Air Filter

**Jamest5r** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 18:05

Had this lying around for a while so i thought i should give it a go....need a heat shield if anyone has one for sale and a bit off sorting to make more secure how have other's secured the filter and to where?

Cheers

**danny-R** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 18:10

i have removed the bottom half of the airbox, and adapted the original air duct to feed straight into the cone filter. i have not got round to finding or making a heatshield but nor have i noticed any "heat soak".

**p fandango** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 18:55

Originally Posted by danny-R

i have removed the bottom half of the airbox, and adapted the original air duct to feed straight into the cone filter. i have not got round to finding or making a heatshield but nor have i noticed any "heat soak".

nor me . My fastest quarter mile time was done with a open cone filter, & that was sitting in the fire-up lane before doing the run which is when it should of affected it the most

**claymore** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:02

drilled holes in my bonnet, and monitor air intake temp.

my temp will drop from 50c to just above outside temp within a mile of driving.

**Jamest5r** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:03

Cheers lads, not bothered about the heat soak if it even exists lol, just need to know how you have fixed the cone to stop it moving around i cant live with cable ties forever lol

**claymore** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:04

I just made a heat shield out of perspex and mounted the maf onto it.

**Flatout Phil** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:07

Originally Posted by claymore

drilled holes in my bonnet, and monitor air intake temp.

my temp will drop from 50c to just above outside temp within a mile of driving.

If it works - but ouch!

**p fandango** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:09

Originally Posted by jamest5r

just need to know how you have fixed the cone to stop it moving around i cant live with cable ties forever lol

sorry mate didn't even read that bit lol, mines just held in place by the pipes

**claymore** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:11

Originally Posted by Flatout Phil

If it works - but ouch!

If you think thats extreme, look at my last air intake....lol

**p fandango** · Saturday 6th March 2010, 19:21

Originally Posted by claymore

If you think thats extreme, look at my last air intake....lol

i do like the pipe inlet, i'm planning on doing the same sort of thing on BT

**callyuk** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 11:28

on mine iv cut the flexi bit out of the pipe work and had been joined with a straight metal piece holds the filter quite securely plus it wedged by the dizzy cap.

well when i say i cut the pipe what i mean is pedro did the modifaction to the pipe work before giving it to me

**p fandango** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 11:55

Originally Posted by callyuk

well when i say i cut the pipe what i mean is pedro did the modifaction to the pipe work before giving it to me

i was justing thinking to myself "the cheeky git" lol

**Rnash2002** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 12:06

This how mine was when i got the car.

Didnt like the long pipe so made the run abit shorter.

**p fandango** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 12:21

looks a lot better Rnash & got rid of a nasty restrictive 180degree corner in the process

**Rnash2002** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 12:28

Originally Posted by p fandango

looks a lot better Rnash & got rid of a nasty restrictive 180degree corner in the process

Once its all back together with try and get it shorter still lol.

**p fandango** · Sunday 7th March 2010, 12:36

Originally Posted by Rnash2002

Once its all back together with try and get it shorter still lol.

if you cut out the corrugated flex section out of the intake pipe just before the turbo & replace it with a metal joining pipe it moves the top corner further back so got more room for the filter canister, plus it gets corrugated section causes turbulence disturbing the air flow

this is the one now on Cally's T-5