You have put a great deal of engineering and thought into these intakes. As far as cost even the V4 is well within reason for what you are getting. In my 45 years of modifying every imaginable kind of vehicle I have spent a lot more money for a lot less intake. Looks great and has been added to my list of items to get. When will they begin shipping?
Eurocompulsion Performance Intakes Official Thread
Eurocompulsion is releasing THREE new performance intake systems for the Fiat 124 and Abarth 124. I'll go over all of them in detail in this thread. Here is a brief overview:
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That is what I thought...numbers for the euro-dive lite with the V4 air box could be even more impressive.
Throw in a muffler delete and they may be even better. Thanks.Here are some pics of the first V4 install. First pic is what you remove from the car. Once I got it sorted out with Greg it was no big deal to install. First impressions are the fit and finish are excellent. Getting ready to go for a drive . I will follow up shortly.
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Thanks Greg...I thought it was up a little farther than what you said but it seemed to like it there so I left it so I could get out and drive it. I'll pull it back to match the instructions when you get them up.Thanks! That's the first Black V4 ever on a 124! I think it looks great.
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The only anomaly I see is that you have the ram-air tube shoved pretty far onto the factor's fresh air duct. It will line up a little more nicely if it's not on quite that far. No big deal though, it will work fine either way. I'll post pictures of that in the instructions soon.
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First drive impressions...
Turbo seems to spool up a little quicker as the power comes on a little stronger. Throttle response seems to be better also. Seat of the pants HP/Torque of 10 or less are always hard to tell but I would say it is there. Important for me is spool up and throttle response plus the cooler charge air meaning you loose less Hp/Torque when it gets hot and the computer starts to pull fuel/timing/boost to protect the engine from detonation. A winner all around.
As far as sound...
I do hear the turbo now when you could not before. You get the typical whine/whistle when the turbo really starts to wind it up. Mostly in the upper rpms. I like it...now I know its not a normally aspirated engine. Not too loud just enough to let you know its there. If you don't like that kind of sound I would go with the V1 and keep the stock air box as it does a fine job of muffling the sound.
Now I can't wait to get the euro-drive lite...should be here tomorrow
.Lets step back a bit. Tell me this...why would any manufacturer of a turbo/supercharged car go to the trouble to duct cooler outside air into it intake. And they all do. They spend time and money to design an intake that brings in fresh air from the outside. I am saying if it did not make a difference i seriously doubt they would spend the money to do it. They would just suck it right out of the engine compartment. Just another way to look at it.
The data is exactly what you need to see. Temps after the intercooler going into the intake manifold. Empirical data that shows the functionality of the intakes versus the stock one.Just to clarify, this chart shows air temperatures AFTER the intercooler. Specifically just after the throttle body. They are not the temperatures at the turbo inlet.
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