Stanced XUD Estate (IT'S ALIVEEEEahahaha)

[cwspellowe]

Right, pay day means update time and some fast moving progress.

We'll start with the intercooler kit and induction kit. I have coming:

Universal 2.25" FMIC piping kit
63mm 2 1/2" Aluminium Alloy Tube Hose Pipe Tube 1m
Red Silicone Hose Elbow 90 Degree 63mm
Red Silicone Hose Elbow 90 Degree 51mm 4 Ply
51mm 2" OD Aluminium Alloy Tube Heater Hose Pipe 1m
56mm - 59mm SILICONE HOSE ACE T BOLT CLIPS QTY 10
57mm 2 1/4" Aluminium Alloy Tube Hose Pipe Tube 1m
Three different sizes of ACE SILICONE HOSE CLAMPS CLIPS QTY 10
Red Silicone Hose 90 Reducing Elbow 60-51mm 4 Ply
Red Silicone Hose Elbow 180 Degree 51mm 4 Ply
Red Silicone Hose 90 Reducing Elbow 57-51mm 4 Ply
Red Silicone Hose Elbow 90 Degree 57mm 4 Ply
Battery box for a caravan
Red cone air filter

Multiples of some item on the list like elbows etc. Here's why in picture form.

Routing of the intercooler pipes and inlet pipes



Red - intercooler
Green - inlet
Orange - step in ID size
Blue - air box

The manifold side of the FMIC is going to go through the chassis where the washer bottle neck normally is (the washer bottle's going in the boot) with the help of a hole saw. The turbo side of the FMIC is going round the back of the engine as I really didn't like the way a pipe would have to be squeezed up by the master cylinder.

The inlet pipe is going to run alongside the FMIC pipe round the back of the engine. Both pipes will come over the gearbox with a 90degree reducer to take the inlet pipe to 2.5" and the FMIC pipe to 2.25" which it will remain throughout the system.

The FMIC pipe will drop in front of the gear box and around the chassis leg to the FMIC. The inlet pipe will go over the top, through a 90 degree bend and into an airbox that's going to be made from a caravan battery box, like so:



Green - pipes and filter
Blue - airbox
Orange - rubber seal
Red - drainage hole
White/shaded - cutaway of the Evo bonnet vent

The box i'll be using is like so:



The filter will sit in the main large part of the box. The dividing wall will be used to keep out dirt and water and crap as the bonnet vent will be opened up. The smaller section will be used to collect water etc and a drainage hole will be knocked up to carry water away under the car so the airbox doesn't fill up with l'eau. As the French say. The dividing wall will be opened out to allow air to pass through from one chamber to the other.

This will be an open topped air box, with a rubber door seal type thing sealing it to the underside of the bonnet. Filter will be on show when it's open and tucked away from the elements when closed.

Should work pretty nicely. Will at least look pretty anyway!