aftermarket inlet's?

1. jas16v Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2007 Mid Wales Posts: 443 saxo vts mk2

   #1 5th February 2007, 13:05

   any about, worth doing?
2. CampDavid Saxperience Post Whore Joined: May 2006 Bedford Posts: 7457 Saxo VTS Peugeot 306 GTI-6 Astra SRI

   #2 5th February 2007, 13:19

   not really. Throttle boddies are the next step. C2 inlet may be worth doing at a push
3. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #3 5th February 2007, 18:58

   try finding a c2 vts inlet though, im going to a local automotive custom fabricator tyoe place to see what they can do for me.
4. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #4 5th February 2007, 18:59

   did you have an inlet in mind mate?
5. supersav Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2003 walton on thames Posts: 287

   #5 6th February 2007, 20:23

   might be worth looking into a custom made jobbie, the standard one seems to flow the air through an "s" shaped bend before entering the head.
   
   you could have one that scrolled round ala 205gti, this would be better. with the single throttle body, infact if you did a little reasearch, and perhaps looked say a skyline gtr inlet this might give you a little spark of insperation, the aftermarket ones I've seen have what looks like throttle body trumpets going into the plenum, then the single throttle body on the end.
   
   Just a thaught??
   
   pete
6. williamsvts Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Feb 2006 northumberland Posts: 7693 pulsar gtir, mk4 astra sxi

   #6 6th February 2007, 22:21

   yeah, im going to a local auto fabricators on friday with a few ideas i have to see what they think. my ideas may be shit but he may think they could work.
   anyone know if bigger means better? plenim chamber wise.
7. VTS_16v_Boy Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Aug 2006 Dartford Kent Posts: 5251 Pug 1007 HDi Sport (daily) / Abarth 500

   #7 7th February 2007, 08:33

   All depends how much money you want to throw at it really.
   
   What you running as you didnt mention 8v? 16v?
   
   Unless you have changed the exhaust manifold, decated, full performance exhaust, air filter, possablly cams I wouldnt bother changing or tryin to change the inlet manifold.
   
   If you have go to the stage above then there is someone on here (sorry Ive forgot who - got a memroy like a fish) that can polish and bore out your throttle body for that little extra airflow.
   
   Edit - Whoops My Bad
   
   Just seen your name :-P but the points made above still stand
8. KamRacing Saxperience Addict Joined: Nov 2006 A farm shed in Aylesbury Posts: 14916 Corolla AE86 Peugeot 205 B18C (in bits)

   #8 7th February 2007, 08:52

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by williamsvts yeah, im going to a local auto fabricators on friday with a few ideas i have to see what they think. my ideas may be shit but he may think they could work. anyone know if bigger means better? plenim chamber wise.

   you have to consider air speed also. Too big and it'll hamper performance especially low down
9. jas16v Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2007 Mid Wales Posts: 443 saxo vts mk2

   #9 7th February 2007, 11:24

   just speaking from experiance of changing the inlet on my x16xe corsa... made a huge differance,,,
   
   gave the car a big kick at 4k
   
   when I took it off to sell the car it lost the kick and was very sluggish..
   
   btw I own a vts
10. Scottp Administrator Joined: Dec 2002 Glasgow United Kingdom (Scotland) Posts: 26097 Chelski Traktor

    #10 7th February 2007, 11:29

    vauxhall inlets are terrible though, seriously poorly designed thats why they release so much power when fitting a new aftermarket one
    
    Saxo inlet tract is pretty decent actually hence why not many people change them
11. saxo_vtr1234 Established Member Joined: Apr 2006 cambridge United Kingdom (England) Posts: 1208 saxo vtr silver

    #11 7th February 2007, 19:07

    would a vts inlet be any diffrent to a vtr asking for my self got a vtr
12. jas16v Regular Poster Joined: Jan 2007 Mid Wales Posts: 443 saxo vts mk2

    #12 8th February 2007, 23:42

    vts is 16v where as the vtr is 8v so id imagine so mate
13. Gabbastard Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Dec 2002 United Kingdom Posts: 8390

    #13 9th February 2007, 00:21

    Wouldnt bother changing it. If youre not making it yourself, then the cost of getting a fabricator to knock one out (ooer) would make it a bit pointless.
    
    As has been said, its a pretty good manifold for a factory item.