another mk2 question
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old school v-dub

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13 posts

216 months

Wednesday 12th November 2008
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my mk2 has the digifant engine ,,,
im looking to get a sports air filter for it but im finding it hard to find one to fit i dont want a pannel filter!!!
i want the forced air induction type ,,
problem been the air mass indicator in the back of the air box is square can you get and adaptor to change it ?
im told porche 944 is same ?
any info thanks

Matt_N

9,044 posts

232 months

Thursday 13th November 2008
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Just get a decent panel filter to replace the one in the airbox.

DubberGti

145 posts

240 months

Thursday 13th November 2008
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I just sold my old K&N to a mate and the kit for the digi had the adapter and gasket.

aka_kerrly

12,506 posts

240 months

Friday 14th November 2008
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A panel filter is enough. To make more of it, remove the plastic blanking plate from the inside of the wing and drill holes down the WING side of the airbox, run a cold air feed from the lower front bumper section upwards toward the front of the air box. Finally remove the baffle from inside the air box. This will allow a good flow of cold air to the air filter. At this time of year it is worth keeping the hot air feed from the manifold to the rear of the air box as it does help the engine warm up faster in winter.

I used to run a 8v digi and had a K&N cone filter set up on it and the car ran dreadfully on hot days as the filter sucks too much hot air from the engine side of the bay. A heatsheild might help but then all you are doing is effectievly making a cone filter with 2 solid sides ie semi enclosed which is pretty pointless. I swapped back to the set up i described above and was very happy with the results.

Bare in mind VW spent a hell of a lot m

dave