Air intake mod

[RF600]

I thought about searching for this but had no idea what to search for.

 

For those of us who have body lifts, has anyone had issues with the rubber intake boot? I know the guys with a 3" body lift, the intake is bent quite a bit.

 

I was thinking about a wedge to be placed between the air box and the piece that the maf connects to, or a wedge between the throttle body and intake. That would take the bend out of the boot. I don't know if that would have any ill effects on the maf. Does anyone with more knowledge know if it would work?

[Precise1]

A wedge between the airbox and and the MAF would work just fine (you'd want it the same size hole lined up, obviously), but there is another, easier trick.On the MAF side of the airbox there are 1 or two brackets towards the bottom that support the air box. Remove them and allow the air box to droop down. It will remove most of the strain on the hose and make the connecting angle much more reasonable. You can always reattach the bracket(s?) in the new position with self tapping sheet metal screws, I think I just removed mine. Regardless, is a basically an adequate, free 15 minute fix.

 

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[mo3chang]

Funny this was brought up. I am in the process of reassembling my 91 after the 3 inch lift (bumper brakes are pita/hieroglyphics).

To deal with the air hose issue issue i just unbolted the air box took off the connector that went into the fender and bent one of the brackets lower rebolted and called it a day.

I plan on doing a pvc bent snorkel setup in the future so the air box is irrelevant.

 

My last pathy actually had no bolts holding the airbox down or anything other than the one hose intake ribbed hose connected to it for five years of abuse and no ill results. I budget fixed it after an accident and never was able to get any of it to fit right. So I'm sure bending those air box brackets and not using the fender line should be fine.

Edited March 17, 2015 by mo3chang