Air Filter Questions?
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Air Filter Questions?
Hi,
Can you fit a K&N style cone/pancake air filter to the 1.3 engine and get rid of that stupid air box?
Can you fit a K&N style cone/pancake air filter to the 1.3 engine and get rid of that stupid air box?
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Bit of advice mate, if its purely cosmetics you are going for, the bolt on looks well nice and tidy and you can get just standard breathers to go on the end of the pipe from the crank case.
However, performance wise I would clean up the existing airbox as it has an airflowmeter which makes the car run alot better [distribution of hot and cold air]. Just fit a k and n replacement filter and drill the back of the airbox with a 5mm drill bit- it will sound meaty too!
On my 1.3 I have a bolt on, i wont diny it looks the muts nuts- but it has given me loads of cold starting and automatic choke problems. I want to change back to the box, but because ive changed the manifold ive lost the heat shroud so the airflowmeter is pointless.
The decission is yours!?
However, performance wise I would clean up the existing airbox as it has an airflowmeter which makes the car run alot better [distribution of hot and cold air]. Just fit a k and n replacement filter and drill the back of the airbox with a 5mm drill bit- it will sound meaty too!
On my 1.3 I have a bolt on, i wont diny it looks the muts nuts- but it has given me loads of cold starting and automatic choke problems. I want to change back to the box, but because ive changed the manifold ive lost the heat shroud so the airflowmeter is pointless.
The decission is yours!?
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Gareth, that's my point - Metz had a 1.0, jay_muir has a 1.3. The air boxes changed when they changed the carburettors and moved to hydraulic heads, ie 1986.
K&N filters will change the sound of the engine.. not really the tone of it, but they'll roar slightly louder and you'll get more of a suck as you put your foot down. But yeah, new exhaust is the way to go if you want a really big sound..
K&N filters will change the sound of the engine.. not really the tone of it, but they'll roar slightly louder and you'll get more of a suck as you put your foot down. But yeah, new exhaust is the way to go if you want a really big sound..
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Itll definatley fit then, like i said on mk3s the airboxes are identical on 1.0 and 1.3s. This is also true on late mk2s. I know the one in your sig is a small one but from about 1987 they all look like this:GroovyCarrot wrote:Gareth, that's my point - Metz had a 1.0, jay_muir has a 1.3. The air boxes changed when they changed the carburettors and moved to hydraulic heads, ie 1986.
K&N filters will change the sound of the engine.. not really the tone of it, but they'll roar slightly louder and you'll get more of a suck as you put your foot down. But yeah, new exhaust is the way to go if you want a really big sound..
![Image](http://pic17.picturetrail.com/VOL827/1543131/2949686/65738334.jpg)
And the airbox in my sig is one I salvaged off my first mk2 as it was less rusty than the one that came with my car. And the one on my C reg is exactly the same.
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