V8 Airbox Lower And Cai Pipe Fitted Into F6

[F6_jase]

Hi everyone,

purchased and fitted the V8 airbox lower section and CAI pipe into my F6 yesterday so I thought I would post a piccy of it. needed a little trimming still, but bonnet closes fine now.

[PSI40T]

cant see the pic??? im interested in doing this to my xr6t

[F6_jase]

dont know what happened to the old photo.

[Guest Spinifex]

Looks great Jase, any chance of a brief walk through the fitting / trimming process and approximate cost?

Onya mate.

[F6_jase]

Hi spinifex, the lower cost me $160 from memory from FTG autosalvage in Vic and its a simple swapover.

remove the torx bolts from the top half of the airbox and swing it to the side

remove the old CAI by taking out one plastic press in insert at the front and pull it off the airbox

remove the 2 bolts on the upper top of the lower securing it to the engine bay and lift the box out.

reverse the process to install the lower

manouver the CAI into position and push the plastic insert back in to secure the CAI pipe

when I tryed to close the bonnet it was resting on the top of the mouth of the intake, so while it was rsting there I lookied into the gap and saw where it was touching, got a blade out of a stanley knife and just kept trimming the top of the mouth till I was happy with the closing.

if you have any dramas I can take a closeup of the mouth of the CAI so you can compare it to the new one and see how much was trimmed off.

Cheers

[PHANTMXR6]

Hey guys.

Don't want to burst your bubble or anything, but unless you clearance the snorkel to the drive belt it will touch it under accelerationa and leave belt dust and rubber everywhere on the front of the engine.

Once you've fitted the snorkel look closely down the side of it and you'll see how close it is to the belt before you even start the car.

What you need to do is remove it and get a hot air gun, or maybe a hair drier that puts out some heat, and depress the sections that are close to the belt to give it more clearance.

That way you won't have to worry about a belt failure.

[spic]

Hey guys.

Don't want to burst your bubble or anything, but unless you clearance the snorkel to the drive belt it will touch it under accelerationa and leave belt dust and rubber everywhere on the front of the engine.

Once you've fitted the snorkel look closely down the side of it and you'll see how close it is to the belt before you even start the car.

What you need to do is remove it and get a hot air gun, or maybe a hair drier that puts out some heat, and depress the sections that are close to the belt to give it more clearance.

That way you won't have to worry about a belt failure.

I fitted one recently and don't recall it being close to the drive belt. I did however use a hairdryer to make an indent to clear a pipe at the back of the snorkel.

[F6_jase]

I fitted one recently and don't recall it being close to the drive belt. I did however use a hairdryer to make an indent to clear a pipe at the back of the snorkel.

yeh bubble burster, no problems here either, at least 15mm clearance on mine

[spic]

yeh bubble burster, no problems here either, at least 15mm clearance on mine

[PHANTMXR6]

Sorry guys, maybe I didn't explain it properly.

At rest everything looks fine.

Under hard acceleration the engine will torque over to one side. When you step off the loud pedal the belt will get a bit of a whip in it as the engine drops off revs.

This whip is what will be hitting the snorkel if you don't clearance it properly.

If you haven't done any clearancing on the snorkel yet, give it a hundred kms or so then look at the side of the snorkel.