De-Restricting the Air intake

Ottoman · Post by **Ottoman** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:17 pm

I may not no much about cars but ive got it into my head dat i wanna de - restreict the air intake parently makes the engine sound better and makes the car a lil faster. Any1 kno how to do this give me a nice step by step guide for beginers.

anywhooo sum1 get bak 2 me ..safe

paulzpolo · Post by **paulzpolo** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:16 pm

hello and welcome

please could you speak in plain english,

sorry cannot help you out on this one, and welcome again

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:21 pm

You want to "de-restrict the air intake"? Eh. Can I assume you mean you want to rip out the standard airbox and replace it with a K&N or Pipercross induction kit or similar?

Demo_202 · Post by **Demo_202** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:19 pm

Or drill the airbox. But unforunately on the polo's is right above the engine so drilling would just get u lots of hot air... great!

Ottoman · Post by **Ottoman** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:41 am

safe i dun no s**t about cars but thanks lol drilling da air box is wat i think i ment i guess it aint worth it den.

Si_GTi · Post by **Si_GTi** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:32 am

The problem with our Polos is like Demo_202 describes, the airbox is bang on top of the engine so if you fit a regular induction kit it will sound nice (if that's your thing) but will be sucking in all that lovely hot air! So drilling the airbox will have the same effect, and hotter air intake means less power under your right foot

What you need is a heat-shielded induction kit like the BMC, or a really good cold-air feed to the induction kit from low down at the front of the car, say behind a foglight (or, if you have no foglights, just behind that bumper mesh bit).

I don't have an induction kit on my GTi, and I haven't fitted on in my life, so here endeth my knowledge

Cheers