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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2001 20:38:37 +0100
From: John Griffin <johnnopsamfinphoto.u-net.com>
Subject: Re: Air temperature issues using stock air box vs. K&N cone


The best place is directly on to the air mass meter - this is then a straight and short run for the air to get to the Turbo. As others have said you don't want to have an intake anywhere near the road - suck in any water (if you went through a deep puddle) and you can kiss your engine goodbye! As far as warm air is concerned you can alleviate this to some extent by removing the headlight cowl above the intercooler - if you position the filter close up to the inlet and outlet of the intercooler you will get air from the front of the car. You may find in summer that you get a bit of lag when you pull away - this is because the engine sucks in a gulp of hot air from under the hood - once you are moving it will get the nice fresh air from outside. Don't worry about upsetting the meter -it just measures the air mass correctly wherever it comes from - that's the beauty of the thing! You may get a few more HP and a better throttle response but it all depends on what you have done to the rest of the car. I'm of the opinion that you need to be running at much higher than stock HP in the first place for the OE setup to be restrictive and therefore to need this mod - they are fashionable with 'boy racer' types. Other plus points for this setup are that there is marginally better flow through the intercooler and you get more space round the engine which in this case makes oil filter changes a doodle. John

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