I've seen some people running large bore silicone hoses to replace the black plastic pipe (and MAF) that runs between the filter and the turbo inlet pipe, has anyone got any idea where I can get one from please? I'm going to a mafless set-up and although its not essential it looks a damn sight better and wil probably aid flow a little.

cheers
Andy.

 

I bought mine from Viper performance. It was £45 from their stand at Japfest, it`s red which seems to be more expensive than the blue ones.

Still almost half the price of the Samco ones (around £70/£80).

Silicon hoses from Viper Performance

 

Tahts just what I was looking for.

Thanks.

 

No worries, I`ve just posted a new thread in the technical section which has a picture of the pipe fitted.

 

and you can get a trumpet and large cone from Roger Clark Motorsport.

 

please dont bite me to hard, but... you can run the car with no maf?

what we looking at here performance gain wise? what else you got to do to run the car mafless?

thanks

 

You need an aftermartket ECU that doesn't require a MAF. I believe that the Simtek allows you to loose the MAF

 

Correct. The Simtek and some others run MAP so no MAF sensor so you ditch the MAF tube/body and that frees up space to make a good induction system.
Always use the biggest filter you can get in the space available.
Until you get to big power the gains from MAF less are probably not signifigant but you can improve the inlet tract when you don't have the consideration of the MAF tube which on its own can be a power limitting if it is a small diameter one.

 

cool thanks 4 that. i have got a 4" maf but connectors were different so i still stuck with normal 1

 

Is a MAFless set up possible with the Apexi Power FC? ~ anyone know?

 

No, I`m sure the Apexi ECU requires the MAF to be kept in the setup.

 

 

Thanks Beastra.

That's one monster cone there Harvey!

 

Probably OK for a little over 450 bhp, not much more.

 

harvey, if that huge K&N is good for 'only' up to 450bhp, then what the hell are people running for 450-600, or more?! What's available?

 

Lots of people are running air filters that start to become a restriction before their current power output and I have proven this on many occasions. The car can still make power but with a bigger filter and remap it can make more power. I standardise on K+N filters because they have a Technical department and all sorts of information available when you know the questions to ask.