intake of air

1. WickedRedSaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Banbury, Oxfordshire Posts: 101 Citroen Saxo Furio 1.4 (2000) , wicked red !

   #1 2nd January 2012, 23:49

   Right i just got a new exhaust fitted to my car, 421 manifold, de-cat and some sort of back box XD, as the manifold gets hot quite easy i was wondering what is the best way to have a good cold air intake to the car engine without having the spend a huge amount, any ideas?
   
   thanks!
2. rick_VTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2011 Abermule, Mid Wales. Posts: 2763 Corsa Rally Car & Fiesta ST

   #2 2nd January 2012, 23:52

   cold air to what?
   
   to the airfilter/inlet?
   
   or onto the actual engine?
   
   of course the manifold is going to get hot very easily, its an exhaust manifold lol.
   
   all the hot gases going through that, gets hot within seconds of starting the car.....
3. WickedRedSaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Banbury, Oxfordshire Posts: 101 Citroen Saxo Furio 1.4 (2000) , wicked red !

   #3 2nd January 2012, 23:57

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by rick_VTR cold air to what? to the airfilter/inlet? or onto the actual engine? of course the manifold is going to get hot very easily, its an exhaust manifold lol. all the hot gases going through that, gets hot within seconds of starting the car.....

   to the actual engine, as i have the standard air filter at the moment, i had a cone filter connected directly to the airfilter box thing, but took that out as ive been told it is very bad, and yeah thats what i mean but hotter than the standard exhaust manifold (:
4. rick_VTR Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2011 Abermule, Mid Wales. Posts: 2763 Corsa Rally Car & Fiesta ST

   #4 3rd January 2012, 00:08

   it will be fine mate.
5. WickedRedSaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Banbury, Oxfordshire Posts: 101 Citroen Saxo Furio 1.4 (2000) , wicked red !

   #5 3rd January 2012, 00:18

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by rick_VTR it will be fine mate.

   its just ever since i changed the exhaust i dont feel that push in gear one and 2 , if you get what i mean
   thanks
6. DundeeUnited Established Member Joined: Nov 2010 Invergowrie Posts: 1006 Saxo VTR

   #6 3rd January 2012, 00:27

   cone filters are normally perfect for this kind of setup, mani + air filter =
   
   why was it bad, in what way?
7. user_54407 Frequent Poster Joined: Aug 2011 Swindon Posts: 577 MGB Sebring Track (WIP), Saxo

   #7 3rd January 2012, 00:34

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by DundeeUnited cone filters are normally perfect for this kind of setup, mani + air filter = why was it bad, in what way?

   an un shielded or enclosed filter will suffer from heat soak.
8. WickedRedSaxo Infrequent Poster Joined: Nov 2011 Banbury, Oxfordshire Posts: 101 Citroen Saxo Furio 1.4 (2000) , wicked red !

   #8 3rd January 2012, 00:46

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by DundeeUnited cone filters are normally perfect for this kind of setup, mani + air filter = why was it bad, in what way?

   as the 421 generally does not have a heat shield, the air filter will intake more hot air than normal? isn't this true? =/