Thread: Air intake mod
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Old 25th October 2018, 11:45   #5
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Originally Posted by penfest View Post
I keep reading about the diesel air intake mod. What exactly is this please ?

A Largely pointless excercise unless you are tuning the absolute nuts off of it.


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Originally Posted by suzublu View Post
Something like this I think

That's one - I think typical one used to be cutting off the standard trumpet just at the front edge of the intake manifold.



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Originally Posted by championdaddy View Post
So......... what is wrong with the OE trumpet fitted under the slam panel ?

Provided the rain guard (a recall and fit item for early cars) is fitted it's absolutely fine for 99.99%.


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Originally Posted by penfest View Post
So does it make any difference to engine peformance if not why do people remove the concertina bit ??

No - no difference in itself.
Why? Because it makes more intake noise ? who knows what goes in for real in peoples heads?
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