Howdy all,
Just fitted my ABD turbo intake pipe and 3" tubing to the air box.
My recomendations.
1. Do not atempt to fit after you wake up from having been working graveyard shift. You don't have as much day light as you think!!!
2. Make sure you have a second set of hands close by to help position the TIP correctly when re-fitting.
3. Punching a brick wall is not stress relieving and you'll need those knuckles latter.
4. If something wont budge - chances are pulling harder wont do jack!
5. A bread knife is not a substitute for a hack saw.
For the air box mod I discovered when I opened it that there was no filter there!!! When they say air box - I didn't expect to just find a box full of air. WTF!!! I'll be questioning the dealer about that and I hope that they will come to the party and purchase me a replacement.
I couldn't believe my eyes when I opened it up and I even went searching around the car just incase I was doing something incredibly stupid!
The 3" pipe fits in nice and snug and I routed it down behind the front head light. With a few slight modifications to the back of the light (see bread knife is not a hack saw) it makes a good fit and now it sits down the bottom of the front bar. I'm going to pull out the black plastic moulding where foggies would be on other models and I'm going to modify that so the pipe hooks in there.
The ABD intake pipe was a bit of a bugger to fit especially when using axle stands to hoist the car up. I think I may have even invented a few new swear words to add to my vocabulary. If anyone is going to try and do this and has big hands like me - good luck! Maybe it would have been easier done over a pit. I ran out of light trying to fit the last bolt wich proved to be quite tricky so first thing this morning I dragged my partner out of bed to hold it in place from above whilst I secure the bolt.
I'm glad it's done now but as there is no air filter at the moment I haven't noticed a massive difference. The turbo definetly spools up quicker and the power delivery feels smoother. Is there a massive difference - no, but the difference is there.
Counting down the day untill I get it chipped! :)
I'll try and put together a nice DIY for the air box mod. I don't think I'll do one for the TIP as there would be far to many profanic words in it.
Cheers,
-99
