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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:38 pm
by payaya
ok so you got 7kw with a massive fan blowing into the engine at idle! In the rear world the engine conpartment will be a different story.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:02 pm
by khunjeng
thanks for pointing that out...so don't you think that another 3" pipe from the grill would acts somewhat like a big fan..i.e. allow lots more air into, not only the CAI area, by the engine bay?
Can you submit a photo of yours? would be good to see how its done.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:11 pm
by payaya
your CAI would probably be useless above 50km/h as air is coming directly from the grill. So below 50km/h the car isnt travelling quick enough to draw in enough air, so hot air is sucked from the engine bay. I dont know how sealed your POD is but having a totally sealed box will be better than a semi exposed one.
No dyno done, but im saying if you will probably lose power at low speeds with a unsealed pod than the stock setup. If your box isnt sealed properly its obvious you'll lose some sort of power, as its not the proper way of doing things.
Ive got the stock air box did have a pod on it for a while.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:18 pm
by khunjeng
thats why I doubled the airflow with the extra pipe...cos at low speeds there will not be enough airflow...its not sealed the best..but I have all this reflective stuff over the whole setup now as done my drag doods and recomended by FTO388 (not in the pics) its not "air tight" but hard for a lot of air to come from anywhere else but form the two pipes...
rem. there are two pipes into that area...the stock and the new one. The new one is shorter and has less bends hence air is in the box faster...at higher speeds there wont be a difference between the two but double the volume regardless...and thats really why it was installed...It can only be good.
so i think we have, in a round about way, justifed why you would need an extra pipe...and its esp. necessary if you havn't got a sealed box and recomended even even if it is.
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:21 pm
by payaya
well if its almost fully sealed i doubt you'll notice much of a difference with the box totally sealed.
I was just trying to elaborate that unsealed PODS would probably do more harm than good! But considering your box is almost fully sealed then thats fine.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:32 am
by shue
rem. there are two pipes into that area...the stock and the new one. The new one is shorter and has less bends hence air is in the box faster...
makes me think y not remove the stock one too and stick 2 coming from the front grill. lesser bends and remember the stock one actually takes in air from the engine bay.

Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:42 am
by khunjeng
lol shue its like we have ESP....wait until I get my new bar and I will making somthing up. I wanna see the new bar off the car first and work out what is best.
Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:54 am
by shue
i'm gonna try doing it when i get my car back. lets see if it work
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:08 am
by poster
khunjeng...got a question...
where did u get your red air intake pip.. ? im sure i asked u on one of our trips... but could u give me the info again...please
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:49 pm
by EURO
says in the post.... UAS CAI kit.
Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:39 pm
by poster
ohh...hahha sorry...i always do that
did u mean the UAS shop from sydney ?
how did u get it for ?
is that thing good ? i mean better then then stainless steal
been looking for one for a while....will be good if u can help me plez
thanks
Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:23 am
by khunjeng
I think the UAS pipe is rocking...but as a few others have said in other posts its kinda ricey...but your rice so whats the big deal ??
I think the AL pipe Kev and other got it cheaper than the UAS one...like 200 all up while the UAS one is about 400+. However I'm of the opinion that UAS one and the UniFilter they use are much better...
Hope that helps.
Posted: Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:19 am
by poster
hahahaha...im rice....thanks....
anyways will be so good to catch up soon....my car is abit sick though...
so it will be awhile...
dont miss me too much..hahah
one more quesion:
where is that uas shop ? got they number ?...
thanks
and it did help thank
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:19 am
by Nacho
What's wrong with your car poster? You didn't attack it with a spray guy did you?
Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:15 am
by khunjeng
poster wrote:hahahaha...im rice....thanks....
anyways will be so good to catch up soon....my car is abit sick though...
so it will be awhile...
dont miss me too much..hahah
one more quesion:
where is that uas shop ? got they number ?...
thanks
and it did help thank
look for the thread with Kev (fto388) new setup and there are details of the place in melbourne to get the bits...I rthink u should go for that one...cos i think it would be roughly the same at half the price...then make a space shield like mine in the above thread

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:20 am
by poster
great thanks chris....

but i cant find it....haha will try best later...haha
no i didnt spray it yet....but before doing that i took it to service and its been there since there...haha have a read about it if u want
http://www.ftoaustralia.com/modules.php ... pic&t=7444
warnning ! very sad story.....

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:39 am
by Nacho
Sorry to hear man..........I must have missed that thread coz I been wondering where you been.

Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:52 am
by akuma3
well i'm really tempted to get the UAS one, i don't have time for this mate of mine who owns this workshop and said will do a customer alu pipe CAI for me for around $250
i'm stupid aint i ...
Posted: Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:16 am
by khunjeng
mine is a red pipe...I wanted black but they sold out...wouldn't look as ricey as mine if you got black.
its pretty good, the box needs some work...cheep fix is to do what I have done...it really works wonders can cost $10 (and looks $10)