... the designer of the early 3B air box I will, well, go to prison if they ever caught me. I have never seen such a stupid design in my life.
It was that time of year, service time. Last weekend I bought all the bits and got cracking. Plugs and air filter were first. Plugs done in no time. Then came the fun. I have done this before but have erased it from my memory due to the physical and mental pain.
Firstly, who in their right mind would secure the whole arrangement down with a bolt that you can hardly get to?
Secondly, who would put a clip in a place where you have to slice up your hand to get to?
Thirdly, who would design it so that you have to come up with a cunning use for string to reassemble the whole bloody lot? The crunch came when I discovered after taking the whole lot apart that the bloody parts place had given me the wrong filter!
Well, I put it all back to gether and then got on with the oil and oil filter; which I did fine.
This weekend, same hassel but with the correct filter. Finnally job done!
But if I ever meet the guy I will... 
What are my options to make sure I never have this fun again? Does an ABY or RS2 air box have this stupid design or did they shoot the guy and give the design to somebody who knew what they were doing?
It was that time of year, service time. Last weekend I bought all the bits and got cracking. Plugs and air filter were first. Plugs done in no time. Then came the fun. I have done this before but have erased it from my memory due to the physical and mental pain.
Firstly, who in their right mind would secure the whole arrangement down with a bolt that you can hardly get to?
Secondly, who would put a clip in a place where you have to slice up your hand to get to?
Thirdly, who would design it so that you have to come up with a cunning use for string to reassemble the whole bloody lot?
The crunch came when I discovered after taking the whole lot apart that the bloody parts place had given me the wrong filter! Well, I put it all back to gether and then got on with the oil and oil filter; which I did fine.
This weekend, same hassel but with the correct filter. Finnally job done!
But if I ever meet the guy I will... What are my options to make sure I never have this fun again? Does an ABY or RS2 air box have this stupid design or did they shoot the guy and give the design to somebody who knew what they were doing?
...i have a revised samco maf to turbo hose to replace and a new filter to go in mine but haven't had the time or inclination to **** about with it. Was the reason i went to a cone as everything that side of the engine becomes a doddle but as the heatsoak was getting silly I went back to the box last summer. Might have to find an Rs2 version me thinks 
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