Samco Maf to Turbo hose & 180 deg bend

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Does anyone know where I can purchase one of the above as the title says for a 3B, also I’m having difficulty in finding a Samco 80mm 180deg bend, I've tried the usual places ebay, rally design, merlin motorsport but the biggest I'm finding available is 76mm

[Rusty]

Get an Ebay 180 degree bend as per my thread on cold air feed etc. It's good quality and £20ish.

3B inlet hose = s2central.net

[rotoryboy]

[Rusty]

This thread tells you everything you need to know:

http://www.s2forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=42663&highlight=cone+filter

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Get an Ebay 180 degree bend as per my thread on cold air feed etc. It's good quality and £20ish.

3B inlet hose = s2central.net

I've found your thread and just finished reading it, good info nice one. I'll be purchasing them bits..cheers

[Rusty]

With the heat shield and air feed it drives as nicely as with my modified airbox, so much better than just a cone floating around next to the turbo. Really worth the effort.

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I think thats why the boost seems to drop off, Ive got it down to

1 heat from turbo been soaked up by the filter as it has no heat sheild fitted
2 the filters facing the wrong direction for cold air feed

with these bits fitted and my mate the lagger making me aheat sheild, not that he knows yet this should cure the problem..

[Rusty]

The boost shouldn't drop off with temperature (unless it's extremely high) but it'll feel like you're pulling a ton of bricks until you get some decent cold air in that area of teh engine bay, can take a second or so.

If you've got boost issues then get the airbox back on there and put it back to as stock as possible so that you can eliminate the mods as a reason for the problems. Don't remember seeing the thread on boost problems, is there one?

Edit:- I see it's a B2 - what size IC have you got on there? If it's a tiddler then that won't be helping when combined with the warm air from the cone filter.

Spend as much time as you can to get some decent heat shielding in there and get some hose taking air from the grille.

If you're feeling brave then cut the inner wing out in an MTM style - see Jamo's build thread for his solution or the MTM airbox thread (twoqu I think did that one) and get it sorted - you'll love the difference for such a simple upgrade.

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I don't have the original airbox so cant try that, I bought it as it is now. it feels like the boost dips around 4000 - 4500 revs? there is no cold air feed to the filter so I'll be fitting a pipe to supply air, I think there is a few threads with boost issues posted I'll have a look. I'm not home till september so will have the parts ready to fit when I"m home and see what the results are.

[Rusty]

They naturally drop off about 5k to the redline, especially as stock.

If you've no heat shielding then get fabricating, it'll make such a difference, as before, if you can cut the inner wing then all the better

Interwarmer size should also be looked at - or tricks to cool it or the charge i.e. water sprays, injection, NOS/CO2 sprays etc.

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I'll be having the shield made up soon as..I know it has a stock UR intercooler which the positioning is questionable, again this will be replaced by a front mounted item..I'm going to have my work cut out when I get home..I've all the running gear to swap for S2 as well...