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[oldeskewltoy]

oldeskewltoy Wrote:been a while...........




.....I'm still scratching my head about the air intake/filter.... anyone have rational ideas on the air intake????

Scratching my head no longer!!!!


Last week in my preparaing to be Chump car* car chief I was over @ Kris Lilly's trying to sort out some operational issues, when I spied an airbox on one of Kris's shelves. I asked Kris about it and he told me it came from his Ford Ranger (heh... at least it wasn't something GM). I asked, and he was gracious enough to give me the airbox.

* - http://chumpcar.com/



At the time I knew it was going to be a close fit, but I hadn't realized how OEM it would look.......... and FIT!





Let me introduce you to Ford engineering** number E57E-9643-1SY.
** - Engineering #s are the #s Ford stamps on the part... which often times is NOT the part number!!



Note how well the air temp sensor fits, a Dremel, and a home made grommet is a good thing. Also... this airbox is from the V6 2.8, or 2.9 liters, I seriously doubt any restrictions based on size.

It also allows me to use K&N drop in filter #33-2200!!!



Also note the somewhat different airtube. It began life as a regular AE86 air tube... About 7 years ago I had experimented with an airtube to see if 1) the air tube could be shortened, and 2) to remove the accordian bit to smooth out airflow.




After removing the accordian part, I used a bicycle tube to join the two parts back together, I then used some RTV to seal the inside of the tube to allow a bit of flex, while smoothing the airflow from one cut part to the other....




This last photo also shows that I can grab the air from behind the exposed headlight and duct it to the box. If you look carefully there is a LARGE opening at the bottom of the box(note the "stepped" appearence), all it needs is a bit of flashing material ductwork and it will draw in cold air from behind the headlight.


There are 2 issues I will have to re-address, but they are minor. 1) The overflow and washer tanks are situated over in that corner, they will have to be moved. The AE86 overflow tank is on the front edge of the shock tower, so that is where I will mount the overflow tank for this car. The washer tank is a different story... I MAY use an old... REALLY old style bag type washer "tank", that way I can mount it almost anywhere. I may look for something else. I can't use an AE86 tank,primarily because the MAP sensor is in the way as well as I'm not sure it will fit.


Oh.... the ignition wires came today... but I'll leave that for the next post.