I want to put a stock airbox back on the car to reduce the noise and I need to reverse/flip it from right to left as it sits on the carbs, so that I will fit under the bonnet on in the existing hole in the bonnet.

What is the best way to cut and shut the box?

Can anyone show me pictures of how they did theirs?

Cheers
Craig

PPC mag did a whole article on lost airbus making a few months back.

Cut and shut the plastic together my melting the edges and sticking it to its self. At my old place we had a specific tool for this. Kind of like a heat gun with a V end to melt and lay plastic in. Very clever.

Try you tube plastic welding.

Chopped airbox

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This is what Andy w did to his zx9r air box
Jacko

[Edited on 26/10/12 by jacko]

thanks for the posts gents. I am struggling to understand how exactly Andy swapped it from one side to the other.

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Originally posted by aka Keith
thanks for the posts gents. I am struggling to understand how exactly Andy swapped it from one side to the other.

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I cut round the base plate where the carbs fit and turned it round then made it fit with resin and a glue gun. I haven't cut the top yet but it would be handy to lower it a bit.

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Originally posted by aka Keith
I want to put a stock airbox back on the car to reduce the noise and I need to reverse/flip it from right to left as it sits on the carbs, so that I will fit under the bonnet on in the existing hole in the bonnet.

What is the best way to cut and shut the box?

Can anyone show me pictures of how they did theirs?

Cheers
Craig

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Not many photo's I'm afraid, I just turned it around and trimmed bits that didn't fit, the air inlet was the bit that caused the most head scratching.

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here is mine:
http://sylvafury.blogspot.fr/2012/05/modification-boite-air.html

Thanks all, for the posts.

After much mulling and pondering, I eventually took a saw to the box. After much cutting, hacking and headscratching, I have now flipped over the box, keeping the same box dimensions with the intake now resting snuggly on the engine cradle. Will get photo's up later, but much welding of plastic worked a treat, even if it did smell somewhat, but hopefully, that is it sorted.

Now I need to move the rectifier from its old home on the engine cradle to another (to make space for the box).

Course, the old hole in the bonnet was not designed to take the OEM airbox, so more sanding and cutting required, and the car is looking more like an extra from a mad max film, with this massive black box, poking up out of the bonnet. (the old bonnet scoop is way to shallow for it to fit.

So I can either:
1. leave the box open to the elements
2. Cut the top of the box off to fit under the old hood
3. try and find a hood that will cover it

As the original reason for putting the box on was to reduce induction noise, anyone got any ideas if the OEM airbox sitting proud of the bonnet as is, will be louder or quiter than the old TTS/Pipercross filter under the fibreglass hood?

Cheers
Craig

apologies for the delay. Here (I hope) is a quick photo of the flipped airbox sitting out of bonnet.

Bit bigger

flipped airbox