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payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 8:38 pm

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.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:02 pm

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.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:11 pm

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.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:18 pm

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.

payaya · Post by **payaya** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 9:21 pm

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.

shue · Post by **shue** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:32 am

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.

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:42 am

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.

shue · Post by **shue** » Sun Feb 26, 2006 10:54 am

i'm gonna try doing it when i get my car back. lets see if it work

poster · Post by **poster** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:08 am

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

EURO · Post by **EURO** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:49 pm

says in the post.... UAS CAI kit.

poster · Post by **poster** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:39 pm

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

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 12:23 am

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.

poster · Post by **poster** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 12:19 am

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

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 8:19 am

What's wrong with your car poster? You didn't attack it with a spray guy did you?

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:15 am

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

poster · Post by **poster** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 2:20 am

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.....

Nacho · Post by **Nacho** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:39 am

Sorry to hear man..........I must have missed that thread coz I been wondering where you been.

akuma3 · Post by **akuma3** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 10:52 am

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 ...

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 11:16 am

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)