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Hi all I've been thinking of moving my air intake from behind the rad where it prob sucks in warm air to somewhere it can suck in cooler air. Has anybody done this, if so where did you put it and did you notice any results( pics would be good too), cheers
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 markylee
Regular  Location: benfleet Registered: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 393 Status: Offline |
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 Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:01
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bigbadbowen
Seasoned Pro  Location: Winchester Registered: 21 Nov 2003 Posts: 13,753 Status: Offline |
Post #2
So you think Peugeot had no idea where to put the air intake ? Standard air box is best  |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:10
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
Post #3
Remove the fog put an intake setup there! Viper, 90 degree 76mm pipe and 76mm flexi hose to fog intake Or mod your intake scoop to take air from just above the radiator grille You won't gain any BHP but it'll make you're engine a bit more responsive ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:12
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markylee
Regular Location: benfleet Registered: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 393 Status: Offline |
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gnrlee, do you mean run a pipe from the fog lightto the filter |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:16
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
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Ermmm,.. 2 secs________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:17
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markylee
Regular Location: benfleet Registered: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 393 Status: Offline |
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Is that a yes |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:20
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
Post #7
not to a standard box no the standard's in and out vents are at the top and wouldn't reach to the fog properly,...you could mod the scoop like,...  the previous owner of may car placed a K&N inside the original airbox this scoop and modded the bottom of the air box like so,..  my setup was,..  with a flexi hose leading to a trumpet in the place of where the fog hole is in the Grille,.. now I'm going to remove my bettery and relocate it to the boot and make use of the original air scoop hope this makes sense to you? ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:30
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dangti6
aka JKshooter  Location: Taunton, Somerset Registered: 15 Jun 2006 Posts: 10,308 Status: Offline |
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markylee wrote: Is that a yes  You just didn't..... ________________________________________  |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:31
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markylee
Regular Location: benfleet Registered: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 393 Status: Offline |
Post #9
Yeah it does, thanks a lot, do you not think that you'll still be getting warm air from the rad with the filter positioned there |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:33
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
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markylee wrote: Yeah it does, thanks a lot, do you not think that you'll still be getting warm air from the rad with the filter positioned there if you get something that's a closed filter like a Viper which is Carbon Fibre and isn't prone to heat soak unlike just a bare K&N behind the Radiator (open Filter) then it should be better off if the threads haven't been archived then you might find something using the search function  ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:41
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
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dangti6 wrote: markylee wrote: Is that a yes You just didn't.....  ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:41
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markylee
Regular Location: benfleet Registered: 05 Jan 2011 Posts: 393 Status: Offline |
Post #12
Ok mate thanks for help, and sorry for the (is that a yes) remark |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 21:44
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
Post #13
don't worry about it!  have fun! ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 22:18
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Matt_rallye
Regular Location: Bournemouth Registered: 09 Jul 2012 Posts: 468 Status: Offline |
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What about cheap enclosed kit? When I bought the Rallye it had a "pipercross" enclosed kit, but nowhere on it does it say it's a pipercross, was just told. Is it any good? And will it have any benefit to using it too a real pipercross open filter? |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 22:28
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miles
Seasoned Pro  Location: Ringwood Registered: 28 Dec 2002 Posts: 3,433 Status: Offline |
Post #15
Just use the std set up without any holes or silly cut out as this reduces the flow if anything, make sure you have a good filter, Green, PiperX.________________________________________ 306 Rallye Sptint/Race Car, 205 CTI 1.9 8v to name a fewRoad, Track and Race/Rally car preparation to your personal requirements, Full Workshop & Diagnostic Facilities New and Second parts, from Plugs to Turbo's We now also carry out Routine Servicing www.pugracing.com & FB Page, https://www.facebook.com/PugRacing Ebay; http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Pug-Racing-Shop 2012/2013/2014/2019 Class Winners at Gurston Down Speed Hillclimb & Joint overall, Class record too along the way, |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 23:11
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Matt_rallye
Regular Location: Bournemouth Registered: 09 Jul 2012 Posts: 468 Status: Offline |
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I haven't got a standard setup. May have to go to the scrappers |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 23:21
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,883 Status: Offline |
Post #17
i'd just ask someone breaking a 6/Rally on here mate for the standard setup,..don't think you'll find it on many of the other 306's?  ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 23:31
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Matt_rallye
Regular Location: Bournemouth Registered: 09 Jul 2012 Posts: 468 Status: Offline |
Post #18
I'm sure ed doe had one kicking around, think I'm meeting up with him at the weekend so I'll ask him |
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Posted 7th Aug 2012 at 23:35
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stan_306gti6
Forum Admin Location: Kent Registered: 18 Jan 2004 Posts: 21,769 Status: Offline |
Post #19
Standard airbox with a decent cold air feed will be best in terms of performance. ________________________________________ "Supercharged - 454.1bhp/317.5lb/ft"Peugeot 306 GTi-6 2000 (X), Moonstone  |
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Posted 8th Aug 2012 at 08:42
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mik
Seasoned Pro  Location: Kent Registered: 17 Feb 2011 Posts: 2,100 Status: Offline |
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That pic of the K&N in standard air box opened up on the bottom looks as though it would suck in all kinds of nasties ( dirt, insects, gravel, small children etc) off the road. That must be great for engine life. Really, you want a setup that gets cold/clean air from as high as practicable - i.e. where the factory intake is. A lot of this aftermarket stuff is snake oil designed to get people to spend unnecessary money - those open K&N in engine bay with no ducting are sucking in hot air from behind rad and engine bay heat soak. Since the power loss is unnoticeable in normal driving and it is a bit louder people can persuade themselves that they are master engineers who had managed to make it faster than the factory did. ________________________________________ Cherry Rallye SOLD |
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Posted 8th Aug 2012 at 16:55
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coskev
Seasoned Pro  Location: Oswestry Registered: 01 Nov 2009 Posts: 3,132 Status: Offline |
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I cut the snorkel on mine,and fitted a small plate to direct air,so air is fed straight into standard airbox Fitted a RamAir filter inside the standard box and removed the stupid resonators   Got a feeling its a pretty good set up,as my car did 180bhp with this airbox and Magnex system and de-cat  mik wrote: That pic of the K&N in standard air box opened up on the bottom looks as though it would suck in all kinds of nasties ( dirt, insects, gravel, small children etc) off the road. That must be great for engine life. Really, you want a setup that gets cold/clean air from as high as practicable - i.e. where the factory intake is. A lot of this aftermarket stuff is snake oil designed to get people to spend unnecessary money - those open K&N in engine bay with no ducting are sucking in hot air from behind rad and engine bay heat soak. Since the power loss is unnoticeable in normal driving and it is a bit louder people can persuade themselves that they are master engineers who had managed to make it faster than the factory did. Totally agree ________________________________________ Red GTB1756 powered Fabia VRS daily driver,LBSC Gti6 eater........Mac1 ZR R1 kit car build in progress. |
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Posted 9th Aug 2012 at 15:28
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prism7guy
Seasoned Pro  Location: DoncastAAAAARGH Registered: 13 Jan 2008 Posts: 4,640 Status: Offline |
Post #22
 Thats my track car setup. Not perfect but not too bad. The shoes and clothes allow roundabouts to be navigated 10mph faster than normal too. ________________________________________ Goldie the track car. |
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Posted 9th Aug 2012 at 16:13
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eddy_gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: Durham Registered: 20 Oct 2008 Posts: 8,716 Status: Offline |
Post #23
Nice way to dry your clothes  Heres my set up  ________________________________________ Clicky: [url =http://www.306gti6.com]click here[/url] remove the space between [url & = |
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Posted 9th Aug 2012 at 16:17
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