Airbox off for trumpet pampering

[cslsuperfan]

Who the hell said taking the airbox off was straight forward!!!!

5 hours bonnet up to down...

Inlets got a good clean. unbelievable how shitty the inside of the airbox was

New igt filter fitted

trying to get the oil drain back into the box was epic.

A genuine tip for inlet clips....make sure you don't drop any post airbox fitment....FCUK also for anyone thinking of airbox therapy make sure you slacken both 10mm nuts holding the base of the airbox onto the metal support bracket....

will give a full step by step method if anyone wants an idiots guide!!!

[NZ_M3]

Originally Posted by cslsuperfan

Who the hell said taking the airbox off was straight forward!!!!

5 hours bonnet up to down...

You just need more practice or better tools

[cantfind1]

Originally Posted by NZ_M3

You just need more practice or better tools

Hahaha....agreed...lol

[sjb]

I've just done mine too in the last few days, an absolutely back breaking job

I too was amazed at the crap (and grit) in the bottom of the air box, a fair bit of oil around the rear three trumpets too. A good spray with maf cleaner and a hoover sorted that out.

[deanobeano]

Def more noise from the ITG filter.

Second time you take the air box off it's much faster - just don't knock off one of the splitters with you shoe, like I did.

Forgot to say - my problem first time round was getting the bottom air intake to mate properly - fixed with some gaffer tape to hold the top part of the tube to the air intake whilst negotiating the bottom half on (seems easier to do it this way.)

[cslsuperfan]

Originally Posted by deanobeano

Def more noise from the ITG filter.

Second time you take the air box off it's much faster - just don't knock off one of the splitters with you shoe, like I did.

Forgot to say - my problem first time round was getting the bottom air intake to mate properly - fixed with some gaffer tape to hold the top part of the tube to the air intake whilst negotiating the bottom half on (seems easier to do it this way.)

I didn't check this for alignment!! bollox...guess what i'm doing sunday!!

ITG filter seems to make more noise.....may just be placebo but 100 cell cats are a huge improvement on the sound!!

[shane@mbtech]

Originally Posted by NZ_M3

You just need more practice or better tools

Agreed.

5hrs woah. Takes about 15-20 minutes tops being careful.

[cslsuperfan]

Originally Posted by lawsy

Agreed.

5hrs woah. Takes about 15-20 minutes tops being careful.

Lawsy,

I removed the entire airbox, not just the cf secton revealing the filter.
cleaning all the internals of the airbox and deep clean of the inlet ports.
20 minutes is mighty impressive!!

[Csl spurs]

Originally Posted by cslsuperfan

Who the hell said taking the airbox off was straight forward!!!!

5 hours bonnet up to down...

Inlets got a good clean. unbelievable how shitty the inside of the airbox was

New igt filter fitted

trying to get the oil drain back into the box was epic.

A genuine tip for inlet clips....make sure you don't drop any post airbox fitment....FCUK also for anyone thinking of airbox therapy make sure you slacken both 10mm nuts holding the base of the airbox onto the metal support bracket....

will give a full step by step method if anyone wants an idiots guide!!!

I agree I did mine recently and found it a nightmare to put back on! Have you found the itg filter sounds any difference

[glendog74]

Originally Posted by cslsuperfan

Who the hell said taking the airbox off was straight forward!!!!

It is! I'm doing mine later today so will let you know, lol!