Nav230
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Started with some of this 83mm stainless tube.
Removed the cyclone from the nearside innner wing and opened up the hole about 5mm with a dremel.
Cut the outer wing with the dremel. Etch primed and top coated the edge then siliconed some edging on both holes.
Rivnuts into the pillar for the mounting bracket I made from some hard grade aluminium plate.
While I had the wheel arch liner out I cleaned up the inside and waxed it all. It's amazing how rust free it is. Nothing more than the odd bit of very light surface rust in a few places. The inside faces of the outer wing are like new.
Tubing etch primed and 3 coats of satin black Plastikote aerosol paint. And all asssembled.
Just need to source a better fitting piece of silicone hose for the inside of the engine bay to join to the air filter intake pipe, the one I have is slightly too big and the hose clips are oversize.
Hopefully I'm not imagining the placebo effect but it seems to have a bit more pick up and will pull a higher gear on slightly lower revs. It might even help fuel consumption on the motorway.

Removed the cyclone from the nearside innner wing and opened up the hole about 5mm with a dremel.

Cut the outer wing with the dremel. Etch primed and top coated the edge then siliconed some edging on both holes.

Rivnuts into the pillar for the mounting bracket I made from some hard grade aluminium plate.

While I had the wheel arch liner out I cleaned up the inside and waxed it all. It's amazing how rust free it is. Nothing more than the odd bit of very light surface rust in a few places. The inside faces of the outer wing are like new.

Tubing etch primed and 3 coats of satin black Plastikote aerosol paint. And all asssembled.

Just need to source a better fitting piece of silicone hose for the inside of the engine bay to join to the air filter intake pipe, the one I have is slightly too big and the hose clips are oversize.
Hopefully I'm not imagining the placebo effect but it seems to have a bit more pick up and will pull a higher gear on slightly lower revs. It might even help fuel consumption on the motorway.