air filters opinions?

[MaccaIRL]

Pipeeee

2.2 sri ex police interceptor

[NafemanNathan]

Why a facepalm lol

Because of your statement.

I had a cda on my astra before and it felt no different and sounded no different to stock

It might not have, because like most modifications, they rely on others of a similar or superior standard to get the best out of them.

Obviously the closed whatever design takes away any heat youd suck in from the engine bay but i still stand by what i said

"A pipe is just a pipe"?... Why would you stand by that statement? Firstly heat-soak is a major factor in the performance of an engine as is drawing in hot air. Pipe bends and diameters are also factors. The material and construction of a pipe can govern this. All of this is proven science.

Pipe is pipe and a filter sponge doesnt really change much in my experience from brands.

Yes, all ebay special pipes are just pipes... You can have that.

I use my short ram with pipercross filter mainly for noise when the tec kicks in and im happy with my setup for under 50 quid, personally i wouldnt spend the 130 on an aemv2 or the 180 on another cda for maybe 2 brake more

Of course that's absolutely fine, but again... Refer to my second statement of this post.

Thoughts?

See above

[MaccaIRL]

Why a facepalm lol

Because of your statement.

I had a cda on my astra before and it felt no different and sounded no different to stock

It might not have, because like most modifications, they rely on others of a similar or superior standard to get the best out of them.

Obviously the closed whatever design takes away any heat youd suck in from the engine bay but i still stand by what i said

"A pipe is just a pipe"?... Why would you stand by that statement? Firstly heat-soak is a major factor in the performance of an engine as is drawing in hot air. Pipe bends and diameters are also factors. The material and construction of a pipe can govern this. All of this is proven science.

Pipe is pipe and a filter sponge doesnt really change much in my experience from brands.

Yes, all ebay special pipes are just pipes... You can have that.

I use my short ram with pipercross filter mainly for noise when the tec kicks in and im happy with my setup for under 50 quid, personally i wouldnt spend the 130 on an aemv2 or the 180 on another cda for maybe 2 brake more

Of course that's absolutely fine, but again... Refer to my second statement of this post.

Thoughts?

See above

Thanks for the time taken to write that

From what i can see though, the ebay pipe and aem pipe are the same shape but ill give you material and how its bent as a factor

Personally though i dont think the small gains are worthwhile for the extra hundred or so youd spend on the branded

[RattyMcClelland]

Depends on the setup.

When i put the OEM type S intake on my supercharger setup the car seem restricted up high and i lost ALL of the supercharger whine. But it was the best intake for a NA setup.

When i had my blox velocity stack on a pipe sucking in air around the battery area it opened up everything.

Now i have moved the velocity stack to behind the bumper and it seems to be more responsive when engine is warm as the supercharger isnt blowing hot air in despite still being hot.

[NafemanNathan]

Ah, this is an AEM V2 Macca...





You were thinking of this jobby weren't you?...



Yeah, there's not a great deal of thought gone into that "pipe"

[MaccaIRL]

V1i was thinking then lol