the hoses sticking out of some aftermarket cars

red_eye

Lum wrote: »

Bonnet catches, for people who find the standard bonnet release mechanism adds too much weight.

Also stick-on ones for people who want to look like the people who find the standard bonnet release mechanish adds too much weight, but can't be bothered to do any hard work.

In practice, using them on a road car means your car will probably loose even more weight when someone steals your battery and the ridiculous cold air induction kit you almost certainly have.

what is rediculous about an induction kit? they are more efficient then the standard airbox

Lum

red_eye wrote: »

what is rediculous about an induction kit? they are more efficient then the standard airbox

Nothing ridiculous about induction kits per se. hell I have an Apexi one on my Cefiro.

However, I was referring to the kind that gets fitted to a 1.0 Corsa, often with an air filter that only really removes gravel and fitted so low that they risk hydrolocking their engine the next time they drive through a deep puddle. Doing that is ridiculous.

red_eye

Lum wrote: »

Nothing ridiculous about induction kits per se. hell I have an Apexi one on my Cefiro.

However, I was referring to the kind that gets fitted to a 1.0 Corsa, often with an air filter that only really removes gravel and fitted so low that they risk hydrolocking their engine the next time they drive through a deep puddle. Doing that is ridiculous.

ok, I will let you off:p

forgotmyname

A lot of aftermarket stick on bits actually reduce power.

Sticking a cheap nasty cone filter under the bonnet in place of a well designed standard air box can lose power. Especially when the engines hot and there it little movement through the engine bay.

They try and cure this with lengths of tumble dry hose, But its twists and turns and the amount they have to crush it to get it to fit means its rather usless.

Provides enough cool air for an asthmatic tortoise.

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Can you have an "aftermarket car" :huh:

jc808

tobster86 wrote: »

people buy them for the same reason that they buy:
-body kits.
-aftermarket spoilers.
-19" alloys (for a 700kg hatchback).
-2000w subwoofers.
-8" diameter twin exhaust back boxes, to connect to the mid section of their 2" bore mild steel single exhaust.

Because their favourite flavour of ice cream is window.

lololol!!!!

rxbren

proper aftermaket induction kits route the filter to an area of better flow and are also less restrictive than the oem airbox also direct replacement panel filters will gain more power over the oem filter

ill agree that the tumble dryer looking tubing is a bit !!!! and isnt much of an improvement of airflow

all cars will suffer heatsoak if stationary/slow moving

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rxbren wrote: »

all cars will suffer heatsoak if stationary/slow moving

With the possible exception of the VW Beatle, Chevrolet Corvair, etc.

forgotmyname

-19" alloys (for a 700kg hatchback).

This is funny except it can be dangerous. They fit super wide wheels and then wonder why it floats away on puddles at milkfloat speeds.

Wide wheels on a light car = aquaplaning.

You need threads like tractor wheels to shift enough water away.

londonTiger

I would have thought wide wheels are better as they have more surface area to grip.

Imo 19" alloys on a 1.6 hatchback are bad because the alloy wheels themselves add so much weight to the car. Not necessarily for the traction on the road, because a 1.6 hatch is never really going to pick up speed or go very fast around corners to ever experience any benefit/loss from wide wheels

I happen to own a 2003 hatchback and shake my head in disdain when I got to the car fan forum. Guys adding bodykits that are just 2 inches off the floor that are a pain to drive in inner city roads with speedbumps. Adding fake twin exhausts, and adding overly large 19* alloys where they have to put in 40mm wheels which mess up the ride and mess up the speedo because the cars computer doesn't even have an option to allow the wheel circumference

Worse are those that add those staggered wheels where the rear wheels are wider than the front, and the car itself is a front wheel drive so having wider wheels at the back is more of a hinderenace than a benefit.

check out this lowered miata on yuotube. He lowered it so much that he couldn't go over a speed bump straight on and had to approach it at a 45 degree angle. So he kept driving the car in a zig zag in a residental area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOg6bxj4ohM