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[JG]

i wasn't going to bother instead opting for nimbus on top of the current shielding on the clam. I;ll stick with the current rocker cover if there is a risk of melting the plastic one.

[techieboy]

Plastic cover has been fine (i.e. not a mark on it) on mine with no manifold heatshield apart from the more reflective Nimbus one on the boot bulkhead.

[FLD]

and another question, will the plastic rocker cover withstand the heat of the tullet?

Plastic cover has been fine (i.e. not a mark on it) on mine with no manifold heatshield apart from the more reflective Nimbus one on the boot bulkhead.

Another vote here for it being fine. I wrapped my manifold and put nimbus on the boot and its all fine.

[Nelly Vx]

if you bash the standard heatshield with a ball-pein hammer (near the ends) it will fit back over the Tullet, you need to fit the studs back into the cylinder head and then use nuts and washers to hold the heatshield on, also don't bother trying to fit the lower section back on ;)/>

You may have to drill a new hole (for one of the studs) in the heatshield. The other option is to make a new heatshield :P/>

That's exactly what I did fitted the oe mani heat sheild :-)

[JG]

I'm implementing this:




The 150 and the 180 connectors for the canister end


I haven't decided where to put the filter yet, but i think there is the best place. gives a nice run to the rail, pretty much uninterrupted.


I've also changed the colour scheme. Its going to be blue red everywhere, except for the final connection to the rail which will be black. Allthough Mocal do a low profile 90 degree fitting which might be neater, esp with the new rail adapters.

[JG]

Ah, thats better. how good can a filter which you can see through be?

[JG]

Well, i've looked at lots and lots of OEM airboxes with paper filters and eventually decided the bracketery required is both too substantial and complicated, esp when you take into account how the filter is replaced. Then there was the problem of power output, having had paper filters sucked into intakes on other cars before I was keen to avoid that too Having met Andy at ITG a couple of times at shows and talked about stab99s, he and I have specified something that will hopefully reduce noise, filter better and fit the requirements of throughput. Therefore gone with Stab99xl (larger circumference) to fit a WRC <4 mircon filter. Looking forward to receiving it. Will carry some in the shop too.

[Gedi]

I didn't see that coming. Out of all the people crazy enough to move away from paper filters, I never expected you to be one.

[sford]

Incidentally, I took my itg kit off the car yesterday to clean it and although the outer part was filthy, the intake pipe was spotless. I was a little concerned given Nev's findings and was going to go back to panel filters but given how clean it was it can stay.

[techieboy]

Keep me posted James. I tried to get some info on the very same thing last year but got nowhere with them. Moving to a fully enclosed filter made a decent difference to mine at Le Mans last year. I went plastic though as I wasn't sure whether a carbon or aluminium one (based on previous ITG experience) wouldn't just resonate and add to the general racket.

[JG]

Well the brief here is a little different to what ITG are used to. Quiet and with the best filtration, ok to 300hp. The stab99xl is a 400hp rated filter which drops to 300 when used with the ultra fine WRC filters. I also requested that if i really had to use oil then i didn't want it on the inner layers and thats exactly how the WRC filters work. 4 layers, in decreasing sizes with thin oil covering on the outer layers, dry on the inner ones. Gedi, this will filter better than paper and more consistently too.

[fezzasus]

Interesting, I assume Mango will be carrying some if you can get them made?

[JG]

[JG]

Keep me posted James. I tried to get some info on the very same thing last year but got nowhere with them. Moving to a fully enclosed filter made a decent difference to mine at Le Mans last year. I went plastic though as I wasn't sure whether a carbon or aluminium one (based on previous ITG experience) wouldn't just resonate and add to the general racket.

Final BOM is

STAB99XL box (powder coat sating black)
ARAB65/67R WRC filter
Exige/Elise/VX bracket

New ITG brackets look great too. Nearly as good as a JG bracket

[JG]

In the meantime

[nicollow]

Do you have a shopping list for the fuel line bits, including where you got them from? Im after a similar system... Looks like a good setup

[vocky]

nice exhaust manifold

[ChrisS1]

Engine mount looks decidedly dirty

[JG]

nice exhaust manifold

Thanks for your on call phone assistance

[JG]

Now that the original fuel pipe system is completely removed, i'm now starting the process of installing my own.

The new rail fittings are not quite ready yet, so final bracketing can't be made, but i was also waiting for these

Low profile 90 degree bends with no pressure drop (on the left, compared to the normal aeroquip on the right)



Unfortunately they are twice of the price of already expensive aeroquip fitting, but look at them