Pipercross induction kit - 1.8

[Legend83]

Anyone got one of these?

I am aware that it won't give me much in the way of power gains but looking for some nicer noise coming out of my '5 before the summer months!

[FELIX_5]

I've got one fitted to a 1.6 and it certainly gives it a 'throaty' sound which I like, but doesn't make any difference with performance. For the price though thinks it's worth it............

[tuttle]

The piper cross kits whilst lovely to behold are IMHO very pricey.
A possible alternative for producing a nice throaty sound might be...
I got a 2nd hand Arc magic chamber from Nutz <>£100 makes a lovely sound at & above 3.5k revs, possibly produces a little more torque

[FELIX_5]

tuttle said:

The piper cross kits whilst lovely to behold are IMHO very pricey.
A possible alternative for producing a nice throaty sound might be...
I got a 2nd hand Arc magic chamber from Nutz <>£100 makes a lovely sound at & above 3.5k revs, possibly produces a little more torque

A piper cross induction kit is less than £100???? So no more pricey than your alternative!

ETA. The pipercross kit is readily available, good luck getting your hands on a used arc chamber......

Edited by FELIX_5 on Wednesday 27th January 14:32

[tuttle]

FELIX_5 said:

A piper cross induction kit is less than £100???? So no more pricey than your alternative!

ETA. The pipercross kit is readily available, good luck getting your hands on a used arc chamber......

Edited by FELIX_5 on Wednesday 27th January 14:32

Ahhh appologies. I was looking at the very sexy carbon fibre encrusted kit which is around iirc £270.

For a simple cone kit, I quite like the K&N (571?) as the cone is actually bigger/longer than most of the cones currently around.

[FELIX_5]

tuttle said:

FELIX_5 said:

A piper cross induction kit is less than £100???? So no more pricey than your alternative!

ETA. The pipercross kit is readily available, good luck getting your hands on a used arc chamber......

Edited by FELIX_5 on Wednesday 27th January 14:32

Ahhh appologies. I was looking at the very sexy carbon fibre encrusted kit which is around iirc £270.

For a simple cone kit, I quite like the K&N (571?) as the cone is actually bigger/longer than most of the cones currently around.

Oh I see, I thought you were refering to the basic cone induction kit. In that case I to apologise. The pipercross cone is made from foam, where as the k & n is a paper type cone, apparently the foam is meant to be better, but I think it all comes down to persoanl preference really....

Going back on topic, to the op, if you're not expecting a increase in performance, but want a nice sound, go for the pipercross induction kit.

[Gizmo!]

Mmmm, carbon induction tubing. Like the BMW GruppeM. Want.