air intake hose

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

im assuming that the intake hose on the standard air box will be diffrent to the k&n one??

if this is trhe case where can i get one from to fit the standard air box?

cheers Wink

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

it will fit with a little fiddle mate,no biggy

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

iv not checked it properly schacks..just that the insert on the standard box is kind of oval and the k&n one looks round.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

yes thats true but eventually plastic bends thus they will mate eachother

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

or go the extra mile and do a schakal trick as seen below,the picture is not so good but there is a bridge between the air intake paipe and the filter ,i have done it today to keep the filter away from heat .

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

nice one schacks Wink

must say do like the trick!!

Site Subscriber Joined: 29 Jan 2005 Posts: 1108

Good idea schacks. You beat me to it y'bastard lol. Have you got some kinda floor panel thing missing in that pic? Is that to try and get more cold air? If I took that same pic in my engine bay, I'm sure you can't see the ground like that, there's a panel there

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

The missing panel is going to suck air out as it goes under the car, I would have thought.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

the panel was missing when i bought the car and yes it does help the air cool down i suppose.

i also want to put a shield between the air filter and the rest as the hot air will still be present in the area

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

what missing panel?

And the universal IK is better than the K&N for air flow.

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

right after a bit of fiddling about the standard airbox is on!!! the first thing iv actually done myself!! Very Happy

Anyway sounds alot quiter and is smoother Very Happy

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

Chris H wrote:

what missing panel?

And the universal IK is better than the K&N for air flow.

the plastic shield under the bumper chris ,the one that is suposed to keep crap away from your engine bay

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

what the one only fitted to ph2 16v's?

ph1's and non 16V's never got them, well the td's might have on the ph2's cannae mind.

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

shocked by the whole situation me

Site Subscriber Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 502

Ok, mines a Ph 2 so itâ€™s got the plastic bit. Only problem is if you drop a nut or something down there itâ€™s lost.

I run a Green cotton filter in the original air box, which seems to help a lot in lower down torque.

But with the A.C. the electric power steering pump takes up a lot of space so the air box is long and thin.

Anyway the A.C. is dead with some sort of an electrical relay problem which I canâ€™t fathom.

Booked into Renault for the 15 September. Bloody A.C. only workâ€™s in the winter.

Level 10 User Joined: 22 Mar 2005 Posts: 621

Mine had 2 when I got it, now it's got 1...plastic sheildy things that is!!! The other one came flying off one day as I was driving along and I couldn't be bothered stopping to look for it!