Induction kit question

[waitsey]

Hi guys,

I have a seat ibiza cupra 07 1.8T
Which type of air filter would fit? i have a standard airfilter which i just bought but looking at it i dont think it will fit in the air box.

any ideas?

Many Thanks
Waitsey

 

[Breezapom]

many of the sponsors here sell the green cotton or other filter panels for your car

 

[robreidmotors]

Just return it and get another.

Personally I would go with standard filter changed often or go for a cone filter.

 

[kriso]

Green Cotton filter is your best bet. Induction kits will just about fit if you remove the air box

 

[waitsey]

Thanks Guys,

Will the green cotton filter improve the sound ? basicaly will it do the same as an induction kit?

Thanks

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Thanks Guys,

Will the green cotton filter improve the sound ? basicaly will it do the same as an induction kit?

Thanks

The filter is a straight swap for the OEM one, so uses the standard box and piping. Will offer very little by way of sound or performance gain for your car on its own. If you want noise then get an induction kit. Mine sounded great on my old Citroen AX...

 

[waitsey]

well i have a cheap induction kit which ill try 2moro if it aint to good ill get an expesive one

Thanks Guys

lol ill probs b leaveing a post 2moro when i mess it up

 

[Gooner_Mike]

well i have a cheap induction kit which ill try 2moro if it aint to good ill get an expesive one

Thanks Guys

lol ill probs b leaveing a post 2moro when i mess it up

You will hear the DV more and a whoosh when the turbo kicks in I believe! Good luck and get some pics up here when you have finished. Let us know how you get on...

 

[waitsey]

Haveing abit of a problem there are a few other pipes coeming from the air box and theres a sensor on the big pipe can any one give a guide what ill need to do the job?

Here is a few pics of the inside

Here's the induction kit :

Thanks

 

[truss]

im wanting to do this too today! im stuck!

 

[kriso]

You need to mount it to the right of that MAF sensor. The other pipe goes to the secondairy air pump (used for cold starts). Some people have removed this pump. Not sure what you should do with the pipe if you don't tho, as it needs to be filtered.

 

[waitsey]

so i could fit a smaller filter to the secondairy air pump? what about the big pipe which goes from the box to the front of the car?

 

[Gooner_Mike]

Most universal induction kits don't come with piping to fit to the MAF, so you will have to knock something up! The large'ish tube coming from the engine to the filter box is just a breather pipe from the head. You can get small filters for the top of these so that it just breathes to the engine bay!

 

[kriso]

The breather pipe goes into the turbo intake pipe I think, rather than into the air box. The small pipe coming from the air box goes to the air pump and then to the kombi valve. It pumps air into the exhaust system on cold starts when it's running rich to generate heat and get the cat upto temperature quickly to help emissions.

The larger pipe going to the front of the car is the air intake into the air box, which you won't have if you have the cone filter, altho it might work as a cold air feed

 

[Gooner_Mike]

The breather pipe goes into the turbo intake pipe I think, rather than into the air box. The small pipe coming from the air box goes to the air pump and then to the kombi valve. It pumps air into the exhaust system on cold starts when it's running rich to generate heat and get the cat upto temperature quickly to help emissions.

Cheers mate, you learn something new everyday! Was a breather on my old AX...

 

[waitsey]

Thanks lads ill go to halfords and get a small cone filter im sure i seen them in there. Where the cone induction fits is there a special fixing kit or is there a pipe inside the box which i can attach the induction kit to?

 

[waitsey]

Update :

All Fitted and it sounds great heres a few pics ..

Thanks To everyone who helped

 

[Damoegan]

I have a cheapo one on mine and it does the job nicely. Looks the same but red instead of silver.
I would femove the whole airbox and make a little support for the filter if I were you mate.

here is mine

I have removed the SAI so it looks much cleaner now

 

[waitsey]

looks good, if i kept the air box in would it damage anything?

 

[Damoegan]

looks good, if i kept the airbox in would it damage anything?

I left my airbox in for a fedw days and it started to push the filter down into the bottom of the airbox. It will also restrict the air flow.

Make sure you make some sort od support for it or it will just sag down and cause problems. I fixed me support to the fixing point for the bottom of the airbox, next to the battrey. You can see it in my last pic.