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Message |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 3690
Reg: 10-2005
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Mine is pretty rough, but it works - just used some cheap craft plastic sheeting from a stationary shop and some scrivits from Supercheap. |
Michael Fabian
Tinkerer
queensland
soarer JZZ31
Posts: 39
Reg: 07-2008
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Hi can someone please tell me what this is in my air box please!!!
I was about to remove the air box and i saw it so i don't want to touch it until i no what it is, thanks.
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Sean Routledge
TryHard
Victoria
V8 Limited
Posts: 268
Reg: 07-2008
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AFM???
Different to my set up. |
Luke Barnes
TryHard
Queensland
GT Limited V8 UZZ31
Posts: 156
Reg: 05-2006
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Intake Temp sensor is my guess.. |
Michael Fabian
Tinkerer
queensland
soarer JZZ31
Posts: 40
Reg: 07-2008
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I was about to take out the air box to install a new pod filter but this thing was connected to it. What dose this AFM or intake temp sensor do? Can i install the pod filter and just leave the thing hanging or do i drill a hole into the filter pipe and stick it in there or what?
HELP PLEASE!!! |
Michael Fabian
Tinkerer
queensland
soarer JZZ31
Posts: 41
Reg: 07-2008
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Can someone please help i really want to do this today please.
Thanks |
Maurice Diggler
Goo Roo
Victoria
TR44i
Posts: 2186
Reg: 06-2006
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It looks exactly like the intake temp sensor I used to have, just unplug it mate and do your BFI. |
Ben Kelly
TryHard
Wentworthville
v8
Posts: 445
Reg: 08-2005
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havent noticed this in my car, although i had one in my 2000 celica. its a air temp sensor. best to put it back after you do the bfi i reckon. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 3874
Reg: 10-2005
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He's not doing a BFI, he's putting in a pod.
Michael, I'd suggest you don't put the pod filter in unless you are planning to make an enclosure for it. Instead do a BFI, much cheaper, will give much better results than an open pod, and you can retain the temp probe so you know your ECU will still be getting all the relevant info it needs without any extra mucking around. |
Michael Fabian
Tinkerer
queensland
soarer JZZ31
Posts: 42
Reg: 07-2008
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Ok i did the BFI it sounds great but the car seems a bit slower for some reason. It struggles to get over 4000rpm!!! Any reason for this? |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 2761
Reg: 11-2005
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Hmmmmm that sound like a really odd problem, maybe a vacuum line not attached, a split in the intake pipe or something?
Every car Ive done a BFI too (That being 7 of them) they have all responded well being a touch quicker. |
Joe Russell
Tinkerer
Marlborough
4.0 V8 GT-L
Posts: 25
Reg: 10-2008
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Had a chance to do the BFI3 yet Mike? I've done no.1 but I must admit no.3 looks so good. Don't know about the whole stock hole staying though, that thing is a joke. |
Ben Kelly
TryHard
Wentworthville
v8
Posts: 447
Reg: 08-2005
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dont want to hijack but have any of you guys noticed a huge increase in engine noise (intake noise?) after doing a bfi? i did a bfi in my last soarer and am reluctant to do it again for this reason. |
Matt Sartori
Tinkerer
Western Australia
TT
Posts: 43
Reg: 08-2008
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Thats because its sucking in twice as much air, and has nothing to muffle the noise. |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 2762
Reg: 11-2005
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Joe Russell wrote on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 06:23 pm:Had a chance to do the BFI3 yet Mike? I've done no.1 but I must admit no.3 looks so good
#3 does look good indeed, but finding those cups would be hard, and knowing NZ, if there was a shop selling them they would probably be ultra expensive 'designer' ones.
I havn't actually got around doing this, I think its too much mucking about for little gain, the differences are minuscule really....
I'm set on the basic #1 style - easy and is the most logical. |
Matthew Sharpe
Goo Roo
North Island
JZZ31
Posts: 3879
Reg: 10-2005
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Ben Kelly wrote on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 06:26 pm:dont want to hijack but have any of you guys noticed a huge increase in engine noise (intake noise?) after doing a bfi? i did a bfi in my last soarer and am reluctant to do it again for this reason.
Thats why I put in the sink strainers - cut the intake noise back to near stock, but still had the extra kick I wanted. |
Ben Kelly
TryHard
Wentworthville
v8
Posts: 449
Reg: 08-2005
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aha, thanks matthew i might go with your sink strainer version in that case. ta. |
Kevin Trac
TryHard
2141.sydney.nsw
jzz31
Posts: 216
Reg: 10-2006
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OK I have started my BFI mod and taken out the snorkel and cut a hole in the airbox.
Went to visit clarke rubber for some foam (I picked some offcuts, they are the squishy foam about 5mm thick). Would it be enough to shove that foam between the engine bay and airbox and then make a cover?
The NA soarer doesnt have much stuff below the headlight so I dont think Ill have to block it off
Also, the clarke rubber guy said that engine fumes may destroy the foam.Is it still OK to use then? |
Kevin Trac
TryHard
2141.sydney.nsw
jzz31
Posts: 217
Reg: 10-2006
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Also, wont the foam expand due to heat?
Its the soft packaging foam that compresses when you squeeze it |
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla
Posts: 4269
Reg: 09-2005
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Kevin Trac wrote on Tuesday, February 03, 2009 - 02:51 pm:Also, wont the foam expand due to heat?
I dont know about expanding but it will most likely melt away.
Avoid rubber, use high temp plastic if you like. |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 4163
Reg: 07-2005
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Clark rubber sell a heat-resistant sound deadener which is silvered on one side and sticky on the other. This stuff is perfect for:- Adapting to wherever you need to stick it to seal off the chamber.
- Muffling intake noise.
- Protecting the intake chamber from heat.
- Not falling apart in use.
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Kevin Trac
TryHard
2141.sydney.nsw
jzz31
Posts: 219
Reg: 10-2006
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I found some EVA foam from an old kickboard I used to have for swimming when I was small. I have just used that instead.
One of these
http://www.pierce.com.au/Products/Swim_Kickboard_Supasoft_PSWM1250.php |
Tom Richards
TryHard
nsw
V8
Posts: 163
Reg: 08-2005
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bunnings sell thin aluminum sheets that are great to make your BFI (~$10) |
Phil Gibson
Goo Roo
WA
'91 UZZ31 track bunky, '94 blk/blk UZZ31
Posts: 1374
Reg: 07-2005
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Matt Sartori wrote on Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:07 pm:Thats because its sucking in twice as much air, and has nothing to muffle the noise.
Its not really the extra air flow that creates the noise (as it would not be that much more) but the overall diameter of the intake
Factory ones are small because it reduces intake noise, making the resonant frequency higher and less noticable than a larger intake |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 4166
Reg: 07-2005
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If you use aluminium, you are creating a hot box. If you like the rigidity, at least surface it with the 5mm silvered foam I mentioned earlier. That also takes care of noise. |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 4188
Reg: 07-2005
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Ooh, look, an eBay seller makes his Post No 1 on Soarer Central,
selling something. |
Michael Keen
Goo Roo
nsw
Soarer TT
Posts: 1512
Reg: 10-2007
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hi, i also sell, air filter boxes for pods. bigger and better the bfi intake. cheers
here are some pics
there are some pics for you al cheers 
0438677965
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Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual
Posts: 1306
Reg: 04-2006
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David Vaughan wrote on Saturday, February 21, 2009 - 05:37 pm:Ooh, look, an eBay seller makes his Post No 1 on Soarer Central,
selling something.
I just clicked 'new posts'. He is in every bloody thread selling "his" BFI. Cool invention, I wish someone had thought of it and posted it on SC about six years ago... |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual
Posts: 1307
Reg: 04-2006
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Isn't there a rule about flogging ••••• on here if you aren't a sponsor...? |
Chris Lock
TryHard
sa
V8 Limited
Posts: 463
Reg: 03-2008
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but at that price do you seriously think anyone will be buying it from the US? |
David Vaughan
Goo Roo
NSW
V8 Ltd manual
Posts: 4190
Reg: 07-2005
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quote: I wish someone had thought of it and posted it on SC about six years ago...
But look, he has version 3.2; proving he can take all of the original ideas presented here, tell you that a wealth of information might cause you to "struggle" and flog it back. |
Peter Nitschke
Junk Filterer
South Australia
UZZ30 UZZ31
Posts: 10426
Reg: 11-2004
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Dealt with.   |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 3375
Reg: 11-2005
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That pod filter setup looks like something you would find from a 1, 2, 3 Dollar store....
If people consider that a 'good' upgrade then great, each to their own.
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Tim Ross
DieHard
Qld
V8 50RRA
Posts: 509
Reg: 09-2007
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Fk me Mike.. you really do need to learn when to keep your pissant opinions to yourself sometimes
If you dont like it.. make a better one, or better yet just STFU and save us from your constant judgemental negativity |
Mike Beck
Goo Roo
New Zealand
Soarer Limited UZZ31 V8
Posts: 3376
Reg: 11-2005
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 Oh my someone is cranky. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual
Posts: 1309
Reg: 04-2006
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Ohh for Gods sake!
Right you- get to the unhappy posting time thread.
And you mister, you can go and sit in the happy posting time thread.
Well at least that is what my mum used to do when we constantly bickered... |
Sebastian Grant
TryHard
nsw
soarer TT
Posts: 241
Reg: 01-2008
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I just completed step 1 of the BFI. Pretty rough job and I haven't sectioned it off yet but already I can notice an improvement in response and high end power. Also noise from the intake and bov is a lot louder.
I also removed the bit behind the air filter that I think is there to restrict intake noise. Before.
After.
It's hard to tell what's going on in this picture but if you've had your airbox out you'll understand. Luckily for me the previous owner had already removed the intake snorkel so it was a breeze to get out but I was trying to remove my headlight by following the tutorial but I found my cooler and piping was in the way. Does anyone know an easy way of removing the headlight in a tt? |
Kyle Wathen
DieHard
Vic
JZZ30 Manual GT-T
Posts: 821
Reg: 02-2007
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There is no 'easy-way'. If its the stock piping you should be able to reach the headlight bolts with an extension peice.
A lot of the aftermarket piping kits have to be partially removed though as they are too big to fit around. |
Chris Lock
TryHard
sa
V8 Limited
Posts: 464
Reg: 03-2008
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what's the phase 2 and 3 that i've heard mentioned for the '31 and '32 ?? |
Joe Russell
TryHard
Marlborough
4.0 V8 GT-L(UZZ31)
Posts: 216
Reg: 10-2008
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Shown best here Chris:
http://planetsoarer.com/BFIHardware/BFIHardware.html |
Sebastian Grant
TryHard
nsw
soarer TT
Posts: 242
Reg: 01-2008
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Yeah, I have the stock intercooler and it's a nightmare to get to the two nuts under the headlight. Might wait till I put my cooler in. The airbox in the tutorial above is very different to mine. |
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