lupo_gaz Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 larkspeed in leeds had a few bmc's and the black 90 degree bends in stock so they may be able to make a kit up for you. they may also have a pannel filter in stock. worth a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I don't mean to hijack, but this point interested me. My g/f Loop has an issue with oil clogging up a sensor or something and the light comes on on the dashboard. It doesn't affect the drive and we just ignore it now. But would a panel filter help? It's only a 1.0 BTW.also...is that true?Not a very specific question but I guess you mean the oil from the crankcase breather is causing problems? An oil catch tank should sort you out, do a search and you will see what I meanYou would have to inform you ins company about a panel filter, as it is not a direct replacement using a part of manufacturer specifications. Wether you bother or not is your choice.That's a bit odd Luke... Your heater doesn't draw any heat off that pipe! It draws heat from a small radiator (Heater Matrix) inside/under the main blower motor!Having the pipe will make the car heat up quicker though, so his heaters will be hot faster surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeAl Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Having the pipe will make the car heat up quicker though, so his heaters will be hot faster surely?The hot air pipe from the Manifold only goes into the Engine air intake (Throttle body)... Not into the cabin air intake...It won't make a difference to the heating inside the car... If anything It should warm up quicker without the hot air feed as a colder intake temp = a hotter combustion meaning the coolant should if anything warm up faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defcon5 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 It won't make a difference to the heating inside the car... If anything It should warm up quicker without the hot air feed as a colder intake temp = a hotter combustion meaning the coolant should if anything warm up faster.Ahh I see. Learn something new everyday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeAl Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Ahh I see. Learn something new everyday!We all do Today I learnt the on a Friday evening at 5.30 the trafford centre is absolutely dead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 I learnt yesterday that Gary Barlow wrote all his own songs for Take That Al - how do you blank off the hot air feed pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeAl Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Al - how do you blank off the hot air feed pipe?Me personally, I let a technician do it... lol.Usually involves removing the T shape pipe where it splits from Hot/Cold/Airbox and using a hose joiner to join the airbox feed and cold feed together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 Easy job do you reckon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AwesomeAl Posted February 7, 2009 Report Share Posted February 7, 2009 As long as you do your measuring correctly there's no reason why not! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kam Racing Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 larkspeed in leeds had a few bmc's and the black 90 degree bends in stock so they may be able to make a kit up for you. they may also have a pannel filter in stock. worth a try.We've got one left in stock if anyone is wants one:BMC GTi Panel Filter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 We've got one left in stock if anyone is wants one:BMC GTi Panel FilterBought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Posted February 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Bought Damn! really?Was holding out for someone who was selling theres but they never got back to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kam Racing Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 Damn! really?Was holding out for someone who was selling theres but they never got back to me Theres always the K&N or Green equivalents... We can do the K&N for £35.20 Inc VAT or the Green for £51.99 Inc VATLupo Panel Filters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cafcross Posted February 13, 2009 Report Share Posted February 13, 2009 Filter received today....cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warner32 Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 On 04/02/2009 at 7:17 PM, AwesomeAl said: For the Lupo we only stock the K&N and the Pipercross Pannel filters. Induction kits are all special order for the Lupo. We have previously done Side by side comparisons on an R32 which was fitted first with a Pipercross Pannel, then a K&N Pannel, then a K&N 57i Intake kit, then a Neuspeed P-Flo kit, then a Carbonio CAI kit The pipercross and K&N both came out pretty much bang on the same. Both of these gave a slighly faster rise in torque in comparison to the standard paper filter but didn't really add much to the top end (1 or 2bhp.) I'm not certain about that myself. It doesn't cost anything to blank off the hot air feed pipe. I've been at a rolling road day where one gti had either a K&N or a Pipercross Open cone filter fitted and lost power from standard! During our R&D on the Lupo 1.4 16v Maps, we were able to get another 5bhp on top after replacing the paper filter with a K&N Pannel and blanking the hot air pipe. How did you blank off the hot air feed pipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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