Air filter under the wing??

[emu]

Has anyone else tried this?

 

My escort is running with an injected pinto. Currently it has a carb style K&N bolted to the Air Flow Meter. What I want to do is bolt the AFM to the inner wing (where the battery used to live) and put my new chavvy cone filter behind the headlight (the headlight is still fitted). Is there any problems that anyone knows/ can think of with doing this?

 

I did think i might need to put in a small sheild to stop crap getting thrown at the filter from the top of the tyre , but other than that I cant see a problem

[5hane]

off topic : my dad did that with a 5 series for drifting, had a k&n poing out of the light surround. looked reate till it went into the walls at arena essex (solid concrete with metal rainings over )

 

shouldnt be any probems i guess?, un less its allegal to have 1 headlamp

[Rick]

id say as long as you put a bit of a guard around it it would be ok. without it would just get battered by stones until it inhaled one

[BIG G]

or you drive it in the rain as the front wheel will fill the inner wing with spray.

[emu]

Thats what I thought, but I guessed that some sort of shield arrangement (half a bucket?? ) should stop it being sprayed straight onto the filter.

 

Provided its not getting spray off the wheel I cant see that it would get that wet up in there?

[Guest MK1gaz]

Alot of the YB turbo posse have air filters in the drivers side inner wing area

[Baz.]

when i fitted the injection in the MK2 i had (danmex now has it) i put the filter under the wing mate, then used a modded plastic flower pot to sheild the filter but could still breath through the holes, worked a treat

[emu]

http://www.oldskoolford.co.uk/phpBB2/ga ... age_id=478

 

Just like that then Is the AFM bolted away from the inner wing?? I was going to bolt it up flush and then put an adaptor plate on the other side to mount the filter??

[Baz.]

it was on little rubber mounts mate , where did you get that pic then

 

black flower pot works well though

[emu]

I followed your thinly disguised clues of course

 

Mums got loads of flower pots , in every conceivable size, shape and color so i shall have a hunt through

[Baz.]

also that strut brace was cut and a new bar was welded in to go around the injection

[emu]

I lopped the front half of the brace off last year when I first injected it. Not sure if I still have the other half to reweld back on . Just trying to tidy up the installation a bit whilst the car is stripped out