Thread: TD5 Airbox Mod

I had this done about 2yrs ago, mine had the hump removed as well, trouble with this mod is you loose bottom end power and if you have a manual and tow a heavy camper or van, it is not a good mod to do.

I had a new airbox fitted and the modded one went onto another customers auto TD5, Bruce Davis did mine.

Baz.

Originally Posted by Redback

I had this done about 2yrs ago, mine had the hump removed as well, trouble with this mod is you loose bottom end power and if you have a manual and tow a heavy camper or van, it is not a good mod to do.

I had a new airbox fitted and the modded one went onto another customers auto TD5, Bruce Davis did mine.

Baz.

I agree
i took the hiclone thing out of my air box and lost heaps down low , im going to try and source another airbox and put it back to standard

Thanks for the feedback Rangieman and Redback.
My TD5 is an auto.I certainly have not noticed a performance decrease yet.
Next time i tow the trailer will tell.

Cheers Garry

Originally Posted by sparks

Thanks for the feedback Rangieman and Redback.
My TD5 is an auto.I certainly have not noticed a performance decrease yet.
Next time i tow the trailer will tell.

Cheers Garry

Actually I didn't lose performance, only bottom end torque, I found that I had to rev the car more and drag the clutch to get off the mark, especially with the camper on, my mod was done with a larger chip installed, the biggest one Bruce does, above 2000rpm it had loads of torque (and smoke too) just nothing under 2000rpm, mine will pull from 1500rpm now, I also got rid of the bigger chip for the milder one, not as much power but a lot less smoke.

Baz.

i cut back to the quadrant. i didnt remove it. i didnt notice any issues at all. that was 2 years ago now.

cheers phil