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Ok, i'd like to share both a problem and an upgrade in the works, all your oppinions are most welcome.
Firstly I have a K&N cold air intake system. Not just the filter, but the whole thingie going down in the box front of the wheel. I am not sure why they call it cold air intake, I'm seriously under the impression it's more of a "warm" air intake than anything else.
In the morning when I start my car, it has quite a good response, power and torque. Approx 5-10 minutes later, as soon as the engine warms up a bit, there is a sudden power drop of (juding by feel) about 30%. There's a noticable lag after pushing the gas (with a shuuup noise before reaction) and the rpm going up. Like there's a sudden vacuum in the intake or something.
My only thought this far about this problem is that the intake takes warm air as soon as the engine warms up. When I look now under the hood, the intake airfilter is clearly in an enclosed plastic corner close to the engine. It makes sense the air there is quite warm.
So i've decided to try the following:
The front 2 wholes on the bumper are useless now
They will be turned into air intake corridors, both lines with a separate airtube, united before the engine's air filter and directly into the engine.
This will allow for real cold air to go into the engine directly, without it being warmed by the engine, constraint by a small encaptioned space etc.
Has anyone tried this before and what do you think ?
Firstly I have a K&N cold air intake system. Not just the filter, but the whole thingie going down in the box front of the wheel. I am not sure why they call it cold air intake, I'm seriously under the impression it's more of a "warm" air intake than anything else.
In the morning when I start my car, it has quite a good response, power and torque. Approx 5-10 minutes later, as soon as the engine warms up a bit, there is a sudden power drop of (juding by feel) about 30%. There's a noticable lag after pushing the gas (with a shuuup noise before reaction) and the rpm going up. Like there's a sudden vacuum in the intake or something.
My only thought this far about this problem is that the intake takes warm air as soon as the engine warms up. When I look now under the hood, the intake airfilter is clearly in an enclosed plastic corner close to the engine. It makes sense the air there is quite warm.
So i've decided to try the following:
The front 2 wholes on the bumper are useless now
They will be turned into air intake corridors, both lines with a separate airtube, united before the engine's air filter and directly into the engine.
This will allow for real cold air to go into the engine directly, without it being warmed by the engine, constraint by a small encaptioned space etc.
Has anyone tried this before and what do you think ?
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