Carbon fibre airbox

[marT350T]

Has anyone else bought one of the new ACT carbon fibre airboxes yet ? I am tempted as my bonus has just been paid and my car flew throught the 12 K service, but I would like to hear some views first if i can .

Cheers,
Martyn

Edited by marT350T on Wednesday 18th April 14:45

[tail slide]

Mine's on order, don't think ACT have delivered any yet after the prototype.

[marT350T]

Which one did you order the standard or the high performance one with the trumpets ?

[hollowpockets]

i also ordered one, with trumpets

no sign of it as yet.

[BigGriff]

Mine is now fitted (horray). Will post piccies when they finally put the bonnet back on and hand it back to me on Saturday.

Been in today and it looks awesome!

[andyoleary]

Richard - what are the expected "gains" from fitting such a unit?

Ta

Andy

[tail slide]

marT350T said:

Which one did you order the standard or the high performance one with the trumpets ?

Trumpets, just in case flow is better as it should be in theory

[marT350T]

BigGriff said:

Mine is now fitted (horray). Will post piccies when they finally put the bonnet back on and hand it back to me on Saturday.

Been in today and it looks awesome!

Can you let me know what your impressions are when you finally get to drive it.

Thanks

[BigGriff]

We will be running one back to back with a standard airbox to see the gains as soon as I can arrange it, but we are expecting to see an improvement as time was spent on the design stage to facilitate smoother airflow, greater volume etc. The proof as they say will be in the pudding.

[MADT350]

we need pics

[RedSpike66]

MADT350 said:

we need pics

Come on, Come on...... we need pics, back-to-back comparisons etc. etc.

Just got my tax rebate cheque....

[holmsie]

There's a small photo on ACTs website www.actproducts.co.uk.

Looks wise, it's pretty much the same as the original!

Edited by holmsie on Tuesday 24th April 14:54

[BigGriff]

It's very different inside believe me. Carbonfibre trumpets and all. The outside shape was dictated by what would fit and the fact that it has to apply to all Sp6 engined cars, hence similar external design approach.

I have a photo of the inside if someone wants to post it. Have'nt worked that bit out yet!

R

[tomtvr]

Does it sound any different? The CF airboxes fitted to M3's sound awsome

[BigGriff]

The garage have been using it to check for leaks (as all the hoses have been upgraded ) and one of the bosses says it definitely picks up better (so not definitive). Will post some avi files when it's back with me.

R