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Sealed Air boxes

Postby pigeondave » Mon Aug 15, 2016 2:03 pm

After a great weekend on track and at the Sylva open day. I have realised after speaking to a few people that i am probably doing the car an injustice by asking it to suck warm air from under the engine bay.

A quick solution would be to have a bit of a cold air duct, which is what i will be doing soon.

I was thinking that the long term would be something like a sealed airbox like the pipercross 600 series with the cold air feed/pipe jammed in to it.

Are there any other makes/models of sealed air box that im over looking? Something not quite as expensive maybe or with more clearance over the ends of the trumpets.

Its bolting up to AT Power throttlebodies.

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby Taff Striker » Mon Aug 15, 2016 5:31 pm

This may be of interest to you - pinched from the Uphill racers forum :D

Unused carbon air box by REVERIE no R01SE0448 - takes standard Pipercross filter.
Uncut base so could be adapted for various engines.
+
2 sets of lovely shiny intake trumpets - 50mm i/d - One set 12mm deep, the other 30mm deep

The NOT SO GOOD NEWS

No idea what the trumpets are intended to fit - bike engine of some sort i presume - but that is
all i know but some of you clever guys out there will know

£90 inc UK delivery

07703162409
dermothealy@btinternet.com

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby pigeondave » Mon Aug 15, 2016 7:29 pm

Thanks for the heads up.

looking at it using the part numbers, it looks like its just the back plate.
the bit that goes in front is silly money Reverie do some really nice kit but the prices are eye watering.

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby Taff Striker » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:19 pm

Yes - sorry my mistake - I see your after the full closed box not just the base :oops:

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby jeffw » Mon Aug 15, 2016 9:32 pm

The Piper one isn't very well made, I've had two and both of them cracked.

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby adithorp » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:19 am

jeffw wrote:The Piper one isn't very well made, I've had two and both of them cracked.


...and very expensive side for a bit of blow moulded plastic.

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby jeffw » Tue Aug 16, 2016 10:22 am

yeap

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby pigeondave » Tue Aug 16, 2016 11:48 am

So I'm looking at some thing like this (gulp :o )

http://www.reverie.ltd.uk/product_list. ... AIRB%204CZ

I've been speaking to Dunnell to find out the ideal gap between the trumpets and the box. He's seen a pic of the current set up and says until i get a cold air feed im way down on power.

Are there any air boxes that are not carbon and cost as much as a second hand engine?

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

Postby adithorp » Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:19 pm

You want a min of 1.5x throttle diameter as a min above the trumpets. More than that doesn't make huge diff... less does.

Custom made in ally might be the way to go with a cone filter on the inlet.

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Re: Sealed Air boxes

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