Pod filter + loud sucking on idle

[PaRaDoX]

for everyone thats ever had a pod filter on a commodore.. you'll know the noise

i just fitted a pod behind my front bumper, ducted up to my throttle..

it works good and efficienctly.. only problem is, when its cold the cars making a excessive sucking noise on idle, go anywhere near the throttle and it goes away, and yesterday when it warmed up the noise dissapeared (as if it went away once it entered open loop mode)

thismorning it was about 8deg on the way to work and after i stopped moving and let it idle for 3 seconds the noise would significantly quiet down

either way, i figure the noise is the IAC bypassing the throttle,

soo my theory is its casued by something like TPS: Fast idle...

has anyone had a play round with this?

i cant stand the noise to the point where im sticking a airbox under the front bumper if i cant quiet it down

anyone got any idea's

[daron]

get rid of ya pod and go back to panel filter and cold ar intake tube from up under bumber to airbox
nice and quiet

[greenfoam]

Sure I have an idea, use a panel filter in a airbox you twit:P. And then run the duct and it wont make much noise at all, you have it all back to front

[PaRaDoX]

get rid of ya pod and go back to panel filter and cold ar intake tube from up under bumber to airbox
nice and quiet

the execution of this is the difficult part. i might have a crack and running it a diffrent way using the air box :P

[daron]

who you calling a twit
ps i dont mean panel filter under bumber:P

[Emackulation]

You already know what i have Gordz, just do that but you can invent the 100mm tube to airbox for me because im too lazy.

[greenfoam]

who you calling a twit
ps i dont mean panel filter under bumber:P

I'm calling everyone a twit untill it becomes word of the moment, but for now just Gordon is one

[immortality]

simple, don't let it idle when cold mash the loud pedal, engines always sound tough first thing in the morning

[Blown V6 Hatch]

Mash the loud pedal on a stone cold engine???? Good thinking 99......

[RVN 355]

Get rid of the pod they do not work well and not as good as the stock air box and upgraded over the radiator cold air induction systems...

Clean the Idle Air Control and get that tps sorted ya prob got road grim coming staight in the pod.

[m3taL]

Whilst On the subject of CAI, can someone send me some Pics of the Over Rad system installed and some basic Measurements??

I wana Fold up one out of Ally at work but i wana get the gist of how they sit as i have never seen one installed.

Cheers

[PaRaDoX]

i ditched the pod and used a stock airbox with the pipe down where the fog lamp was, seems to work good, noise is gone..

works good ill get some pictures of it for you mack 100mm is just long enough and best of all no cutting holes in chassis!

otherwise i would have done what greenfoam did and sacrifice structual integrity for speed :P

[bboystyles]

yer can i see sum pics of this "pipe" from the air box. i was thinkin of pod filtering my ute but if this works better i wanna no how to do it

[KRUPTD]

Must be pretty loud to make you an unhappy chappy.I have twin throttles on my VN 5L and twin pods at the moment and it isnt loud but there is a induction noise (maybe im going deff)lol.But i will be still running a pod once i finish making up my intake tube/block off box for my pod.

[PaRaDoX]

is yours cammed kruptd?

i have a fairly high idle aswell well 800rpm is high to me :P


i shall get pics, i need a vs airbox lid as i couldnt use the v6 top half as its the wrong angle output soo i used my SV lid which fits into the stock bottom half dodigly, vs v8 lid apparently fits up perfect but yeah you can squash a 3" pipe into that rectangle on the bottom end and it fits up near perfect just need to seal the edges which isnt too hard, its sealed good enough to feel the vaccume on idle

[Joey_21]

its just the cold air running through always used 2 do it on mine then i changed back 2 cai its better on performance and economy does this until it starts and ur pipes/engine warms up

[89 vn]

The pod constantly makes a sucking sound like a vaccum, I would thought it would be worse in the normal position and I got rid of mine cos id rather hear a v6 sound now than a pod got sick of it

[PaRaDoX]

The pod constantly makes a sucking sound like a vaccum, I would thought it would be worse in the normal position and I got rid of mine cos id rather hear a v6 sound now than a pod got sick of it

id rather not hear a v6 sound

[KRUPTD]

Yeah mine is cammed,has a stage 2 crane cam(mild cam).Mine idles around 880rpm to 950rpm but,when driving idles at around 990rpm/1000rpm then it will drop to the 880/950rpm range.I dont think its a high idel with the cam i have.With my old memcal with the standard intake manifold i had it idle around 700rpm and it was too low.But now with the twin throttles and the cam i have it idle around that 880rpm/950rpm range,plus now you can really hear the cam at idle as well as under driving.

[immortality]

Mash the loud pedal on a stone cold engine???? Good thinking 99......

hey, he was complaining about the sound, i never said anything about it being good for the engine. but i always though mine sounded best first thing in the morning, 5.30 am, nice and crisp outside (3 or 4 degrees C) some frost on the ground. didn't need to rev it either really just cruise to work (waking the whole neighbour hood )

[89 vn]

Btw i was driving once and there was smoke coming from my bonnet and my pod was almost on fire it had major smoke coming from it, lucky i was about 3km from home. I had to heatshield it cos i was afraid it would set fire to my engine bay, thats another reason i took it off

[immortality]

Btw i was driving once and there was smoke coming from my bonnet and my pod was almost on fire it had major smoke coming from it, lucky i was about 3km from home. I had to heatshield it cos i was afraid it would set fire to my engine bay, thats another reason i took it off

???? POD catching fire? how?

[PaRaDoX]

???? POD catching fire? how?

vtec y0!!!!

[89 vn]

dunno, it worked fine afterwards and still does I thought if they werent shielded they were a fire hazard, i just saw some smoke and quickly pulled over

[bboystyles]

never did see those pics of the pipe from the airbox...