156 1.8TS Air Iduction kit - Recomendations???

Hi Guys,

Its my birthday next week and thought i would treat myself to a new sporty air induction kit for my 156 1.8TS, has anyone on here had one fitted to the same model Alfa and could tell which one you have.

Am currently none the wiser for which type i should get.

Thanks

Don't get one. Just buy the GTA intake pipe and replace the resonator thats whacked onto the side of the airbox! That's what I did on my old TS 1.8.

agree - make one yourself

spend the saving on beer!

Its totally up to you, there are a few choices open to you and its worth knowing about all of them before you part with your cash.

Panel Filter - This is simply a replacement filter made out of better quality materials which needs no modifaction to the car at all, just take out the old one and replace it with the new one, you might add a pony if you lucky but its more to do with better filtration than bhp gains.

GTA intake upgrade - under the wheel arch housing is the intake pipe which feeds into the bottom of the factory air box, now the GTA item is alot bigger at the opeing and alot of people also remove the resinator to increase the induction noise. With the addition of the panel filter from someone like K&N, Pipercross or Green this is often seen as the best choice to go for.

Open cone filters - These are often seen as the first and easiest upgrade, these simple bolt on induction kits should add a few bhp and really make the eninge rev alot more freely, the only really problem is that that can and will suffer from Heat Soak ie drawing in warm air from the engine bay there by losing bhp, a good cold air feed will help but not 100%

Enclosed induction kits - these are abit more expensive but cut out alot of the heat soak problems as they are enclosed but you need to pick where you put their cold air feed as this is their only method of supply.

With aftermarket filters it should be look upon like this:
Open = Noise
Closed = Performance
But there are pro's and cons's to both.

In all fareness there is no one best option, if you want a sporty induction note and a slight increase in performance go for the open cone filter but probally the best for power gains is replacing the factory intake pipe with the GTA item and going for a upgraded panel filter.

Ask some one to post picks and how to guide to upgrading to the GTA intake, also click on my induction thread at the bottom of this post and have a read of that

TSpark boy thanks very much for the advice, am looking towards an open cone induction kit but am worried about the heat soak problem, i am getting a csc backbox fitted next week and hopefully the induction kit maybe 2 weeks after (depending on cash ha)

Will the combination of both make my car sound alot sportier than each one idividually or will it be quite overpowering, i want it to hum nicely while idle and only want the roar when i open the throttle, i dont want it to sound like a 1.1 nova which sounds like a motorbike at the lights

Thanks once again for all the advice lads.

Hmmmm its hard to tell really as sometimes induction kits can sound louder outside the cart than inside. I have a Remus DTM back box fitted to the car which was already on the car when I bought it and has been on the car for 8years now, it was a very silenced back box and didnt make hardly any more noise than standard but with the centre box removed its very loud under accelration and low rev's.

Your find the car slightly more responsive under load and slightly more free reving, I personally wouldn't worry about the heat soak just make sure you have at least one even two pipes supplying the cone with cool air.

I have a BMC CDA induction system on my 2.0 ts......lovely, but a little noisy, all about taste though

BMC / CDA Intake Systems / Alfa Romeo 156 / Euro Performance Car Parts

The BMC is the option I was looking at, I am after at a good growl from the induction kit and that seems to be the one. although many people right it off as being 'too expensive'!?!. Am also interested in the GTA intake will it improve the sound much?? and if some one who has done it could give a few pointers and cost would be much appreciated.

P.s thanks for the link I think £167.60 is the cheapest I have seen it.

Try the search for the GTA intake as I someone with a Grey 2.0TS done a few before, during and after photos with a ruff how to guide.

As for the BMC, they come highly recommended and have a much better rep than say the pipercross Viper system.

Rafe005, where did you connect your intake pipe to?
Did you just connect it to the factory intake or position it else where? say in the lower grill?

There is a blanking plate in the lower grill of the 146, removed that and fed from there, had to cut the top of the hole where the intake goes into the airbox as its oval and wouldnt fit through but other than that plenty of room after removing the multitude of expansion chambers and airboxes

Oh and she does growl, lovely

Originally Posted by rafe005

Oh and she does growl, lovely

Nicccceeeeee