kylec New Member 15 Member For: 11y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide, SA Posted 28/10/13 07:53 AM Share Posted 28/10/13 07:53 AM Hi all, Had a bit of a look around but havent been able to find anything to answer the question.. My question is, if I was to put on a 4" intake to the turbo and relocate the battery to either boot or other side of engine bay (is that's possible!?) Will the car need to be tuned straight away? will it cause any damage if it isnt tuned? And is it a big benefit if im chasing 3-350rwkw? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandblightfoot Member 183 Member For: 11y 10m 27d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 28/10/13 08:30 AM Share Posted 28/10/13 08:30 AM Process west or plazmaman check em out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos310 Donating Members 228 Member For: 12y 2m 29d Gender: Male Posted 28/10/13 10:42 AM Share Posted 28/10/13 10:42 AM In my FG, I am running the stock intake into the turbo... minus the muffler at the turbo and with a KandN air filter panel. the only mod to the airbox itself is a 4 inch /100mm hole in the lower half.I make 387rwkw on this setup with other mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylec New Member 15 Member For: 11y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide, SA Posted 28/10/13 11:14 AM Author Share Posted 28/10/13 11:14 AM Ok thanks, Ill be putting it in a bf mk2 6speed manual.. I like the idea of the short distance the air needs to travel so there it comes on boost quicker/stronger? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylec New Member 15 Member For: 11y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide, SA Posted 28/10/13 11:54 AM Author Share Posted 28/10/13 11:54 AM https://www.plazmaman.com/shop_itemdetail.php?itemid=70&cate=65 Has anyone used this setup? What are the reviews? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pac23 Member 103 Member For: 12y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/10/13 11:40 AM Share Posted 29/10/13 11:40 AM Your main benefit from short intake is louder spool and these heat generated in the intake from intake traveling over the engine. Not exactly quicker spooling.. Good mod but generally pricey unless you can make one up yourself.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos310 Donating Members 228 Member For: 12y 2m 29d Gender: Male Posted 29/10/13 12:38 PM Share Posted 29/10/13 12:38 PM (edited) short intake = more noisefree flowing exhaust gives spool time.its all about getting the air in and out as efficiently as possible.I know of some big HP cars running just a pod filter on an extension off the turbo... no box as such.I like the Plaz setup shown above, but am a big fan of airbox... bigger is better, so keep the battery out of it in my opinion... it will allow for a larger filter surface as well as a larger volume.maybe just a high flow cat pipe, open up the stock air box and see how you go. I am a big fan spend-less results, and not making half way steps.. (say you're looking for 500hp but can only afford a stage 1 cooler but you really want a stage 2 cooler... dont settle, spend the $$ once and spend it where you need to, dont spend it, then re-spend it again later... if you get what I mean)surely an opened airbox, a free flowing exhaust and a few other little bits will get you where you want to be power wise, for a reasonable amount of coin..Just my .02c Edited 29/10/13 12:40 PM by Chaos310 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 29/10/13 12:56 PM Share Posted 29/10/13 12:56 PM +1Air intake kits are big dollars compared to the performance gain. Sound is harder to quantify though. Mine has a loud induction noise just from having the tune done and F6 intake. Stock snorkle is gone to make way for cold side pipe to stock crossover. I think the straight edge on the original pipe is what makes it really raspy. Tuner said not to worry about heat from it either, so I haven't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylec New Member 15 Member For: 11y 2m 7d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide, SA Posted 29/10/13 09:55 PM Author Share Posted 29/10/13 09:55 PM Ok thanks, at the moment I have the F6 intake a 'monza'? Intercooler and twin 2.5inch cat back. Also getting 4inch dump and cat to make hopefully 300ish rwkw.. Will this suffice or will I be better off spending the money first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 13y 7m 5d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 30/10/13 02:16 AM Share Posted 30/10/13 02:16 AM You'd be surprised what kind of numbers have been produced with just a hole cut into the factory air box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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