Alright, I'm back at it again. I'm not happy with that black pipe going across the engine from the air filter box to the turbo. It gets very hot from the radiator fan pulling through hot air and blowing it straight on that pipe. (That's supposed to be the "cold air intake"). So under normal driving conditions on a 20°c day, the cold air is being heated to about 50-60°c BEFORE the turbo even gets its grubby little mitts on it. I've noticed the later model Prados have fixed this by placing the air filter box on the opposite side of the engine bay. Same with other model LCs.
So I've started looking into what needs to be done to achieve this. You can buy 100 series complete air filter boxes for $99 that should fit in the starter battery space. I might also look into later model Prado air boxes and see which filters are more readily available. If you look at pic #2, you'll see the starter battery, the fuse box, dual battery isolator and catch can will need to move. Starter battery can go over to the opposite side. That's pretty straightforward. But the fuse box is a bit tricky. I think if I move my catch can and the battery isolator, I can rotate the fuse box 90° and up into that space BUT it will involve cutting and lengthening about 6 electrical wires in the harness attached to the same plug
Any auto eleckies reading this have an issue with this idea? Assuming the extended wires are soldered, shrink wrapped and then protected with a wire snake sheild?
So I've started looking into what needs to be done to achieve this. You can buy 100 series complete air filter boxes for $99 that should fit in the starter battery space. I might also look into later model Prado air boxes and see which filters are more readily available. If you look at pic #2, you'll see the starter battery, the fuse box, dual battery isolator and catch can will need to move. Starter battery can go over to the opposite side. That's pretty straightforward. But the fuse box is a bit tricky. I think if I move my catch can and the battery isolator, I can rotate the fuse box 90° and up into that space BUT it will involve cutting and lengthening about 6 electrical wires in the harness attached to the same plug
Any auto eleckies reading this have an issue with this idea? Assuming the extended wires are soldered, shrink wrapped and then protected with a wire snake sheild?