crap yea

 

[p34ch3y]

here this filter has a pre filter on it http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/K-N-HA4250-Fi...14&_trkparms=72:1301|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

 

[p34ch3y]

doh! just found a load they call them pre-charger,im gunna get one once i mesure up my filter http://motors.shop.ebay.co.uk/items...ksid=m270.l1313&_odkw=pre+filter&_osacat=9800

 

[cus]

ah right, well may get one for extra protection..

 

[SeatR]

post a picture of your new filter system peachey

 

[nogutsnoglory]

i had some silver tubing in my old one down the wing, similar to what you get on the back of tumble driers and that seems to work well with a jetex cone sat behind the battery

 

[p34ch3y]

ok will get some pics tomorow

 

[p34ch3y]

i had some silver tubing in my old one down the wing, similar to what you get on the back of tumble driers and that seems to work well with a jetex cone sat behind the battery

this is what im gunna do next

like the new ride mate..fast?

 

[Mat]

get a black stocking - less of an eye sore

 

[p34ch3y]

get a black stocking - less of an eye sore

i have been thinking this my self mat

 

[20 valve ted]

i have k&n typhoon on mine and the filter sits behind the bumper infront of wheel arch, its never dirty but has a k&n waterproof cover on it. still have to swerve away from puddles tho!!!

 

[arron2004]

good thread peachey i am moving my battery to boot in jan so was looking at this but may have a look at makeing my own to get it where battery was

 

[p34ch3y]

good thread peachey i am moving my battery to boot in jan so was looking at this but may have a look at makeing my own to get it where battery was

that would be good mate id like to see that when its done

 

[p34ch3y]

i have k&n typhoon on mine and the filter sits behind the bumper infront of wheel arch, its never dirty but has a k&n waterproof cover on it. still have to swerve away from puddles tho!!!

have you sprayed that protecor with a small amount of silicone spray to repell the water ect?

 

[shantybeater]

i ran a CAI for over a year on my old cupra, had it sat behind the fog...it didnt pick up that much dirt in the position mine was in & the sounds were awesome..I was always worried about puddles though..and avoided them like the plague..will probably get another soon..whereabouts exactly do these ebay ones sit?

is it the same as this?