Which induction kit?

What do you reckon is the better?

This one from Novitec:

Alfa Romeo Shop - Tuning, Styling, Fanartikel und Modellautos - Alfa Spider und Alfa GTV offener Luftfilter Novitec Maxxair Intake-System Novitec Maxxair Intake-System 31076

or this one from BMC:

Secure UK tuning store Alfa, Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini, Lancia, Maserati

Dont get the Maxx air from Novitec unless you want noise and not much else.I know as i bought one whilst ordering the front skirt (which is very nice).BMC is very expensive for what it is IMO.Pretty much the same as this only this is around £100 cheaper Apiro DIAVOLO Carbon-Fibre Forced Air Induction Kit on eBay, also, Performance Tuning Parts, Car Tuning Styling, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 04-Aug-08 23:49:19 BST)

Originally Posted by mjachnik

What do you reckon is the better?

This one from Novitec:

Alfa Romeo Shop - Tuning, Styling, Fanartikel und Modellautos - Alfa Spider und Alfa GTV offener Luftfilter Novitec Maxxair Intake-System Novitec Maxxair Intake-System 31076

An open-cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold.. Novitec should really know better

You will lose BHP on this one, only gain a nice noise.

Originally Posted by mjachnik

or this one from BMC:

Secure UK tuning store Alfa, Ferrari, Fiat, Lamborghini, Lancia, Maserati

Properly fitted, you'll get a few BHP top-end, nice bit more mid-range torque, and a very crisp throttle response.

But I personally wouldn't order from Gazzella..

Cheers that Diavolo one looks a goer...

Originally Posted by Pud237

An open-cone filter directly above the exhaust manifold.. Novitec should really know better

You will lose BHP on this one, only gain a nice noise.



Properly fitted, you'll get a few BHP top-end, nice bit more mid-range torque, and a very crisp throttle response.

But I personally wouldn't order from Gazzella..

Hi Pud, the Novitec one sits in the same place as the BMC.It's only pictured there so you can see it Still not much good though

Originally Posted by Alfie GTV

Hi Pud, the Novitec one sits in the same place as the BMC.It's only pictured there so you can see it Still not much good though

Ah right.. That would be a very daft place to put it like

I still wouldn't use an open cone filter. When you use a filter like that, you need proper heat shielding, otherwise after you've sat in traffic for 5 minutes you will have a seriously lack of power.

Heat shielding:

Its all a case of budget and what you want from the unit.

If your looking for noise - pure induction noise then you cant beat a open cone filter. I've found that open induction kits are better at low speeds and under hard accelration from low speeds as they are totally open and can suck in as much air as they like, where as a enclosed unit has to be feed through a cold air feed and can suffer slightly under low speeds as the air really needs to be forced in the system with forward motion to get the best out of them but they wont suffer heat soak problems like a open filter will.

So in a nut shell

Open = Noise
Enclosed = Performance

It isnt as simple as that really but thats the general rule.