what air filter to use on my nova let

[turbo-boy]

what filter do people use on the let novas, seen a few of the foam type one which i think i want as it wont damage the paint work with moving about

[Nick J]

what filter do people use on the let novas, seen a few of the foam type one which i think i want as it wont damage the paint work with moving about


The foam piper cross items are the neatest fitting items I've used in the past however I have a k & N cone style filter which was removed from Mark Beesons nova turbo and although a bit bigger fitted fine. See my nova turbo parts f/s thread for a pic.

Nick.

[turbo-boy]

gonna go the piper cross route nick

[TWAG]

I'm using this filter from ramair, it's a great fit, all foam and a bargain at £25.

http://ramair-filters.co.uk/cc-rubber-neck-filters/universal-air-filter-90mm-neck-125mm-tall.html

[TWAG]

Also use this discount code for 10% off:thumb:

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[Plug]

http://i706.photobucket.com/albums/ww64/gsi_jimbo/IMGP0020.jpg (http://s706.photobucket.com/user/gsi_jimbo/media/IMGP0020.jpg.html)

Using a ram air also, a little to big the one i bought but it shaped easy enough

[Stuart]

Wow you all hate your engines lol

I know its not trendy and the space is tight, but you cannot fault the filtering ability of an OEM spec paper filter. Even the cheap versions are 1000000% better than these foam ones.

[Plug]

cant see a standard C20let air box fitting stu and well i dont think ive seen a Gte/gsi one come up for sale in years

[Kev Turbo]

Wow you all hate your engines lol

I know its not trendy and the space is tight, but you cannot fault the filtering ability of an OEM spec paper filter. Even the cheap versions are 1000000% better than these foam ones.

Not really helpful when an air box won't fit?

pipercross and ram air seem the best options and are also paint friendly.

[Stuart]

You could always design and make one....

[TWAG]

Wow you all hate your engines lol

I know its not trendy and the space is tight, but you cannot fault the filtering ability of an OEM spec paper filter. Even the cheap versions are 1000000% better than these foam ones.

Thats quite a powerful quote, I find it quite interesting as over the years of playing with cars I see so many cone filters fitted on some very powerful cars. Is there profe that these types of filters are worse than a standard paper filter. I'm not being funny either, its a genuine question.

if this is the case it's very interesting, may think about trying to design an airbox.

[Stuart]

There was an article on a mk4 golf website where someone did a test to prove the filtration or lack of in some of these aftermarket jobbies. I'll see if I can find it.

[craig green]

There was a similar article on that old LET tuning site (max boost). Throw away paper filters FTW.

Or an Apexi if I had to fit a cone.

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff285/liew8888/Apexi_Powerintake.jpg (http://media.photobucket.com/user/liew8888/media/Apexi_Powerintake.jpg.html)

[Southie]

If you do decide to make your own this I thought was quite good:
http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=110281

[turbo-boy]

i will be sticking with a foam filter for now, lets face it the let engine is a very good engine but can be unreliable at times,running a faom filter isnt going to kill it first lol