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Just bought a Universal-fit, Pipercross Viper induction kit for my 1.2 8v corsa. I know it will barely touch performance at all but I hoped it would make a nice grunt and look nice in the bay. I was on youtube looking at other videos of people with these kits and a comment on one video said that if you have a carb engine, you will barely hear any sound difference, is this correct? Hope I havn't wasted £60.

Or is it the case that I will hear a difference, but it would be greater with an injection engine?
Anyway, thanks guys.

ps: yer I havn't fitted it yet I'm dying to but it's dark now

you will hear it for sure

ok, thanks. I thought it was somebody being retarded not knowing what they was talking about. Glad to hear that's the case. Can't wait to hear it I know it's a little mod but it's an exciting thing to change your car & make it better.

well u dont have a carb engine anyway
but yea you should hear it i had a k&n on my old corsa didnt hear it wen just pottering about but wen u opend the throttle it sounded meaty as hell,
sounded being the right word as it was still slow as hell lol

pipeX ones r supposed to be ouder so yea will hear it lol

my induction kit was louder than the exhaust when i had my standard one on turned plenty of heads

got it done. sounds pretty meaty. <3 Already made the car backfire (only done this once before when driving like a tit, lol), due to driving at high revs showing it off (+changing gear very quickly), lol and ive only had it fitted less than an hour.

pics.

that is a NICE induction kit..mine sounds really nice but looks poo lol..once iv got more income il probz get one same as urs.

ya, its real carbon fibre, cost me £60 from halfrauds. I like it lots, makes my little 1.2 sound a little nicer in the high revs. Got a few head turns so far, hehe

I'm looking at getting some wolfrace alloys next for £60 too second-hand but the guy has someone going to see them soon... I want em

you've fitted it the wrong way round m8, the flexible pipe is supposed to be a cold feed from front of car.

not the best picture ever, but should look something like this

with a 57i induction kit on a 1.2 engine, you will lose power than gain it, if you wanted a nice induction noise, you should of drilled your air box. also if you wanted some performance filter, you should of bought a K&N panel filter. what happens is your 57i kit is sucking in hot air from the engine, especially when stationary, so you will notice you will gain a flatspot when accelerating hard. your air box stops hot air being sucked into to the engine.

hot air = bad
cold air = good

thiers a realy good tutorial on how to cut your box and not lose any performance, and its free makes the same noise as your £60 toy

lol thats y i havnt seen one liek that before...thought it looked bit different lol

ok lol dad did it, will get it sorted later

you might find it works better then and it shouldn't draw in any hot air as sealed with cold feed.

yeah I know what you mean dude. Just had a look at it and it's impossible to fit the other way round. The filter "bore" is too large for my cold air feed. So the phrase 'universally fits f**k all' suits this situation. I'm going to bodge it by cutting off some of the pipe, using it to make a tight seal from the filter to the cold air feed (just a small bit of pipe), then use the rest of pipe to draw in cold air. Think that's a good idea? Cheers