A day at Gunner's......

[drsmith1979]

Well it all started with a jovial chat regarding air filters and induction kits, me suggesting that i wanted to go back to the standard airbox and filter and Gunner saying he wanted the Scuttle panel conversion.....

... Last week Gunner helped me change my lambda sensor, and what a bitch of a job it was 2! anyway, as a thankyou i dug out one of my old air filters in mint condition as i thought it would be good for his pending turbo conversion, so i duly popped round to drop it off....

When i arrive he says hes dug out his old Hill power heat shielded induction kit and wondered if i wanted to do a swap for my larger Ramair induction that was fitted to my car at the time.. an offer i couldnt refuse! haha so we stripped down the hill power and got it ready to put onto mine.. a few nibbles on the foam filter but other than that its great! the problems came when we took mine off. The rubber mounting lip had perished and was hanging on by a thread so there was no way we could fit it to Gunners or back on mine! gutted... so out came the jackets, drills and grinders and we set to work!




We had been talking about it for a while now but due to the situation the perished filter threw us into it was a case of 'necessity is the mother of invention' and that couldnt have been more apt!

We had all the various parts required but had to come up with a plan of action in order to get things done. As the picture above shows, we basically modified the scuttle panel face to allow the filter to sit deep into the recess and to makesure the inlet tubing didnt foul the battery. Once this was done, some silicone tubing was cut and placed over the opening to provide a nice seal and protect from vibrations (see yellow seal in pic, we will be making a sealing patch to 'dressup' and seal the scuttle panel inlet hole just in case you were wondering)

one that was done we mocked up the actual inlet with all the silicone connectors, and fettled the angles, positions etc.... until it was perfect, or as good as we were gona get!

This is the end results of an afternoons fettling brought about by the failure and demise of my induction kit! a grand cost of......around £20 or so! haha but shhhhhhhhhhh....







It sounds simply amazing! i have got some video footage so i will try to upload them so you can see and hear it.

[schakal]

too many sharp bends for my liking ,i bet the roarr
from it is immense though

[northy]

nice one lads....looks like this is going to be the next must have mod.

Gunner - spotted some new mods since i last saw it - whats happened to the roof though - half is hanging up lol

[big hp]

Could a length of silicon hose not be used instead of the stainless tubing?

Surely that would be a better option?????

[drsmith1979]

As we said, we basically knocked this one up from literally spare parts that were in Gunners garage, they werent designed or purpose bought for this purpose we simply made the best of what we had and based on that, its a fooooking legend result! lol

[simonr85]

Could a length of silicon hose not be used instead of the stainless tubing?

Surely that would be a better option?????

Would the silicone not flex? when it sucks hard?

[AndyFielder]

wouldnt look as pretty, and wouldnt sound as loud with rubber tubing!

[schakal]

Could a length of silicon hose not be used instead of the stainless tubing?

Surely that would be a better option?????

Would the silicone not flex? when it sucks hard?

only if its a turbo maybe .

do you have any idea how thick the walls of them
silicone hoses are ?? 4-5mm

[big hp]

Could a length of silicon hose not be used instead of the stainless tubing?



Surely that would be a better option?????

Would the silicone not flex? when it sucks hard?

Silicon tubing is reinforced. Pretty sure the tubing is only for cosmetic purposes.

Do i chop my williams bulkhead up to fit one or stick with standard airbox with element.

[AndyFielder]

will be selling the tubing needed in the next few days!

Andy