Thread: custom air box for disco

I have some detailed pics in my Gallery, if you go to Gallery and type in Tank, browse through my pics and you should find it, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

I have some detailed pics in my Gallery, if you go to Gallery and type in Tank, browse through my pics and you should find it, Regards Frank.

Yeah i had a look tank not a bad concept but is it water proof and how well is the induction through the tube does it affect the MAF sensor adversly?

You have to plug the "Ducks Bum" valve in the bottom of the tin canister, it is waterproof as long as you seal all the joins and the end cap, never had any water in mine when I had it and I got better fuel economy as well, 1 or 2 L/100klm better, most of the systems using the early Tin Can and filter had the snorkle pipe coming into the side of the canister, I believe this will block that small area of the filter very quickly, those that have it this way have said they don't have any complaints. But if you look at the construction of the original Tin Can it and the filter are designed to fed air from the front and not the side, I'm a big believer that the people that designed it this way knew what they were doing, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

You have to plug the "Ducks Bum" valve in the bottom of the tin canister, it is waterproof as long as you seal all the joins and the end cap, never had any water in mine when I had it and I got better fuel economy as well, 1 or 2 L/100klm better, most of the systems using the early Tin Can and filter had the snorkle pipe coming into the side of the canister, I believe this will block that small area of the filter very quickly, those that have it this way have said they don't have any complaints. But if you look at the construction of the original Tin Can it and the filter are designed to fed air from the front and not the side, I'm a big believer that the people that designed it this way knew what they were doing, Regards Frank.

Not a bad point, i have a 4.5 inch hole in the side of the one of modded now so the intake is bigger then the front one, we will have to compare fuel notes.

Well... thanks for the advice i decided to go with the tin can but wanted to come in from the side to allow me to mount it back a little for the second battery, im going to use to ducks bum entrance for the breather kit input that way i can put my breather kit filter up into the snorkle itself.



lucky for me i found the setup in a Disco 1 with a 3.5 so a little modification to the mounting brackets and adapt the intake from 4inch to 3 inch and done. Also next to the airbox you can see my new mount for my coil using a set of range-rover brackets i had in the shed