Lower airbox removal on TF.

Hi Airportable has given the correct info on how to remove airbox apart from the fact that there are two tap tight fixings. Glyn.

Thank you.
There is going to be a lot of room in there when it all comes out!

I have, it’s not difficult. The thing to do is dispense with the clock & fit a matching pressure & temperature gauges. Standard 2”/52mm gauges go straight in, a union doubler is required, either as a screw in/on adapter. I prefer a sand plate, however not all sandwich plates are equal, some Chinese offerings don’t have the correct thread form.
If you go ahead & require more info we’ll cover it later.
M

I've taken mine out to feed cold air pipe from the N/S engine vent, but first I will clean and paint suspension support and other bits in that area. Yes I was surprised at the amount of room in that area.
Glyn.

It’s a useful space to warm a couple of kippers on your home from work & straight on the table with some fresh bread.
M

D4KGP wrote:

I've taken mine out to feed cold air pipe from the N/S engine vent, but first I will clean and paint suspension support and other bits in that area. Yes I was surprised at the amount of room in that area.
Glyn.

That's my plan too to clean up as much as I can in there as nobody else ever has!
 

Airportable wrote:

I have, it’s not difficult. The thing to do is dispense with the clock & fit a matching pressure & temperature gauges. Standard 2”/52mm gauges go straight in, a union doubler is required, either as a screw in/on adapter. I prefer a sand plate, however not all sandwich plates are equal, some Chinese offerings don’t have the correct thread form.
If you go ahead & require more info we’ll cover it later.
M

Brilliant idea about the clock! Why? Cos mine doesn't work! 
Then I will be swish cos I've never had an oil pressure gauge and an oil temp gauge.
I have a Landrover VDO 52mm oil pressure gauge in my MX5 using a centre air vent.
Kippers? Was thinking more of crumpets..
 

Crumpets, just fine. In fact an excellent idea, kippers would have every dog & possibly cat for miles around chasing you down the road.
M

Airportable wrote:

I have, it’s not difficult. The thing to do is dispense with the clock & fit a matching pressure & temperature gauges. Standard 2”/52mm gauges go straight in, a union doubler is required, either as a screw in/on adapter. I prefer a sand plate, however not all sandwich plates are equal, some Chinese offerings don’t have the correct thread form.
If you go ahead & require more info we’ll cover it later.
M

David aiketgate wrote:-

There actually is an oil pressure sensor present already. It feeds the oil pressure warning light. When I put in my dual oil pressure and temp gauges, due to me getting the thread wrong on the pressure sensor that I'd bought, I thought, what the hell, try taking the wire off tbe back of the low pressure light and connecting the wire from the original sensor to the new gauge. Guess what? It works fine! Although I then didn't have a low oil pressure light, but I didn't miss it. If I could have been bothered I suppose I could have gone back in and piggybacked the oil light, but I'd put it all back together by then.🤣


 

I consider doing away with the warning light & using this system, deciding against it, due to the memory map I have of my instruments, warning lights & the strange way my brain works. I have subsequently used that signal to control an auxiliary circuit.
M

After reading your earlier post I am considering the Pipercross cone filter mod. Re: noise, when you say "I can live with it" how noisy is it ?

BTW, Bruce's low coolant alarm is a good bit of kit and easy to fit. Great peace of mind on a long motorway run.

Laurence J wrote:

After reading your earlier post I am considering the Pipercross cone filter mod. Re: noise, when you say "I can live with it" how noisy is it ?

BTW, Bruce's low coolant alarm is a good bit of kit and easy to fit. Great peace of mind on a long motorway run.

Hiya,  regarding noise it's a difficult one to answer because we all have different tolerances!
At normal town driving in traffic it is hardly noticeable..it just burbles along.
When you start to push it hard then you do notice a difference but somehow, against my better nature, I actually like it! At cruising speeds on the motorway it might be ok because you are less than 4k or so.
I removed all of my airbox today so it is staying!!
For the first time today I opened ip the engine access port. It's better than I thought as I was worried I would have to learn key hole surgery! 
Bruce's kit gets fitted tomorrow if the rain holds off but it stopped play today especially having to have the roof open.
Alas another car in the garage means it's oitside work.