[EURO] Opinions on GruppeM intake

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Originally Posted by Chris_F

Matt, your coming to the euro cruise this weekend yea?

It'll be interesting to compare intake sounds.

Yea i'm very happy with the finsih and everything... its a very very snug fit. These things are made by hand and it's amazing because if it was a few mm wrong in any direction it simply wouldn't fit

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Was hoping to, but not sure at present. I'm pretty sure I have the dreaded clutch issue, and the soonest they can check it out is next Wednesday including an overdue injector service, plus I'm trying to conserve my shit tyre by driving like a granny so I can sell them/trade for a set of GS-D3's.

seriously? damn - that master cylinder is a piece of crap.

hmm... well hopefully you can come out anyway - everyone would like to have ya there I'm sure.

No worries Chirs, too bad i forgot to make the sound clip yesterday

GruppeM carbon box intake :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by Chris_F

thanks guys - i tell you what the intake is VERY loud. But the great thing is, it's only loud when you want it to be.. anything but full throttle and it sounds stock ;)

and steven what you talking about man... my intake is stock! lol

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Really? Is it louder than the Injen or K&N as they are both very loud - too loud for me.

i'm not too sure actually... i'd say it'd probably be just as loud if not louder, given how close to the driver the pod sits in the engine bay

OK: there have been lots of comments about how it looks, and how noisy it is.

But how does it feel to drive? Is the engine more responsive? Is there a loss of low-down torque compared to stock? Does the heat-shield seem to do its job? What's the "butt-dyno" impression?

full write up and review with more pics and a sound clip comming soon - just a bit busy with mid semester exams/assignments. stay tuned :p

still havent gotten around to doin a decent impressions right up but i can say that is marginally quieter then the INJEN intake in CAI mode.

Thanks a lot to Matt (Matell) for offering to do a few drive-by runs with me so that I/we could test it out, and ray and john for being the "judgest" today at the euro cruise haha.

Finally found a free hosting site.
and the clip of the intake can be downloaded from here...
http://www.gimehost.com/N2YfRwcxHRoVFahjKNnE

not sure how reliable this method of hosting is, but if it doesn't work let me know and I'll ask Stephen8512 to help me out like last time :wave:

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Originally Posted by yfin

I wonder whethe the mugen horn is a waste of time - look at this pic! It only connects to the rubber OEM tube a few cms higher.

When I install my body kit i think I will remove the comptech horn - the only thing is if it is detrimental (or too noisy) it is a pain in the ass to reinstall again.

The reading I have done suggests a shorter intake tract is beter for high rpm power - and removing the Comptech horn will still be essentially sucking in cool air just like the Mugen/Gruppe.

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I've got the Ice box setup so i thought i would give removing the horn a go to see what the difference was , to my surprise its actually much quiter even when you hit vtec it sounded like the oem setup, driving wise it drove like the resonator was on again as well...
I just put the horn back on I prefer the a bit of induction noise :)

Gruppe M's sound clip class :thumbsup: i would loved to have got one then i found out the price...:(

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Originally Posted by as001

I've got the Ice box setup so i thought i would give removing the horn a go to see what the difference was , to my surprise its actually much quiter even when you hit vtec it sounded like the oem setup, driving wise it drove like the resonator was on again as well...
I just put the horn back on I prefer the a bit of induction noise :)

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Thanks for that! So no difference in power?