the noby booth chronicles

[ae86 forever]

one of the best ae86's in the netherlands

[r.ave]

(07-01-2024 09:20 AM)ae86 forever Wrote:  one of the best ae86's in the netherlands

A nice car indeed, but i think you haven't seen half of all cars in the Netherlands.
Check the dutch registrations list, it's somewhere here on the forum

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(06-12-2024 01:29 PM)livelaughlevin Wrote:  the filter is finally on, i will be making a heat shield for it at some point but it will have to wait. I got some help from fellow 86 enthousiast Mike Pieffers who made inlet pipe.

my preliminary findings are that although I lost a fair amount of sound and a little bit of throttle response the engine is pretty happy with this setup.
I am having a bit of trouble with hood clearance, if you are to buy a noby booth airbox I would highly recommend not following their markings for the holes.

How has the sound changed after this airbox and filter compared to thea filtered stacks?

[livelaughlevin]

(07-01-2024 10:18 AM)r.ave Wrote:  

(07-01-2024 09:20 AM)ae86 forever Wrote:  one of the best ae86's in the netherlands

A nice car indeed, but i think you haven't seen half of all cars in the Netherlands.
Check the dutch registrations list, it's somewhere here on the forum

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(06-12-2024 01:29 PM)livelaughlevin Wrote:  the filter is finally on, i will be making a heat shield for it at some point but it will have to wait. I got some help from fellow 86 enthousiast Mike Pieffers who made inlet pipe.

my preliminary findings are that although I lost a fair amount of sound and a little bit of throttle response the engine is pretty happy with this setup.
I am having a bit of trouble with hood clearance, if you are to buy a noby booth airbox I would highly recommend not following their markings for the holes.

How has the sound changed after this airbox and filter compared to thea filtered stacks?

it's hard to describe exactly but the sound is muffled like a trumpet under a blanket. It still has a nice growl though so I'm not dissatisfied. For a daily this is a 100% a must. I think the apex'i filter is an important factor in this observation. I am considering playing around with spacer plates inside the box both for structural integrity and to fine tune the trumpet length to see if I can retrieve some more of the sound and low end power (even though it's acceptable as it is now)

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(07-01-2024 09:20 AM)ae86 forever Wrote:  one of the best ae86's in the netherlands

thx man! it's not done at all, maybe i'm worthy of that title in 10 years or so

[Bean]

Far from a final answer (as it does not exist anyway) but still somewhat interesting https://youtu.be/G8L9_XO3iCw?si=huoffgJbNtVCFMr_

[livelaughlevin]

(07-04-2024 04:06 PM)Bean Wrote:  Far from a final answer (as it does not exist anyway) but still somewhat interesting https://youtu.be/G8L9_XO3iCw?si=huoffgJbNtVCFMr_

Yeah it's interesting to see test like this. I am pleased with the power the car makes now and I do feel better knowing that I won't blow up the engine of I drive through a patch of sand. I still intend to do quite a bit of experimenting with the current setup, first on the list is an aluminium box to shield the filter from hot engine bay air. Then I will try to add a spacer plate to make the stacks slightly longer (which may or may not make a significant difference in "feel") and give some structural integrity to the baseplate (it's warping from the pressure the long bolts put on it)