Tuning your connect - filter/exhaust/remap

[supZ]

mainly thinking about the postal remaps vantuner does..

http://vantuner.co.uk/postal-remaps/

saw the link on someone elses post when i was searching around the forum and was just wondering who's done it and what do they think of it?

for £150 it sounds like a nice cheap thing to do to improve drive-ability

was also wondering about the drop in filters, k&n, etc.. any worth to doing it other than its reusable?

lastly, i was wondering if anyone has fitted a custom backbox/silencer to their connect?

im not interested in anything loud or silly big but something that looks good would be nice.

main reason im thinking about all this is, as per my insurance thread, i need a modification or few for my specialist insurers to insure it so im thinking about what cheap options i have to count as modifications.

thanks for any advice, sorry for all the questions

[Adam_84]

Vantuner remap comes highly recommended by me and many others made my van much more like a car really in the way that its pulls away quicker and a lot smoother to drive. You want a K&N air filter and a focus diesel airbox with cold air feed, only the bottom part gets used, search and you shall find.

[supZ]

cheers thats very helpful

i'll have a search for the airbox info

[supZ]

k&n filter ordered and think i've made my mind up to do the remap

the airbox is the one im still a bit unsure on.

from searching on here i need a focus diesel one apparently and its essentially the bottom i need as it has an extra port for a cold air feed? is that right? do come with the feed or do i need to make my own up?

if so is there any particular year id need?

would this be ok for a 2004 connect?http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FORD-FOCUS-SA ... 337d53c36f

or better still this, seems to have the air feed attached:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-1- ... 46047c3c9d orhttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-MK ... 19d5eab091

cheers for any help

[Graham Taylor]

Third option as you need the snorkel unless you make your own.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ford-Focus-MK ... 62&afsrc=1

[gt_addict]

The diesel 1998-2004 focus or the 1.8-2.0l models as they had a circular hole in the bottom. Any same size ducting will fit and you just run it to the front grill. Don't go for the ST170 air box as it had a triangular hole.

[supZ]

cheers guys, been a big help

[Hotwheels]

Would this improve the MPG and performance if so it might be worth doing any further info on this ie parts required cost etc cheers.