Induction kit ........worth it or not ?????

[davyboy]

Been looking at induction kits on the net (post xmas boredom) Claims from 2 up to 10hp gains !!!
Costs from £15 to £600 !!!
Are they worth it ? which is the best ? might do it .... probably won't.
Those who've done it, what they like, fitting possible by an idiot (me)

 

[skymera]

Junk.

I paid £80 for a K&N induction kit. Sounded gay. Looked awful.

Tinkered around with filters, cold air pipes yada yada. Had problems with flatspots on almost all set ups.

I settled on a GA16 airbox with the snorkel to match. I've no problems.

Andy uses a GA box with ram air effect piping.

You can guarantee most "remove the airbox, made mine 1000x quicker" is just horse****.

 

[Paul Smith]

Best I've used is Matt humphris ram induction taken from the grill

 

[Shamalam]

Best I've used is Matt humphris ram induction taken from the grill

My gf is running this on hers she won't let me have it back though, it makes a nice bellow and it does relieve the flat spots.

I'll get it back one day im sure.

 

[Stani1029]

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[davyboy]

My gf is running this on hers she won't let me have it back though, it makes a nice bellow and it does relieve the flat spots.

I'll get it back one day im sure.

I don't have any flat spots on my 1.4

 

[Enuo]

I found that having a longer, more gently curving intake pipe to airbox helped cut out most of the flatspots

 

[davyboy]

What about those super duper filters that just fit into the existing airbox, £35 a pop to allow more air in supposedly.
Why does it want more air anyway ???

 

[Magpie42]

Because it's greedy?

 

[skymera]

I use a £3.50 paper filter.

 

[Enuo]

More air means you can fit more fuel into the combustion chamber without it running rich, so you get a bigger bang. Bigger bang = more power. But it's a bit more complex than just having a bigger, more free flowing filter. Moving air has momentum for one which has an enourmous effect on how much air ends up in the cylinders through the rev range.

 

[davyboy]

More air means you can fit more fuel into the combustion chamber without it running rich, so you get a bigger bang. Bigger bang = more power. But it's a bit more complex than just having a bigger, more free flowing filter. Moving air has momentum for one which has an enourmous effect on how much air ends up in the cylinders through the rev range.

I sort of understand that

 

[skymera]

I sort of understand that

You must have studied science in school wayyyy back in the day?

 

[davyboy]

You must have studied science in school wayyyy back in the day?

Need a few more yyyyyyy's in that one skymera