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General M-jet GSR kit fitted, with results...

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General M-jet GSR kit fitted, with results...

PNL said:
Many many moons ago when I was all young and innocent ;) during a carpentry lesson ..the teacher said to me put some elbow grease into it lad..:( he then said come here lad ..pop down to the shop in the village and get a tin of elbow grease and he threw me two and six [old money] guess who was the idiot who went down there..:eek:
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hahaha lol

i get sent weekly to B&Q to get tartan paint and they never have it in stock:bang:
 
JMC5 said:
Hmmm :confused:

I didn't think the hosing size looked that much different. Also when i've been driving hard the engine bay is relatively cold (especially compared to my previous - civic type r)

Surely a universal high performance filter fitted to the existing hosing with a cold air feed, and heat shield if necessary would make a difference. Plus this only costs about 50 quid compared to 150

?????
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Well it may not look different but until you have examined it first hand you won't be able to see for sure...And I assure you it will be a larger bore if not a larger pipe.

In answer to your comment about temperature, you may not have noticed but at present it is rather cold. During the summer the sun shining on the engine bay etc will drastically increase the heat of the entire car and the outside temperature. The GSR being low down picks up rushes or cold air that are being forced under the car. This is the most effective location in any car, proven by looking at other performance filter manufacturers that provide extra ducting to gather the air from the bottom of the car.

It would make some difference yes, but I doubt it would be large, you would not have the sound...and infact fitting a high performance filter in the wrong place could damage the car more than improve it as they gather in a huge amount more air and due to this it would certainly gather a fair amount of warm air.

£150 is not alot of money for the benefits you will see. It is tried, tested and there is RR proof of how good they are. If you goto the next RR day you could even have the kit fitted all included in the price. I wasn't very keen on the idea of an air filter alone but since i've had my GSR I wouldn't go back (y)


J1ppers - why don't you try a different B&Q or try ordering in? :p
 
JMC5 said:
Hmmm :confused:

I didn't think the hosing size looked that much different. Also when i've been driving hard the engine bay is relatively cold (especially compared to my previous - civic type r)

Surely a universal high performance filter fitted to the existing hosing with a cold air feed, and heat shield if necessary would make a difference. Plus this only costs about 50 quid compared to 150

?????
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and how to you plan on bodging a crap universal filter onto you standard pipe? where will the bracket fit to fix it in place? I think you should read a few articles on engine breathing to fully understand how it all works.
 
Originally Posted by puntokris
and how to you plan on bodging a crap universal filter onto you standard pipe? where will the bracket fit to fix it in place? I think you should read a few articles on engine breathing to fully understand how it all works.


You obviously don't know much about universal filters. You can buy them in different diameters. I believe the diameter for the GP is 65mm. Shouldn't be much of a bodge. Easy enough to make a bracket :D

I had a Civic specific HKS induction on my Civic which sits just to the right at the back of the engine bay. No heat soak problems in the summer that I noticed and the engine did not run hotter!?!? They did do an AEM kit which ran to the wheel arch. Difference in bhp on the two was minimal :)

I'm not denying that the kit available works and that it may be better placed on the wheel arch, but as i'm on a budget thought i'd give the universal route a go myself.
 
JMC5 said:
Originally Posted by puntokris
and how to you plan on bodging a crap universal filter onto you standard pipe? where will the bracket fit to fix it in place? I think you should read a few articles on engine breathing to fully understand how it all works.


You obviously don't know much about universal filters. You can buy them in different diameters. I believe the diameter for the GP is 65mm. Shouldn't be much of a bodge. Easy enough to make a bracket :D

I had a Civic specific HKS induction on my Civic which sits just to the right at the back of the engine bay. No heat soak problems in the summer that I noticed and the engine did not run hotter!?!? They did do an AEM kit which ran to the wheel arch. Difference in bhp on the two was minimal :)

I'm not denying that the kit available works and that it may be better placed on the wheel arch, but as i'm on a budget thought i'd give the universal route a go myself.
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Obviously universal filters are universal but that is the problem...they're not tailored to a certain car and therefore there isn't much noticable difference...but I think what kris is reffering to is bodging one onto the standard pipe won't exactly put it in a very good location...so even if you do buy a universal filter you should invest in some piping to locate the filter somewhere suitable (y)
 
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JMC5 said:
You obviously don't know much about universal filters. You can buy them in different diameters. I believe the diameter for the GP is 65mm. Shouldn't be much of a bodge. Easy enough to make a bracket :D
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Don't I? The fact you are bodging a universal filter to a standard pipe in hope of large gains shows how much knowledge you have...

You are better off saving the money up for a better kit.

Good luck with your bodge job.
 
Universal filters? What is a universal filter?

We use one filter element for virtually all applications. Some people would refer to it as being a universal filter. Well, in some ways it is. Even so the filter we using is a selected filter. If you go to o motor factor you might find one that looks the same. This doesn't make it the same. Not even if the same filter material is used. There is much more to it.

Also it is crucial to get the piping right. And this is not only to get the filter in the right place to pich up the air in the right way. It is for the right performance increase too.

Before talking about things it might be good to think about it why one product is £50 and another £150. Or do you want me to return the insult?
 
Tym said:
going through fords can be possible... so don't wanna wreck my car if i get one fitted in the next month or so.
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The kits are mounted at fog light kinda level. So no puddle or surface water will screw your car up I promise you that. I regularly drive through roads with deep puddles and alot of surface water (making life quite interesting!) and although I do worry I know there is not an issue with this.

In order to screw your engine up I believe that you would have to in normal circumstances submerge the kit fully. This is proven by the fact that a number of high performance road cars and some normal road cars actually have air intakes located on the bottom of the car anyway.

Fords may be more difficult but aslong as the front bumper isn't submerged and you're not going to plough through at such a speed the induction kit will be sucking in all of the water within the ford even at distance then you should be ok! (y)

In general, if the induction kit is gonna be wet then the situation is pretty dire and you may not make it through anyway! :eek:

Hope that helps :)
 
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