K&n Panel Filter And Resonator Delete

[mic]

In the process of tinkering with my car and I see that K&N panel filter and resonator delete is recommended on Andy F's website. But exactly what is this?

Cheers lol

Michael

[seafar99]

I think all he's meaning is that you change your standard air-box filter to a K&N Filter and then strip off your resonator and volley it in to your wheelie bin.

[marky.t.s]

I think all he's meaning is that you change your standard air-box filter to a K&N Filter and then strip off your resonator and volley it in to your wheelie bin.

, i should know as Craig (Seafar 99) "deleted " my resonator box,took about an hour (coz of some sticky bolts),get a nice induction noise now and even a wee "whoosh" from the std .dump valve.

[Double Zero]

, i should know as Craig (Seafar 99) "deleted " my resonator box,took about an hour (coz of some sticky bolts),get a nice induction noise now and even a wee "whoosh" from the std .dump valve.

Mark what's the best way to go about this ,is it just removing the box in the inner wing and replacing the cold air feed with another pipe?

Stevie

[marky.t.s]

Mark what's the best way to go about this ,is it just removing the box in the inner wing and replacing the cold air feed with another pipe?

Stevie

pretty straight forward stevie,i didnt bother with a cold air feed pipe ,i'll mibbies do it in the better weather,anyway theres plenty of air coming in once the box is out,besides mines is still std. engine(no mods).The only thing youll need to do is blank off the hole in the wing thats left to stop hot air from the engine bay going back into the actual air filter box.(mind you i'm not sure if your m/y is like mines).I just used a thin (3mm) thick piece of p.v.c. sheet .i suppose a thin bit of aluminium could be used as well,it was about 4" square.I think this blanking plate is available from the stealers as well ,but why pay when i can get for free.

[nanaki]

my00 as you have its pretty straight forward. done it to mine.

remove the front scoop in the engine bay. the whole that will be left by it can be covered over with a blanking plate from an impreza sport. this you can get at the dealers for about £8 i think. will lookout the part number later as i should have it somewhere. i just remember it being called a plug and the guys at s&s not having a clue what i was on about till i showed them where it went.

jack up front right and remove wheel (trust me for the effort of taking the wheel off its so much simpler.

carefully remove the plugs holding in the wheel arch lining. yes you will probably brake them but there only a couple pounds at the dealers. (ive got some lying around from a previous fix)

ok now undo the couple of bolts holding in what could possibly be the ugliest piece of plastic on your car. (some in engine bay and some from underneath)

now every how to on this says it should just drop out with a lot of wiggeling but I couldnt get it. i ended up loosening the front bumper on that side to give myself extra room to move it about as the bumper support was in my way.

once its out toss it to the side.

while your at it if you look at the airbox you'll see that its opening its actually a larger circle with a smaller one stuck round it. i took the airbox completly out the car and removed the extra bit of plastic to open up the entrance to the airbox. larger hole = more air flow. its only held on by 3 clips and was only helping the resonator stay put but without it who needs it.

now this is where its up to you. if you do get the plug and cover the gap then it will mostly be taking cold air in from the wing however there will be a small gap between the airbox and the wing. i stuck some rubber draft excluder (any diy store) around the opening so that there is a perfect seal between the airbox and the wing. only place its getting air from now is the wing.

All in it took me about an hour and apart from some swearing trying to get the damn thing out (and if i ever sell the car it aint going back in)

If i recall correctly http://www.scoobymods.com/ has got some very good write ups on how to do all this and if you register there was even pics of the different stages. thats where i got how to do it from.

best of luck.

[Carson]

Trace the piture link, it tells you abit about it. MRT style

Am sticking to the pannel. A plan to go though big puddles

Edited January 9, 2008 by Carson

[mic]

Cheers for the help guys.... and ooo dat looks purty

[nanaki]

Code for the plug from the dealers - PN46059FA000

Enjoy

[ur.a.bus]

thanks for this info, just done it myself after reading this.

i cut the resonator box off the bottom of the piping so i could keep the front scoop going into the wing and the curved bit that goes into the air box. in my wing now i just have a u pipe with hole in the bottom (where resonator was)

do you think this will work ok?

noticed my cats smell a bit more now though, just need to get them off and a remap and i'm happy

[nanaki]

shouldn't think there would be a problem with that setup.