Wednesday, 18 November 2015

Some More Bits Added

I have pondered for sometime how to go about setting up the cold air intake and MAF sensor. It has been one of those dilemmas that ulimately sorts itself out in the long run. One of the issues was space , as it always is so I had to devise a system that would tuck itself down into the cross member and clear the bonnet. A friend gave me a system which had a 100mm diameter curved tube with a large 9" filter and 100mm rubber tubing connector which was too big for what I had in mind with the throttle body being 90mm so I went and bought a 90mm aluminium tube from Proflow and a filter from Auto Barn then proceeded to cut the rubber bellows section from the Ford Racing Cold Air Box that had been supplied with the engine management system. I made up the new air intake system and to say I was less than pleased is an understatement.

With my disappointment in this system, I revisited the 100mm system my mate had given me and why I did not see it previously I don't know but I noticed a weld on the tube and after pulling the system apart I see that the 100mm tube had been reduced to 90mm, exactly what I wanted. To make this tube fit, all I needed to do was to graft the MAF sensor which I had cut from the original Ford Racing Cold Air Box into the tube and away we go.

I was quite impressed with this as it gave me the clearance that I needed and with the bracket I made to support it, the air intake was quite flexible and should with stand any movement of the system.

I am quite anxious for the header tank and I want to get it fitted so I can get fully wired and start the car.

Cheers

Russell

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