Dare Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Ive heard from people that they are great generally!! But heard something the other day along the lines that they allow grit and dirt into your engine :shock: Is this true?? Have any of you guys had any bad experiences??CheersSteve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I have one, its very clean inside after 3 months.Its amazing, truly amazing. It seems to make top of rev range smoother, not sure about power gains but supposed to be some. Its main asset is its amazing roar, it has the best noise and when you are used to it you can make it sing. a great investmentas for grit/etc guess it depends on where u locate cold air feed but i think filtration is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LINCOLNSHIRESLUPOGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Since having my head and inlet polished my car runs horrible with the standard inlet box and filter. BMC makes it run so sweet and like TDW said it really sings above 5000rpm.Mine has been on 3 months (about 6000miles) and even has my custom breather mod fitted and its still clean inside. No problem as far as i can see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crusoe Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 if you lived somewhere dusty or durring the summer it might suck in more dust than the standard system, as long as your checking your oil and change it when it's dirty there shouldn't be a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTi Si Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Can you make it any quieter? Down the motorway it is still quite loud?Would mounting the cyclinder nearer the front of the car make it quieter?Or is there any other filter as good as the BMC, but quiter?S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Dynamat it? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":lol:" border="0" alt="laugh.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabo Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 It looks like we are talking about BMC induction kits here.Has anyone tried BMC replacement air filter element? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTi Si Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Cheaky git Snoopy!I guess you can mount the box section nearer the grille and it would be quieter.......S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 You'd be lucky - there's more reasons than just noise to mount the BMC away from the engine, but nobody has managed it so far. style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 its impossible I think. Gargoil had a good go but too many pipes and cables in the way.You could wrap it in heat protective stuff - that might get rid of some noise. before you judge its noise go in a car. normal driving doesnt make it sound too loud, and motorway is fairly quiet anyway.mine roars at `1-2000` rpm from low rev pick up in say third - sounds just like a scooby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTi Si Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I went for a drive in Snoop's. But he drives fast...like me!S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 i never drive over 3,000 rpm, ever. no never. never. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dare Posted November 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Have any of you guys got any pics of your cold air feed set up? and any general pics of them on your loops?Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdwindustries Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 mine is just using stock air feed from the wing, connected to bmc hose. will be `re-doing` it with samco one day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 i was wondering about this....can you not use some kind of samco / alu tubing and DIY magic to mount is further away from the engine and at the same time create a decent cold air feed?I had a pipercross with cold air feed in my arosa, it sucked loads of dust and sand (live by the sea) in to the engine & bay.....wasnt too much a problem i dont think cos changed the oil every 4k. anyone used just a replacement element? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 Any thing is possable, but I dont think anyone knows how to do it... yet.Easy enough to sort out the cold air feed though, if I remember seeing Chris's, he'd enlarged the standard feed as it was something silly like an inch and half through the bumper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 when mine eventually gets done i want it to look so good it looks standard....no loose ends or bits of different coloured hose everywhere.....u could probably get a custom bracket made up (or do it yourself if u can get near a milling machine) to mount it near the front of the bay securely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 But how are you going to keep the engine heat away from the air as it goes to the throttle body?This is the problem, weather the filter is in front or at the back, the pipes have still got to go around the hot engine to the back of the bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 im an industrial designer, ill think of something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 If you could mount it at the front and get the airflow to come in round the right of the engine, it would be a much better solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 yeah i think your right snoop....i was thinking the more direct the air can jet in....the cooler its likely to be cos its not spending time in warm tubing or pipes. the other thing is the materials used....alu ubing will obviously heat up very quickly and then warm the air going into the filter so thats out. plastic carbon or even just samco are probably some improvement, and a heatshield would probably help quite a bit too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 only other thing i can think of now is using something to cool the cold air feed......air cold air feed from the wing to cool the cold air feed for the filter!?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I could be really wrong here but I cant see samco hoses being enough.They will be an imprtovment but mo where near dense enough to keep out the heat.I heard on a Amercian forum a year or so ago that someone used some sort of air craft pipeing for his Turbo oses as the samco hoses kept splitting due to the heat... I'll see if I can find the forum, its been some time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanGTI Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 never used samco hoses so wouldnt know what their stuffs like but ur prob right tigz....the qualities of the material used for the tubing will make a huge difference Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DubDub Posted November 10, 2004 Report Share Posted November 10, 2004 I just used some ducting from Halfords (as recommended by Payna) Seems to do the job and got it all the way down to the grill without too much hassel.There are prob far better things to use, but they dont cost a couple of quid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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