Just out of interest, where/ how've you got your bmc mounted in the engine bay ?CalvinGTI wrote:its all about the BMC !!
When i bought mine it was like £160 not sure if theve gone down now, you do get a right poo cold air feed with it though, looks like its made out of hardened cardboard !!! haha bit poor for that price if u ask me.
I stole a cold air feed from an odd Pipercross air filter (for god knows what car). It was made of some heat resistant material and bends and flexes nicely into place.
I cant rate the BMC highly enough, it simply sounds fantastic on the Polo.
You find yourself playing with it though, as you would :-p haha Sometimes i like to change gear too early on purpose to get a deep growl out of it when i accelerate. The BMC really does gargle nicely at low revs and then when you open it up, the change of tone really does sound good, it deffo makes the car quicker for sure !
Ive beaten so many 2ltr motors etc its unreal, also managed to tan a few auto 2.5 Beemers ! hah My polo also keeps up with my g/f's 2.3ltr Topless Merc with SMG gearbox, so cant be that bad innit !
I can personally gurantee that you wont be dissappointed with the BMC
save your cash and go for it ! at the end of the day, like my dad used to tell me "you get what you pay for son"
If the bmc is £160 and the K&N is £70. . .what would you think is better?
Cal
I spent yesterday getting tubing from the bmc down to the passenger side foglight intake, but the problem is the tubing to there is now 2 metres long ! I just want a decent amount of cold air for the bmc with a feed that isn't too long ? 
May well go for a k&n first to see what it's like. As for the springs, seems like 35mm may be an option. I'm not really bothered about the ride height of the car it's just the handling needs a bit of stiffening.....It's the only part of the car I'm not too impressed with. Having said that I'm comparing it to my old 205 1.9 Gti that was lowered 40mm on Koni's..... Ive got mine going to the 'stock' cold air feed hole by the wheelarch, the Tube that ive got is very mallable and will tend to stay in wotever position u placed the pipe, to be totoally honest i would prefer to have done something a bit better like having a vent in the wing or something like that. The BMC sounds fine though and performance is improved, but maybe with a better placement of it, even more cold air would get into it.Prash wrote:Just out of interest, where/ how've you got your bmc mounted in the engine bay ?CalvinGTI wrote:its all about the BMC !!
When i bought mine it was like £160 not sure if theve gone down now, you do get a right poo cold air feed with it though, looks like its made out of hardened cardboard !!! haha bit poor for that price if u ask me.
I stole a cold air feed from an odd Pipercross air filter (for god knows what car). It was made of some heat resistant material and bends and flexes nicely into place.
I cant rate the BMC highly enough, it simply sounds fantastic on the Polo.
You find yourself playing with it though, as you would :-p haha Sometimes i like to change gear too early on purpose to get a deep growl out of it when i accelerate. The BMC really does gargle nicely at low revs and then when you open it up, the change of tone really does sound good, it deffo makes the car quicker for sure !
Ive beaten so many 2ltr motors etc its unreal, also managed to tan a few auto 2.5 Beemers ! hah My polo also keeps up with my g/f's 2.3ltr Topless Merc with SMG gearbox, so cant be that bad innit !
I can personally gurantee that you wont be dissappointed with the BMC
save your cash and go for it ! at the end of the day, like my dad used to tell me "you get what you pay for son"
If the bmc is £160 and the K&N is £70. . .what would you think is better?
Cal
think the radiator and all the plastic behind the grille might be a bit of a problem for placing the feed to the grille, but who knows.
oh and DMWright's car was lowered 40mm not 15...