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Nick-S
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21st Mar 04 at 00:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Dose any 1 no wot thos PVD BFO fillters are like? R they any gud

http://www.bfocone.co.uk/

There pritty big any way 2oomm.

Any 1 no how gud they are
Nismo
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Yes but look at the intake looks about 1" air flow for Turbos wouldnt be enough , thats why Blitzsupplys the hardpipe kit to allow maximum air flow.
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^^ that is a monster!!
Joff
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21st Mar 04 at 00:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
The intake is tailored for each application. If the RX7 kit is hooj then the Powertec one should be the same - that's if they do one for mad-ass rotary engined stuff

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quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
Dose any 1 no wot thos PVD BFO fillters are like? R they any gud

http://www.bfocone.co.uk/

There pritty big any way 2oomm.
Any 1 no how gud they are


Bigger than a Pipercross filter, cheaper than a Pipercross filter, louder than a Pipercross filter, flow more air than a Pipercross filter... oh Pipercross make them too.



What car is it to fit? Looking at the Performance Driven site, there's a Powertec SL1X for the Corsa B - 200mm stainless steel filter
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
The intake is tailored for each application. If the RX7 kit is hooj then the Powertec one should be the same - that's if they do one for mad-ass rotary engined stuff



well a bit bloady late now
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21st Mar 04 at 00:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Nah, you can always sell the Blitz onto some fool with an RX-7...
Nick-S
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21st Mar 04 at 00:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Joff
quote:
Originally posted by GSi_16v
Dose any 1 no wot thos PVD BFO fillters are like? R they any gud

http://www.bfocone.co.uk/

There pritty big any way 2oomm.
Any 1 no how gud they are


Bigger than a Pipercross filter, cheaper than a Pipercross filter, louder than a Pipercross filter, flow more air than a Pipercross filter... oh Pipercross make them too.



What car is it to fit? Looking at the Performance Driven site, there's a Powertec SL1X for the Corsa B - 200mm stainless steel filter




Its not for me. Its for a mate. Hes Got a 1.2 16v sxi corsa b.

How gud wud they b.
just lookin at price ony £70 sounds well worth it
Joff
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21st Mar 04 at 00:38   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As good as any decent air filter on the market, but better

How do you measure how "good" an air filter is?

You should really be measuring how well the filter filters - that's what it's there for at the end of the day.

Performance air filters are all about increasing air flow at the expense of filtration.

A paper element is always going to be the best medium to filter particles out of the air.

Cotton-gauze filters like K&N/Green improve on the air flow and retain a lot of the filtration, but it's very dependant on how soiled the filter is. Out of the box, cotton-gauze filters perform badly - they need a bit of surface dirt to help them out - god knows why, but that's the urban myth behind it.

Foam filters like Pipercross, Ramair, etc let a lot more air through for great power gains (on applications where the paper element is restrictive) and also filter all the harmul particles.

Stainless steel mesh like Blitz, Powertec, etc are the best for airflow (well, next to removing the filter medium completely) but are never going to compete with the other types in terms of how much they can filter out of the air.
Powertec and I'm sure Blitz too, have a good level of filtration. As far as I know, most others out there are pretty much cosmetic items only. So you'd be just as good with a KFC bargain bucket with a few holes punched through the end

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21st Mar 04 at 00:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
They sound good 2 me then

Chears for info mate
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T.CorsaSRI
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Which Air filter cone would make the best noise?!
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On a Corsa C SRi, the Pipercross induction kit.

On a car where a BFO cone is available, the Powertec 200mm filter is probably better as the sound would be great from the stainless steel. The PVD BFO cone is a lot cheaper than the SL1X Powertec though.
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21st Mar 04 at 01:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hmm, gonna consider it being BFO or PiperX then

[Edited on 21-03-2004 by T.CorsaSRI]
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on the bfocone.co.uk it hasnt got a fitment for the COrsa C SRi!?
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
I'd rather have a black man over a standard white man's cock




Just sick
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quote:
Originally posted by T.CorsaSRI
on the bfocone.co.uk it hasnt got a fitment for the COrsa C SRi!?



That's right - the BFO cone only fits the Corsa B (exc C16XE) and Corsa C 1.2 SXi.

You can buy universal BFO cones, but whether they fit or not is down to you.
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quote:
Originally posted by Joff
As good as any decent air filter on the market, but better

How do you measure how "good" an air filter is?

You should really be measuring how well the filter filters - that's what it's there for at the end of the day.

Performance air filters are all about increasing air flow at the expense of filtration.

A paper element is always going to be the best medium to filter particles out of the air.

Cotton-gauze filters like K&N/Green improve on the air flow and retain a lot of the filtration, but it's very dependant on how soiled the filter is. Out of the box, cotton-gauze filters perform badly - they need a bit of surface dirt to help them out - god knows why, but that's the urban myth behind it.

Foam filters like Pipercross, Ramair, etc let a lot more air through for great power gains (on applications where the paper element is restrictive) and also filter all the harmul particles.

Stainless steel mesh like Blitz, Powertec, etc are the best for airflow (well, next to removing the filter medium completely) but are never going to compete with the other types in terms of how much they can filter out of the air.
Powertec and I'm sure Blitz too, have a good level of filtration. As far as I know, most others out there are pretty much cosmetic items only. So you'd be just as good with a KFC bargain bucket with a few holes punched through the end




blitz are terrible for filtration
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No they are not
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
No they are not



no they are nismo
Nismo
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do you have one No

do you know this for definate No

have you ever owned a jap car No

have you ever drove a jap car with one No

Do you think you know every think Yes
Nick-S
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quote:
Originally posted by Nismo
do you have one No

do you know this for definate No

have you ever owned a jap car No

have you ever drove a jap car with one No



Do you think you know every think Yes



PMSL
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21st Mar 04 at 19:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Pipercross have a scary machine for measuring filtration.

Slip the bloke a tenner to look the other way and you can test the filtration of items of clothing and stuff

*apparently*
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21st Mar 04 at 21:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
even more confused now!

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