I was about to suck up my air filter

[eleblanc]

Went wheeling with Louis and others, 2 cruisers, 2 rovers, 1 jeep and 1 bombardier Iltis!. Lots of rig beating, no serious damage.

Anyhow, working my way up a hill the truck lost power suddenly and lots of black smoke coming out the tail pipe. We finally track it down to the OEM corrugated pipe between the air filter box and the air intake on top the rad. It had collapse on itself and wouldn't let any air through. The first picture show were it buckled.

I guess i'm going to have to do it steel pipe, or get a snorkle.

Oh, i blew the knob of a aison wheel hub.....again.... even with 1" spacer....

Louis or i will probably post up some pic and video, i had a blast.

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[lostmarbles]

Wow. I wouldn't have thought normal intake manifold suction could have caused that - unless your air filter is VERY blocked!!!

Surely it must have received an impact/knock there at some time?

 

[eleblanc]

Wow. I wouldn't have thought normal intake manifold suction could have caused that - unless your air filter is VERY blocked!!!

Surely it must have received an impact/knock there at some time?

Maybe it was knock with a weak point, still you should have seen the pipe, it was flat like a sheet. Suprising how the turbo can suck up the air. I don't think air filter differential pressure would had anything to do with that, since it is before. Just high velocity between inlet pipe throught the pipe up in the filter box. Higher the velocity is higher the negative pressure is in the pipe.

Maybe i should just put a k&n at the turbo inlet and be done with it.

 

[canucksafari]

Apparently you should be matching your filter and air intake pipe to your turbo airflow. When I was kicking around the idea of turboing on another forum, one of the guys who builds comp trucks in Australia said they routinely run an air box from an F350 with 4" pipe to ensure enough airflow. In addition, most snorkles like the Safari snorkle can not provide enough air.

 

[lshobie]

I agree, I don't think the little 2 inch inlet s near big enough to allow the proper air flow. Cut a section out of the airbox and either add a snorkel or atleast a 3 or 4 inch inlet pipe. LOtsa air being sucked in there!

Thanks for the run today! Hotter than a bastard too.

 

[eleblanc]

Anxious to see the video!

 

[lostmarbles]

........I don't think air filter differential pressure would had anything to do with that, since it is before. ......

Ooops. Quite true. Goes to show what lots of paint fumes can do to one's mind. (I was spraypainting this morning.)


That's my excuse anyway......

 

[lostmarbles]

I agree, I don't think the little 2 inch inlet s near big enough to allow the proper air flow. Cut a section out of the airbox and either add a snorkel or atleast a 3 or 4 inch inlet pipe. LOtsa air being sucked in there! ....Thanks for the run today! Hotter than a bastard too.

I see two landrovers Louis!!!

At first I thought that was surprising - But then I see you are in Montreal (Canada) and not in "the good ol' US of A".

Another country that used to be part of "the empire" - no less.

I guess you probably have as many, (if not more) landrovers there as we do here!

 

[crushers]

seem jthe same thing with a copuple 1HZ turbo installs. ir seems Ford intake piping for air box is not strong enough for the 1HZ airbox to turbo line...

 

[Henry James the 47th]

I see two landrovers Louis!!!

At first I thought that was surprising - But then I see you are in Montreal (Canada) and not in "the good ol' US of A".

Another country that used to be part of "the empire" - no less.

I guess you probably have as many, (if not more) landrovers there as we do here!

There were as many series LandRovers sold over the years in the province of British Columbia as in the entire US, IIRC.

One good effect of that, for some, is that it brings high prices for the series Landrovers. Apparently now the series I LR's are in high demand in the UK so most of ours end up going over there now, regardless of price. A friend of mine has a super early 80" Landrover, and there is a ex-military Defender 110, beat to sh*t, on the same property where i keep my truck. Yesterday I say a Landrover shorty lightweight driving around or through my town.

The Brits have some of their cold-weather training bases in north central Canada, so the occasional LHD 90 or 110 appears in the market here after they are decommissioned. The post-series trucks weren't sold here, or not too many were sold here, as far as I know - and I am ignoring those dreadful Discovery units. Of late, I keep seeing those L3 rigs around, and they look pretty upmarket, non-utilitarian as well.

I used to like Landrovers at one point, despite all the faults they have. My friend with the 80" traded an immaculate 109 series II for a newish Range Rover - biggest mistake, he says, he ever made!