veiws on this I-kit

[chris1r]

I'm looking into getting an induction kit, has any one got this induction kit or any veiws on it.

The kit is from PFS and is the Simota carbon kit this will be going on my V70 t5.

or any good recomendations.
Cheers
Chris

[JezF]

Simota seem to have a pretty good reputation, but from what I've been told (this weekend), you won't get much benefit as the standard airbox is very good and fine to 300bhp. I guess you'll get a nice bit of extra noise.

Interestingly, the air induction kit on my old car (M3) produced a proven dyno difference of +13bhp, which is most unusual.

You might also want to check out Kalmar Union's one as an alternative as it is only 85 quid.

Jez

[chris1r]

Hi JezF

I've been reading some of the threads about the induction kits, and that it's stated that the standard box is good for 300bhp.

I'm planning on upgrading the performance of the car, bit by bit, so will be looking at an induction kit of some sort.

I also have a e36 not so lucky to have the M3 lol but have a 325 and it has got the Dave F kit with bbtb, not sure if I have gained any bhp out of it but throttle response is much better and the noise is great lol.

From searching there is plenty of threads on filters and the likes, with the likes of piper, k&n, and the likes coming up.

Will never touch piper again due to engine bay fire not good lol.
K&N never tried but seems to be mixed views on them.
quicksilver mesh filter was good but would like to stay away from open filters even with cold air feed.

So trying to see if anyone is running this filter or can recommend a good enclosed filter, will also check Don's site out
Regards
Chris

[dooby]

Hiya,

I saw the Simota kit and I'm torn between that and the BSR one, with a cone filter and metal shield to reduce intake of heated engine-bay air. That's around £120 so there's not much in it between that and the Simota.

I think the reason the Simota or BSR are a few more quid than a bare cone filter is the extra tweaking of the design to keep from inhaling warm engine bay air.

HTH, Pete

[CTCNetwork]

Hi,

You can get a minor performance improvement with an induction kit as the engine can draw air in more easily.
However, you need to make sure you have a reasonable cold air supply otherwise warm engine compartment air gets in. This will more than undo any improvement gain you may get...

An alternative would be to fit a performance panel filter like Powerflow etc...

Obviously if you still want the induction noise, you could fit a cone filter and modify your existing airbox to fit ti in there and thus get cold air and induction...

Des. . .

[chris1r]

Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

Hi,

You can get a minor performance improvement with an induction kit as the engine can draw air in more easily.
However, you need to make sure you have a reasonable cold air supply otherwise warm engine compartment air gets in. This will more than undo any improvement gain you may get...

An alternative would be to fit a performance panel filter like Powerflow etc...

Obviously if you still want the induction noise, you could fit a cone filter and modify your existing airbox to fit ti in there and thus get cold air and induction...

Des. . .

Hi Des

One of the reasons I was looking at the Simota one for is it uses the original pipe work for cold air feed, where as most other kits you have to try and run a cold air feed, not much room in a v70 engine bay lol

[CTCNetwork]

Hi,

Originally Posted by chris1r

Hi Des

One of the reasons I was looking at the Simota one for is it uses the original pipe work for cold air feed, where as most other kits you have to try and run a cold air feed, not much room in a v70 engine bay lol

Not sure of the possibility of using the original airbox (as it has existing feeds) but I remember someone has posted about doing this, created their own "modification" to allow the cone in the box and keep much existing parts....

Shall have a search and see if I can find it...

And yea, they don't leave you much room to play around in those FWD's!!

Des. . .

[chris1r]

Originally Posted by CTCNetwork

Hi,

Not sure of the possibility of using the original air box (as it has existing feeds) but I remember someone has posted about doing this, created their own "modification" to allow the cone in the box and keep much existing parts....

Shall have a search and see if I can find it...

And yea, they don't leave you much room to play around in those FWD's!!

Des. . .

Hi Des

Should of made that a bit more clear the original air box is removed, the simota is a carbon enclosed kit, but it connects up to the original cold air feed.

copied from site} This is a high quality product which is superior to other types of open air filter kits available on the market.The beauty of this system is that the air feed is taken from out side the engine bay via the polished Aluminium intake pipe which picks up air from the original intake feed. This means that it is picking up a cold air feed rather than warm air from the engine compartment, more cold air means more power.

With the other closed kits ie CDA you have to try and adapt the cold air feed, I did read a thread about some one using the original box to enclose the ind kit.

[Nunchukhamster]

Not being funny, but have you removed the snow guard from the standard air pipe yet?

I run with the standard airbox and a JR panel filter at 309bhp. IMHO there are probably better things to spend that amount of money on in the search for performance.

[chris1r]

Originally Posted by Nunchukhamster

Not being funny, but have you removed the snow guard from the standard air pipe yet?

I run with the standard airbox and a JR panel filter at 309bhp. IMHO there are probably better things to spend that amount of money on in the search for performance.

sorry for my ignorance but snow guard? I have no idea what that is and it's the first time I have heard about it, could you please elaborate on this.