simey 0 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Its pretty tight in there so anyone got any ideas?Have thought of BMC or Pipercross Viper as these protect the filter from heat and you can duct the cold air feed. Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 Is your filter just stuck right onto the intake of the charger? Or is there some piping? Got any pics?Jules Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted January 21, 2004 Report Share Posted January 21, 2004 PS - my filter is now inside the drivers side wing space. It starts just behind the indicator and is approx 6 inches long - so finishes just above the bottom of the spolier, if that makes sense?!? So its right behind the air vent thats there, but behind the blanked off bit - so not in direct line of the air - so wont get wet.Jules Link to post Share on other sites
amit 0 Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 HOLD ON A SEC......IF YOU HAVE YOUR VR6 SUPERCHARGED, I KNOW NIK SARAN PUT A K&N FILTER NEAR THE DRIVER SIDE WING AT THE BOTTOM. IF YOU DONT WANT A K&N FOR SOME REASON, CAN THIS BE CHANGED TO ANOTHER INDUCTION KIT????? Link to post Share on other sites
simey 0 Posted January 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 amit, my filter is tucked in behind the head light just getting ideas for the best place.jcorallo, I'll get some pictures up soon. Link to post Share on other sites
simey 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 jcorallo, here's the pics (camera now working)[ Edited Mon Feb 09 2004, 04:40PM ] Link to post Share on other sites
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jcorallo 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 hey - have you been leaving your car out in the rain again?!?! You can very easily mount the filter remotely into the front bumper/wing area. The only risk is if you were ever to take the car wading in deep water! Just below where your filter is now, you will see a hole - about 4 or 5 inches wide and about 6 or 7 inches long. The circular charcoal cannister tube is usually mounted down there. I have mounted my cannister in exactly the same place but on the opposite side of the car. VW were kind enough to leave mounting lug holes on both sides of the car for RHD and LHD cars. 8o) To mount it over the other side, you simply extend the two charcoal cannister vent pipes to the new location on the other side of the car.Now having done that, you will have a great big gapping hole where the cannister used to be - where you can now route your air filter into. Just use a piece of 45degree 3inch wide Samco hose and some large hose connectors (I made my hose connectors from some 3inch stainless exhaust sections using a hacksaw) - and clamp everything up. You might need to run a rubber strip around the edge of the chassis where the new Samco passes through - if its a tight fit, it can chaff on there as the engine rocks back and forth.I'll be able to take some pics maybe this wekeend of mine.Jules Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Simeys car has aircon so there wont be as much room down there as yours Jules Link to post Share on other sites
mina 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 SimonHow have you routed your HT leads? Have you extra long ones?Mina Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 ...and where does the hose connected to the cam cover breather go? to a catch tank? Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Share Posted February 9, 2004 Simeys car has aircon so there wont be as much room down there as yours Jules nah - loads of room! the yanks do it all the time. Heres some pics. voila - one huge hole prior to fitting a charger (not my car):ribbed pipe used here to connect to filter:another angle of the pipe disappearing into the abyss:the filter from beneath - a-um-boway' date=' a-um-boway the lion sleeps tonight (sorry - Tight Fit) :p :p [img']http://corallo.mysite.freeserve.com/misc/z_eng_underneath.jpgJules Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 ok smart arse it does fit even with aircon (Im deliberately ignoring the awful tight fit joke :? ) but would still be a small filter but going back to the original question I doubt a bmc or a viper would fit in the space in the engine bay where the filter is now [ Edited Tue Feb 10 2004, 07:54AM ] Link to post Share on other sites
jcorallo 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 not sure! length wise, it is pretty tight but you can make a few more inches spare if you were to shorten the charger intake pipe - just not sure if it would be enough. As for width? Not sure!JulesPS: a-um-boway PMSL! Link to post Share on other sites
simey 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 mina, blue igniter leads and there standard size.binliner and where does the hose connected to the cam cover breather go? to a catch tank?The pipe conects back to the main intake pipe underneath, which originally the pipe snaped the old filter and Kev said its alright without the filter. I reckon it needs a filter and that pipe capped off.Hopefully Vince at stealth will have some ideas. Link to post Share on other sites
simey 0 Posted February 10, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 jcorallo, hey - have you been leaving your car out in the rain again?!?I'll lend a bucket and sponge 8o) Link to post Share on other sites
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