The Amazon engine compartment is kind of narrow and unlike the stock SUs the Webers stick out horizontally. My car has foam sock air cleaners that fit and seem to work OK, but I'd like to get an airbox on the carbs to reduce intake noise. I've loudened up other car intake systems, but this one's raspy and rubs me the wrong way.
There's not *quite* enough room to get a Pipercross airbox in there. The 1970 factory rally car I'm patterning after and others seen have had the inner fenderwell clearanced pretty deep with a hammer.
Is this possible without repainting? Any tips or pointers to learning how to do this? Seems in principle to be like shaping on a bag, but there's no bag.
Mr_Asa
UltimaDork
10/2/22 9:04 p.m.
Can you show what you're going to be working with so that we know exactly how much you're going to be working with? (or is this picture what you're working with, and can you post pics of the modified ones?)
Clearancing "pretty deep with a hammer" is likely not going to work to maintain the paint. You might be able to soften it with heat or solvents so it's flexible, then mold it?
Here's the victim. The inner fenderwell is steel, so no molding.
Mr_Asa
UltimaDork
10/2/22 9:28 p.m.
By "mold it" I meant "hit it with a hammer." I just didn't want to say "hit it with a hammer" too many times in a row, y'know?
I'll be honest, I don't see how you're going to get that to the stage of the above depth without losing paint. I don't even think a hammer would be the best way to do it, I'd probably think about cutting it out and fabbing up a piece to go in there.
Can you fab up some angled pieces that mount to the carbs and put the airbox just above the inner fender, or is there not enough room underhood for that?
Hammer hammer hammer!
Seriously, though, thanks for the assessment. Welding in a dished piece would be cleaner and is probably the way to do this.
Unfortunately there is no room above for an airbox. These angled horns for a BMW 2002 might be worth the $400 otherwise.
