pd160 intake conversion

Mar 25, 2009
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bath
before i get attacked.... i have done many searchs and had a look in the faqs about this

there is a lot of info on here about people that have done it but i cant find a step-by-step anywhere,

i was having a play earlier and could remove the lower part of the standard air box. theres a weird clip behind the battery i cant seem to remove,

is this conversion using the standard box?

its an ibiza tdi 130

any info on how to do this and what exactly i need would be awesome
 
Nov 6, 2008
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Kettering
you dont need to play with the air box, just unclip front the front of the car and unscrew from the other end of the pipe and pull free. When you get the PD160 intake the new adapter should come with it to allow connection onto the front of the car. I dont know one end of the torque wrench to the other and i managed to do it in 20mins, its dead easy.
 
Mar 25, 2009
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bath
you dont need to play with the air box, just unclip front the front of the car and unscrew from the other end of the pipe and pull free. When you get the PD160 intake the new adapter should come with it to allow connection onto the front of the car. I dont know one end of the torque wrench to the other and i managed to do it in 20mins, its dead easy.

cheers mate
 
Dec 3, 2009
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would cutting the flap off a standard tdi FR effectively do the same thing?
since you're letting more air in... but for free :)
or is it the fact the pipe is wider make the whole difference
 

Mick288

Active Member
Aug 3, 2009
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Lisburn NI
Just a quick one, how much is the PD160 intake? And would it be more beneficial to get a PD160, or a cone filter?
I drive a TDI FR

Thanks
 

Mattwood

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Mar 7, 2009
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I believe its rather expensive (like £80 from the stealers) but I got mine second hand for £50, which is still a lot for what it is.

I'm no expert but I would assume that a cone filter would be better than the PD160 intake, although the PD160 is more OEM (which is why i wanted it tbh)
 
Nov 6, 2008
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:lol: sounds about right, anything to do with the cupra and they'll jack the price up on ya, have a scout around on the bay, for sale section on here, as said before you'll get a 2nd hand one like i did for between £40-£50.

If you cars under warrenty stick with SEAT parts, most of the techies working in the dealers are fairly clueless and wont pick it up, therefore they wont invalidate your warrenty (as they'll have no grounds to argue its your fault)
 

Shmallpaul

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Quite ridiculous how much dealers charge for these parts, also looking for one pm me if you have one available, just registered mind, so won't be able to reply :p
 
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