FAO 1.0ltr and 1.3ltr engine owners!(single point injection)

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 4:44 pm

Might mean I can have a kit after all...

Looking good. Bet it sounds nice too.

Karl.

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:02 pm

Nice one Tim. I'm glad you've got it sorted now. Three cheers for Hombase! Did you get that reducer from Homebase that I mentioned to you on MSN or did you just go for the duct tape option?

What you need now is a nice scoop for the cold air feed, where it attaches to the bumper. Again, Homebase saved me here. I bought one of those mini drain pipe water collector jobbies to act as a scoop and it does the job really well. Also neatens the job up, rather than just having a pipe poking out of the bumper. I can get a few pics of it if you want, if you don't know what I mean.

metz · Post by **metz** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:08 pm

the 3 x 60mm bolts, is this instead of the studs?

i'm slightly interested now lol

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:32 pm

LogIK wrote:Nice one Tim. I'm glad you've got it sorted now. Three cheers for Hombase! Did you get that reducer from Homebase that I mentioned to you on MSN or did you just go for the duct tape option?

What you need now is a nice scoop for the cold air feed, where it attaches to the bumper. Again, Homebase saved me here. I bought one of those mini drain pipe water collector jobbies to act as a scoop and it does the job really well. Also neatens the job up, rather than just having a pipe poking out of the bumper. I can get a few pics of it if you want, if you don't know what I mean.

yea had to resort to tape as homebase didnt have a large enough reducer. Got the scoop in place, see pics, would be interested to see your cold air feed chris

LogIK · Post by **LogIK** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:57 pm

I will get some pics up tomorrow

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:00 am

You'll have to either paint it black or wrap more black tape on to disguise it and stop it looking barry

Seeing as most of my lower bumper is hidden by foglamps, anyone know how to get rid of the baffling behind the radiator grille? There's..... plastic stuff.... to the right of the radiator proper that certainly blocks light passing thru the grille and therefore probably air as well. Be nice to just be able to take that out, mesh it up, and attach the cold air scoop there instead of having to dick about attaching stuff to the space between the fogs somehow (also baffled if i remember right!)

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 11:34 am

tahrey: you are right on it being a bit obvious but at the moment i justify it by saying it has a purpose and makes a difference. Chris has made a scoop for his using some drain collector stuff which i will be doing once i see his pics of what he has done. As for the barry stuff, people can think what they want. In my heart i am comfortable with my car and thats what matters to me.

As for the radiator baffle, thats an insulator to stop all the air to the side heating up and being drawn back into the engine.
You may have to find a different way of gettting cold air in if you remove that.

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:01 pm

Overmind wrote:As for the radiator baffle, thats an insulator to stop all the air to the side heating up and being drawn back into the engine.
You may have to find a different way of gettting cold air in if you remove that.

We are talking about the bit of plastic that sits where you have your cold air feed OM? If so best put mine back before I put the thing on the road. I took that off, and the bit of plastic that block the grille up too. Hmmmmm

Karl.

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 1:45 pm

I think theres some crossed wires here, the plastic bit can be taken out but the radiater baffle to the left of the platic is the insulation. i understood it as the baffle.

my bad

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:15 pm

i got fed up with the K&N as it seemed to be dramatically underpowered. Have gone with a company called s-spec and using a 90mm induction pipe of a ford, a cold air feed from a rover diesel and a rainwater hopper from homebase have completed my induction kit.

these s-spec bits are rather good! such an mprovement in torque over the K&N however sceptic i was at first.

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 4:47 am

hehe the barry poke was just a bit of fun - it was possibly the most opposite of any barry thing (looks poor, but does a great job - rather than back to front)... just a bit ugly, thats all

not sure what you're on about with radiator baffles and all that! I just know that if i crouch and try to look into my engine bay thru the grille, even with the bonnet up, it's just black - there's something in the way and that's gonna hurt any chances of running a scoop there. cant see as removing whatever part that is would blow hot air onto/into the engine...

will you/have you popped a diverter pipe on the warm air manifold thingum to direct all that nasty stuff away behind the gearbox as i've seen on someone else's inducted polo?

looks like a top job anyway, big up.... how much did the bits cost for your variation on this theme btw? if i'm ever gonna do it, may as well go for something that gives a better boost than k&n / green.. only money after all

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metz · Post by **metz** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:38 am

I think the thing in the way tahrey1043 is the radiator cover thingy, i had to remove mine to get the twin spot grill on and now i can see through the grill. car runs a bit cooler on hot days now so it must be letting a bit of air through.

Karl_CLCoupe · Post by **Karl_CLCoupe** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:37 am

The parts I removed were the piece of plastic to the left hand side of the lower vent. I did this once I removed the bumper to a:have it painted, and b:get it meshed. The other part I removed was a square bit of plastic to the left of the grille. This opens up a few holes in the grille to the left of the radiator. I thought removing this would allow the car more cold air, so I hope it doesn't have any negative affects.

Karl.

GroovyCarrot · Post by **GroovyCarrot** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:14 am

Sorry to jump in on this thread, but I don't suppose anyone's tried this on a mk2, or if anyone knows if it's pretty much the same fitments on a carb as on the mk3 throttle body? Just getting ideas for future improvements.. more power and nicer noise are both good.. apart from anything else, my engine makes a horrible whiney noise and I really would like to improve that

Aphex · Post by **Aphex** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:09 pm

Tahrey1043 wrote: not sure what you're on about with radiator baffles and all that!