hey guys who uses an air box instead of twin air cleaners on twin carbs. cause im looking at making my own cause the intake noise at 110km/ h is terrible. i had one based around a excel air box but its kinda rough and needs more work to refine it to a more pleasant to the eye version. so any pics of what anyone on here uses would be helpful in the design process. this is for my 2L t4 in chaos
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i have often contemplated the same thing.....thought about making something out of pvc pipe and running it to a late model air cleaner.
its still only a thought but would be interested to see what others may have done...also
i did have one but i dont have any pics of it. it was ugly but did the job.
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i friend did this as a temp thuing for twin webers into cb filter to snorkel on a off road buggy. works so well it hasnt been changed yet; prob not on for a normal car.....
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thats along the lines of what i was thinking but with the air filter housing on the fan housing. i know i could but one in from the states but i dont have the $$$ for it.
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yep...ugly..but thats the idea
question is does it affect performance and is it quiet
thanks steve hows the bug going
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thanks steve..that answers that question
...if only i had a sheetmetal workshop
Hi Barls
No worries. My car, slow, lots of thinking which should help not going down the wrong path later on.
Steve
Hi all,
It's late at night and I might have miss-understood your question but I think that my Brother may have done something similar to what you are attempting to do with his Baja.
This air box/filter system was pinched off his '67 which runs a Type IV with an upright cooling system - so it fits on both cars without mods...It was MUCH quieter than the socks and paper filters that he tried and he felt that it made the engine run better. OK, granted it not pretty, but it does do the job.
The Air box is just a modified 'L Bug air filter box. Inside is a standard Paper cartridge filter...
I will attach a low quality pic below...If you would like more pics (or just a better quality version of the one below), just let me know and I can email it to you.
Cheers,
R 🙂
40hp, 6V and ...er... slowly making improvements
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R 🙂
40hp, 6V and ...er... slowly making improvements
😂
It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!
Founding member of the Gold Coast Dub Club Inc. 🙂thanks ratty thats similar to what im thinking of doing at the moment, im tempted to modify a lbug air filter with glass but havent had the time. the one i had was damaged in the crash. thats not good that is going slow but im sure once it gains momentum it will gain a life of its own
[Edited on 10/5/2005 by barls]
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check out the alpha sud air box. similar set up. may even fit with a little mucking around.
ok ill look in to it
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here's one on a bus
looks good mate the only problem is it wont fit in the bug with the upright conversion
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how about this then
yeah thats more like it mate i might end up going something similar but with out the turbo for the moment
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Richard Holzl did it on the 2.8L beast he built.
Yep - induction at about 6k + in that beast....was.....an experience!
They made it up with pvc into a common pod filter and it worked a treat.
Futue te ipsum!!!
cool i might try to get hold of alex to see if he has some pics
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wow what a beast !!
if you get pics, don't forget to post em here!
...and Robert's ya father's brother...
of course mate i always share
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...and Robert's ya father's brother...
anyone else or do i have to go to stf for more pics and ideas
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Ultra VW had a dark blue low light ghia in it some time back with a type4 motor and a porsche fan. It was famous for burnouts or something. It had a german airbox system on it. looked really trick. apparently it's off an audi.
be worth looking at.
The other thing i was thinking was, what about a subaru EJ series plenum?
You could cut it and weld it where you needed, then just put a pod filter where the throttle body should be.
Just thinking out loud 😉
i dont have a copy of that issue do you peter? if so can i get you to scan the pics for me and email them to me. i tried looking on the ultravw site but couldnt find the one you were talking about
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1st issue page 70, "burnout king"
just went and had another look in the collection of vw mags ive got issue 9 of ultravw but no issue 1, on the upside i do have a copy of the hot vw tech book they put out a couple of years ago. does any one on here have a copy of the issue we are talking about.
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