You get lots of stupid answers because most things like this give you little
or no performance increase.

They are cosmetic 'go faster' accessories.

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Alan


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I thought the whole point was to make more noise?

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New & used Vauxhall cars & vans, servicing, repairs & parts
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Why?

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Guy King <guy.king (AT) zetnet (DOT) co.uk> wrote:
It has a nice name?

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RIP Acorn

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And a proven track-record (in relieving teenagers of their dosh).

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Conor

If you're not on somebody's shit list, you're not doing anything
worthwhile.

I asked a similar question when I bought my 190E 2.6 (NOTE: Not as a bot
racr), and got a lot of people telling me that a K&N filter would
improve the longevity of my engine by cleaning the air more compleatly.
What that a heap of bull?

DV

Daniel Vesma wrote:

Moooo!!!!

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Scott

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

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Almost certainly. The filtration efficiency of paper filters is more
than adequate for engine use and anyway, engines usually outlast the
bodyshell these days - and have done for some years.

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"Benjai" <sdgsd (AT) adf (DOT) com> wrote

Look, basically a "freeflow" air filter will slightly improve the breathing
of the engine. Indeed many respected tuning houses will recommend fitting
one of these but in conjuction with other mods, like a sports exhaust
manifold and system, a hotter cam and a different fuel set up.

You might get, what, an extra 1bhp from your engine? The long pipe induction
kit is usually used as underbonnet bling, and because it's metal it
resonates differently under acceleration. So you get more noise.

It's usually more beneficial to make your own long ducting (from salvaged
intake trunking at the scrapyard) to a so-called cone filter somewhere in
cold fast airflow - like to the side and in front of the radiator by an open
intake in whatever body mouling your car has got. It costs very little.
These things attach with little more than jubilee clips. If you're orifice
diameters don't match up simply sleeve with more or less trunking. It's only
air that you're guiding not an fuel/air mixture. As long as the unions are
reasonably secure, and you're working upstream of things like airflow meters
etc then you'll be fine with DIY.

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