Ebay BMC replica

1. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

   #1 11th January 2014, 18:22

   Would love a BMC CDA air filter but cant afford the price of one, found this on ebay would it be a good affordable version? Of course I would obviously through the stupid superturbo charger fan straight in the bin or at some chav.
2. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

   #2 11th January 2014, 18:26

   Forgot the link...
   http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item...d=301003979748
3. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

   #3 12th January 2014, 14:51

   Anyone know?
4. jonKKL Newbie Joined: Jul 2012 Hastings Posts: 13 1.1 saxo

   #4 12th January 2014, 15:20

   I had one was good for the price comes apart to clean etc makes a decent sound considering it's enclosed m8.
5. josh11490 Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 Ebbw Vale Posts: 1180 Clio 182 Daily, 106 GTi Track Project

   #5 12th January 2014, 16:21

   I may have something like this for sale in the week on a car I'm getting, I've not looked at it properly but it looks similar to the one in the link.
6. m4tt274 Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Sep 2011 Doncaster Posts: 2627 Fabia VRS, mk1 fiesta + some others

   #6 12th January 2014, 22:13

   BMCs don't make any induction noise really, those do!
   
   I had one once on a saxo i bought, it sounded great tbh, nothing wrong with it.
   Inside it is the same crummy little cone filter as the race land filters etc.
   
   Perfect for a saxo imo, do away with the crappy fan thing though.
7. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

   #7 12th January 2014, 22:52

   Nice one thanks guys, and josh pm me when you find out otherwise ill get this one. And yeah like I said ill give the fan to one of my chavy mates
8. Tom5190 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Sep 2007 Someones Bumhole Posts: 5721 Mk2 16v Desire

   #8 13th January 2014, 13:11

   Same again really mate there fine, I used one on mine for a while (not sure what the weird fan is though it didn't have that!) Made 151hp with cams so isn't really restrictive in anyway.
9. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

   #9 13th January 2014, 13:17

   make sure the filter is oiled though, the one bought and subsequently binned didnt have any oil on the filter so it wasnt going to be filtering much crap out!
10. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

    #10 13th January 2014, 17:04

    Sounds like ive struck gold then with this find, is it really carbon fibre though like it says? :') thanks for the input guys!
11. Jack_Norris Regular Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Canvey Island Posts: 383 2 16'v Saxo vtr's

    #11 13th January 2014, 17:38

    Thought it would cost a lot more if it was real carbon, if it is that a bargain
12. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

    #12 13th January 2014, 18:15

    It's plastic carbon effect. The filters in these are cheap as is the whole package really but it'd do
    
    
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13. DanTvts Established Member Joined: Mar 2011 Torbay Posts: 1285 Mauritius Vts, 206 Gti 180

    #13 13th January 2014, 21:53

    As said before, they're okay in terms of looking better and performance wise they arent very restrictive which is obviously good.
    The thing with the cheap filters is that the actual filtration properties probably arent that great.
14. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

    #14 13th January 2014, 22:34

    Is it a good idea to give a coat of oil to the filter then as said above to help it catch particles? Surely its not too bad anyway at filtering
15. Gandi699 Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 9100 Amazon green VTR 16v, Inferno RS clio 182

    #15 13th January 2014, 23:54

    Yes go pick up a light oil designed for the job, k and n do one and piper cross. The filter medium such as gauze or foam is only there to hold the oil which is keeping small particles out of the engine
    
    
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16. French4ever Banned Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 132

    #16 15th January 2014, 20:30

    I've seen quite a few BMC sell quite cheap recently seem to be selling for way cheaper than they used to.
    At one point seemed to be selling for around 100 but now I've seen them go around 50 - 80.
17. French4ever Banned Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 132

    #17 15th January 2014, 20:30

    Used ones of course lol
18. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

    #18 16th January 2014, 08:07

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by French4ever Used ones of course lol

    I haven't been able to find one, but if theyre quite and the ebay ones make a bit of noise I would rather the ebay one. Im not building a performance track saxo just something to my own taste
19. French4ever Banned Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 132

    #19 19th January 2014, 17:14

    If it's the noise your after and not performance you might be better of with an open filter not an enclosed one.
20. charles_vtr Regular Poster Joined: Oct 2011 Harlow, Essex Posts: 310 Sally the Saxo (VTR)

    #20 19th January 2014, 19:39

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by French4ever If it's the noise your after and not performance you might be better of with an open filter not an enclosed one.

    Yeah I thought that, but I prefer the look of an enclosed otherwise unless it can look a bit of a halfords job unless done right of course
21. French4ever Banned Joined: Jan 2014 Posts: 132

    #21 19th January 2014, 20:45

    Ye true also there's the option of having a decent panel filter.