Inductions...

~ Joe ~ · Post by **~ Joe ~** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 4:25 pm

currently i have a K&N57i Induction Kit on my Corsa 99 Sxi.

my girlfriends brother has a Universal Induction kit on his Peugeot 206.

now, how come he has a much loader deep noise compared to mine, he has a standard exhaust and i have a twin powermaster exhaust? his induction looks like the one below but slightly different...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 8011417432

is he getting a much louder deeper noise because his is in that weird looking thing? and its echoing or something lol ? i duno! strange that i pay say Â£55 for mine, he pays say Â£30 and his sounds better? if i was to buy the same sort of one, would it change the sound? Thanks

also i got told it was nothing to do with it and its just the fact he has a different engine ? :-s

corsacalvin · Post by **corsacalvin** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 6:24 pm

yea m8 soz 2 say but it is bout the engine size,me corsa 1.4 16v valve sounds imense,loud n deep as hell,if its a 1.2 m8 wont really sound as good,all bout engine size

~ Joe ~ · Post by **~ Joe ~** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:00 pm

ahh poo lol, so it wouldnt matter if i got a similar filter too his? sound wouldnt be any different then it is now with the k&N filter?

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:16 pm

Different engines.

Both kits would be a rubber neck (knowing K&N) so would sound a bit crap anyway

Take the induction kit off your engine and give it a rev - that\'s the noise you\'ve got to work with, any filter you put on the end of that intake pipe will make it quieter.

Generally a metal base filter would give a better note under acceleration. My personal favourite filter for the sound was the Pipercross XL cone that PVD used to sell as a \"BFO\".
On my 1.6 it would scream at high revs

If you\'re shopping, the part number you\'ll need is a PK037XL

~ Joe ~ · Post by **~ Joe ~** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 11:54 pm

aye i understand what your saying, but that link i posted above, if u notice it has like a surround around the thing.... i was maybe thinking, this is what gave the deeper sort of noise, where as the k&n is not in any kind or surround or anything so wouldnt do anythin? i am thinking wrong

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 12:36 am

No, the \"heat shield\" on that is just plastic and would only quieten down the note.
The volume (in terms of area, not sound) inside the cone could possibly affect the pitch of the sound though.

One thing worth mentioning though, you\'ve got a K&N - your mates got a cheap nasty ebay filter. Out of the two I\'d go for yours any day, regardless of how it sounded.

The whole point of an air filter is that it filters the air - his is probably letting dirt and poo into his engine as I type! At least a K&N can filter air...

... just not for very long, but that\'s a different story and I\'ve already talked about it on here in another thread

~ Joe ~ · Post by **~ Joe ~** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 11:27 am

right im on ur wavelength

so basically no filter etc is going to change the sound of my car by that much compared to what it sounds like now......... if anything i would need a different exhaust if i wanted it to sound a bit deeper and beefier........ or get a bigger engine lol ?

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:31 pm

An exhaust would give a deeper note, but yeah a bigger engine would help.

Go for a rear silencer for now.

~ Joe ~ · Post by **~ Joe ~** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:36 pm

any recommendations? also what would this do?

Currently i have a twin peco powermaster, it has changed the sound etc, but not what i wanted.... i wanted a more deeper, prodomanant noise if u know what i mean

Joff · Post by **Joff** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:17 pm

The Peco would probably give the deepest note out there.
You could get a straight through system made up from somewhere like Powerflow but most of those I\'ve seen/heard are horribly boomy when being driven.

At the end of the day, it\'s just a Corsa - you\'ll never make it sound sporty without it being sporty. Don\'t worry about it too much and just enjoy driving.