Airbox

[stavros01]

Hi all

i purchased a new airbox for my rb25det http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi...sid=p2759.l1259 i have installed it three times and every time its on the car the turbo dosnt want to come onto boost it trys but nothing happens the bov makes a muffled sound and the car just accelrates slowly but unwillinglly

very frustrated been working on it four 6 hours now i had to disconnect the black cannister near the air con condensor and remove the intercooler piping other than that everything is untouched.

thanks in advance

[Guilt-Toy]

The neon needs to be facing the road so you can see the fully sick light under your car, that will fix the problem

[stavros01]

lol i didnt put the neon in maybe thats my problem

[Guilt-Toy]

Hehehe

Is there any holes so the air filter can get air ? maybe you sealed it up so tight there is no air for it to suck ?

air filter pipe kinked at all ?

take some pics of it installed and post em up ?

cheers for takin the neon comment like that, made my day

lol i didnt put the neon in maybe thats my problem

[stavros01]

ill take some pics now noticed black smoke when trying to get it on boost

thanks mate

[stavros01]

hope this works

[stavros01]

i would have thought enough air gets thru from behind headlight seeing black smoke makes me think it is running rich maybe it is starving but then i ask myself why would this guy claim more hp if it was actually more restrictive

[Scooby]

have you put the intercooler piping back on correctly? a leak will make it behave like that.

neons lol

[stavros01]

k im thinking your on the money i just pulled the lid off went for drive same thinh comes up to boost and carries on like an old mole . seems preety bad on my behalf if this is the case as i have refiited it several times now lol

[stavros01]

ok guys the rubber adapter was split problem at bottom replaced it, f it runs to boost ok now but is missing at top of rpm you rekon sumthing simple is going on or have a broken something? lis is still off

Edited March 13, 2008 by stavros01

[R34NRG]

u need to feed the thing air man, i dont see any CAI at all.....ur chocking ur turbo

[stavros01]

wats cai?

you saying scrap it cause im thinking thats what my next move is

[stavros01]

k this is how im running you rekon this would restrict it ?

[stavros01]

lol i found a 2ft neon beetween the intercooler and bumber now i have two facing road

[Guilt-Toy]

poor skyline... needs air!!! cut a hole in the bottom and feed a pipe from the front so it gets a cold air feed!!

[TTT]

you see... this is why I carry on about using the stock air box.

look how much time/money you have spent.

How much it's giving you the shits.

and you've gone Backwards in performance in comparison to an exposed pod filter, and even further backwards compared to a stock air box.

there are at least 3 stock airbox with snorkle and panel filter for sale on these forums for an R33 GTST for $50.

If you must keep it, then I'd suggest removing the partition and going for another drive (how many hours to do that?).

if there are no problems high in the rev range, then you know that the partition is causing some sort of problem.

be it not enough air due to no cai (Cold Air Induction) or perhaps it is too tight around the rubber intake pipe that goes from pod to turbo and is actually crimping it a little causing a restriction in air.

perhaps due to no air feed (cai), the rubber pipe between turbo and pod is being sucked closed..

who knows..

so what are you going to do?

spend another x hours to diagnose and possibly fix it but still be left with a system that has no air feed?

or spend less time and $50 to get the stock air box and sort it out properly.

[stavros01]

thanks guys im going to go to stock air box and see what happens it came with the pod when i bought it all i was trying to do is keep the hot air from the motor, away from the intake seemed simple enough (sigh) hopefully nothings been changed in there to stop it fitting

fast responses support is fantastic here

[Guilt-Toy]

ahhh its good mate.. its cool to laugh at what the noobs get up to when your at work bored off your nut.

Its funny because we have all done it at one stage

[TTT]

lol... memories of clarks rubber heatshielded foam, cut with scissors, to use as heat shield, held in place by being wedged between the carbon canister...

[R34NRG]

wen i get my car back ill show u out it should be set up properly, you should always stick to the OEM airbox unless you can supply a proper CAI(cold air intake) for your enclosed POD, otherwise its either A) sucking hot air which is useless or B) sucking no air cuz theres no air feed.