clearance issue

[studturbo]

Hey all i made a temp air filter pipe too day. I have used some rubber hose and all that but in the end i use intercooler pipes. It works fine but its hitting my bonnet when i shut it what i am trying too say is i wont my filter were it is but i have too have my bonnet raised so it dont hit.
i tryed useing rubber hose but it kept sucking shut can some one help me i dont want too move my filter heres some pictures of how it looks

[Jake]

If you want to keep it where it is, raise the bonnet more. If not then move the filter.

[studturbo]

bonnet as bin raised lol ill get a picture of how high it is

[4WayDiablo]

Well if it doesnt fit, then ut doesnt fit....

[studturbo]

think i need some strong rubber hose some that wont suck shut

[studturbo]

Look how much i had too raise my bonnet so my air filter pipe dint hit but it still hits

[Connor]

That looks totally retarded... but each to their own I suppose... Imo just put it back to how it was until you can sort something that allows you to shut the bonnet properly

[mark_airey]

Your bonnet appears to be broken :o ........... you should fix that!

[Mattcheese31]

hit the pipe with a hammer until it's flat . . .

[declantg]

raise it more! nothing to lose

[mark_airey]

raise it more! nothing to lose

Apart from making it look worse and not being able to see where your going for the back of the bonnet! hock: (if you can't tell I dislike bonnet raisers )

[declantg]

I get the slight impression you hate them aha! My bonnet is raised but only buy something like 8mm

[Ruan]

Don't use rubber hose, go to a hydro place and get some reinforced almost like hoover tubing, they do some stuff that's heat resistant, Darren and I have used it before, you can make it fit past...

[studturbo]

I really hate my bonnet bin raised but i wont my filter were it is.
so i think what ruan said am gunner do thanks ruan

[studturbo]

Would grinded this bit of the skin under the bonnet do owr too my bonnet cos thats what my pipes are hitting ?



As you can see by looking at the bonnet you just know its gunner hit it

[darrenjlobb]

What ruan said, just get decent flexi stuff...anything which has steel / hard plastic ribbing around the outside for vacume hose.....most hydro stores sell it...

[hbomb1905]

Or cut a bit of the support out of the bonnet frame?

[darrenjlobb]

Or cut a bit of the support out of the bonnet frame?

You can, but then you will find it starts bending whenever you open / close the bonnet and it soon fecks the paint....

[mark_airey]

You can, but then you will find it starts bending whenever you open / close the bonnet and it soon fecks the paint....

or you could bend the bonnet around what ever is in the way (like a massive turbo) and make it fit by forcing it closed couldn't you Darren...............

[padge]

lol @ darrens turbo buldge

[mark_airey]

Its a speed hump..........

[darrenjlobb]

Obviously.... Lifting the middle of the bonnet section up everytime you come on boost due to engine movement is clearly just an "on boost engine mount"

[mark_airey]

Obviously.... Lifting the middle of the bonnet section up everytime you come on boost due to engine movement is clearly just an "on boost engine mount"

On boost engine stabilisation FTW, I have one of those on mine, its called the bulk head

[darrenjlobb]

Pmsl! Even Ruans VNT dosnt hit the bulkhead! Clearly not enough hammer action mark! Altho ill admit its a fucker to do when the motors still in the car

[mark_airey]

Pmsl! Even Ruans VNT dosnt hit the bulkhead! Clearly not enough hammer action mark! Altho ill admit its a fucker to do when the motors still in the car

I know, I had a bashing before I put the turbo on but its even harder when the turbo is in place as well! It will get done, it just depends if the bulkhead eats my compressor housing before I do it or not now either way the turbo has to come off which I just don't have the time for at the moment but the turbo rattling against the bulkhead on boost is doing my head in!

[studturbo]

Well i sorted the clearence issue yesterday and then
my engine went boom my cam pully cracked and knocked my timing out what as bent my valves andsmashed my pistons

[Dan!]

What a joke Stu! So unlucky mate..............

[studturbo]

I wiped my head off and checked valves and pistons and nothing seems too be broken
my valves dont seem too be bent check too see if thay seal and thay do i turned them with cam bolt and not one looks bent.
Then i checked my pistons and thay seem too be working fine too so hopefully a cheap fix for me



She will soon be back on the road

[sweeney1987]

How did you check theyre sealed?

Cant believe it hit valves and didnt bend one?