Blocking off old air filter hole?

[Commercial Phil]

Hi all

Been reading this months Volksworld :roll: and started sorting out my engine bay seals etc after the keeping your aircooled alive section.
My engine is running a pancake (crap) airfilter leaving the old hole exposed (no smutt please )where the filter pip use to be. Right side back of engine.

What have people done to block this? Sucks loads of warm air otherwise.
Is it worth routing some pipe work out of this hole under the bus to in front of the engine to gain a bit more cooling intake?

Phil

 

[Loxy]

weld it up or fit a big grommet/plate over it same goes for the preheat holes if you are running twin carbs.
About to do this on mine when the tinware returns from the blasters.

 

[slammedresto]

weld it up or fit a big grommet/plate over it same goes for the preheat holes if you are running twin carbs.
About to do this on mine when the tinware returns from the blasters.

yup, same as i did on my old engine, you can buy block offs from SSP for the pre-heats, and weld up the hole

 

[Araon]

or look for a hot air connection to filter and pipe it back in

 

[Loxy]

or look for a hot air connection to filter and pipe it back in

Have you been looking at my for sale thread :wink: :wink:

 

[Araon]

As per this nikki carb

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160261914133&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=006

 

[Tofufi]

Hi all

Been reading this months Volksworld :roll: and started sorting out my engine bay seals etc after the keeping your aircooled alive section.
My engine is running a pancake (crap) airfilter leaving the old hole exposed (no smutt please )where the filter pip use to be. Right side back of engine.

What have people done to block this? Sucks loads of warm air otherwise.
Is it worth routing some pipe work out of this hole under the bus to in front of the engine to gain a bit more cooling intake?

Phil

I welded up the hole on my bug when I went to twin carbs, which don't need a preheat.

However, if you're running a single carb you need to have the stock air filter. Trust me, it'll run loads better with the preheat connected up properly

 

[mIKe cAIn]

if this is the tinware piece you are talking about, i found a piece that fits without the hole, failing this on my brothers bug we got a coke can, cut it in half, cut the edges to make a star and riveted it in place then sealed it with heat resistant mastic

 

[Commercial Phil]

Had it welded up Sure it runs better!

Good plan with the coke can though