Making it fit will require you getting some kind of rotary tool and 'sanding/grinding' the inside of the maf end of the tip down. Go slowly as obviously you want to keep as much thickness as you can while taking enough away for the 3inch maf to fit inside. It will be very tight! The maf is 10mm bigger than the k03 tip hole.
as said above tho mate you get a 3 inch maf to increase air flow but what your doing is decreasing airflow by bodging a smaller tip on
ok yea i understand this but will go with this and see what it is like as i have one lying about that i never got fitted to.so will be no harm in trying i suppose.
dont no mate i would ask backdraft first to be on the safe side
but logic would tell me if i put a larger turbo on which will suck more air in i wouldnt put a smaller pipe on hindering performance of the turbo especially when its just cost me £800 quid
plus nothing wrong with selling the old one and ordering the right one
but if i order a 225 tip then it will not fit on the turbo side mate.do forge do an adapter or anything for it.
The 225 tip will fit mate. The pics forge posted in the thread you asked are from opposite sides of the tip. They are not that different and all it will do is alter where your filter sits.
the 225 tip wont fit on the ko3 housing though its bigger.i would need a spacer to take up the 10mm gap i think.
Yes it will! 5mm is nothing! Your clip will easily clamp that down. No point in going 3inch maf if you are not going to get a tip that can flow the extra. Waste of money just keep your k03 maf.
ok ok well im looking into it.turbo should be here today jamie il prob get your one you sent back lol
caveo
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Dont worry about your k03 tip with a 3" maf housing thats what im running with an ihi kit, The maf can only read so much air flow but if you tell it its flowing through a 3" housing it does the maths and sorts it all out, but i had to slightly mod the other end to meet the IHI.
thanks for that caveo did you just do what pj 1985 said a few post ago yea.well if your running it on ihi the i def will be ok than thanks for clearing that up.
jamiebennett81
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sorry Caveo, being stupid here, how did you get the 3" maf housing to fit the forge tip?
caveo
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jamiebennett81
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he is getting the k04-1 which is what I originally got from Backdraft Motorsport
3inch maf will not fit in a forge k03 tip without modifying. Heating it up and all sorts wont get it in without alot of hard work. When you get it in then it will pop out as it wont hold even with a clamp on. Need modifying to be on the safe side.
Running a k03 tip on IHI is very different to running one on a k04-001. The k04-001 needs max airflow to it as it runs at max flow to get power figures like 250bhp. The IHI does not need max airflow to run 320bhp as its not maxing out its flow to produce that power. It depends what the limiting factor is. The limiting factor on the k04-001 for 250bhp will be the amount of air it can flow. The limiting factor on IHI for 320bhp is mapping as the turbo can flow much more but becomes unreliable when it does because of the heat produced and speed the turbine spins.
Running a k03 tip on IHI is very different to running one on a k04-001. The k04-001 needs max airflow to it as it runs at max flow to get power figures like 250bhp. The IHI does not need max airflow to run 320bhp as its not maxing out its flow to produce that power. It depends what the limiting factor is. The limiting factor on the k04-001 for 250bhp will be the amount of air it can flow. The limiting factor on IHI for 320bhp is mapping as the turbo can flow much more but becomes unreliable when it does because of the heat produced and speed the turbine spins.
caveo
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yes the 320 is playing it safe for the turbo and internals. And your right it was hard work getting the 3" maf in.
jamiebennett81
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ok, so if it was hard work getting the 3" MAF in, someone on here said to by the ATP pipe? not seen or heard of one of these before.....
caveo
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the atp pipe goes onto the standard tip and flows a little better but id stick with a forge one as they are stronger.
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