dumpling Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 why tune such a slow car in the first place? 1.6 loool you have problem keeping up with my mountain bike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm06 Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Alfa 147... Fancy giving me your front seats, they will fit nicely in my car as for performance air filter.. get K&N you wont get much better, it is abit pointless though mate if you haven't tuned it otherwise. Any road, how is yours, being an Italian car? I have an Italian car and find it to be more nippy and has more BHP compared to most 1.2's of it's time! It's 10 years old, and has 80BHP, for the purpose of this I will ignore it's age and how it puts it's torque down, but the new Astra and Focus 1.4 only have 10 BHP more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
convert Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I though it will be cheaper to make the air filter with bigger holes in filter then small(less material) why would it be more expensive to make? I'm sorry, but I'm not quite understanding your point here. Are you saying it would be cheaper to make a freeflow filter than it would a paper one? If so I'm afraid you're wrong. Apart from the obvious economies of scale factor, raw materials for the freeflow filter will also be more expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpling Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Apart from the obvious economies of scale factor, raw materials for the freeflow filter will also be more expensive. They just use less dense paper so it is cheaper to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owlface Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My Impreza was rolling roaded at 396bhp recently and it uses the widely agreed best result of a standard filter box with a replacement K+N filter which gave the increase of ...... get ready for this ...... around 4bhp, so for a standard Alfa147 1.6 the benefits you would gain from fitting anything other than a standard filter would be at best negligible. Best forget these so called 'performance' filters and just replace the standard one at the recommended intervals. The best idea would be to use super unleaded petrol which fractionally improves the cars overall engine performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dumpling Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My Impreza was rolling roaded at 396bhp recently and it uses the widely agreed best result of a standard filter box with a replacement K+N filter which gave the increase of ...... get ready for this ...... around 4bhp, so for a standard Alfa147 1.6 the benefits you would gain from fitting anything other than a standard filter would be at best negligible. Best forget these so called 'performance' filters and just replace the standard one at the recommended intervals. The best idea would be to use super unleaded petrol which fractionally improves the cars overall engine performance. but if he gets 1 bhp from the filter on his alfa, its a big % gain as his is only a 1.6. owlface no point trying to educated a spotty 18 year old who knows nothing about cars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 Take it to john nobles on whittington moor ind est. and get some proper advice.. pay peanuts get monkeys ... pay real money with a reputable race performance specialist and get real results... Pretty sure nobles has been on Chatsworth Rd for the past 5/10 years now? Or did they split up as I'm pretty sure John Noble has nothing to do with the one on Chatsworth Rd now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 It's a bit far but fella always uses this website below: http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk they're based in Eccles though - near Manc! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hangman Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 i own a Volvo c30 1600 petrol sport R design, too late i know its slow, so what could i do on a budget just to get a little more power besides getting somethuing else. what do you guys think of these piggy back chip thiings, do they really work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddywolf Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 but if he gets 1 bhp from the filter on his alfa, its a big % gain as his is only a 1.6. owlface no point trying to educated a spotty 18 year old who knows nothing about cars He asked where to get an air filter, not to be 'educated' by you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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