Lets see your junkyard air boxes

hammer · Jul 10, 2012

Like the title says. What are you using for a junkyard air box for your ford efi cold air intake? Pics and the donor vehicle.

Bronchole · Jul 10, 2012

Boxes and your Icon its......its....what were we talking about?

hammer · Dec 3, 2014

bumpity bump

Dbteak · Dec 3, 2014

I will post one but it is not a efi. I used a d-max filter box and cut out the middle and made a new upper and lower out of sheet metal.

canzelc · Feb 24, 2015

I am looking for ideas/solutions for a cold air intake as well. Anybody used the BC Broncos arctic air box? It seems pricey but if it works well it looks like a good solution.

Timmy390 · Feb 24, 2015

^^^^ X 3

Tim

ntsqd · Feb 24, 2015

NOT a fan of oiled filter elements in dirt. BT, DT. It is not a good solution. They pass too much dirt. Find an element that isn't oiled however you do it.

JefeAZ · Feb 24, 2015

^ Amsoil makes oil-less lifetime air filters. Rinse with water and air dry. Had one on my Cobra for years

ntsqd · Feb 24, 2015

Ever test it for dirt by-pass?

Spray some of the filter oil on the surfaces downstream of the filter (obviously not on a MAF or something). Drive it and check the oil for grit. This is how I knew that oiled filter that I had didn't stop the dirt.

I know in an EB packaging is a big problem when the fender liners are still present, but I'd give serious thought to one of the off highway equipment filter assemblies. I've also found that there is Motorcraft p/n for what I *think* is a PSD filter assembly with a Donaldson Powercore filter element.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/mof-fa1759
I've been thinking to order one and see if I can make it work (no fender liners, yet.)

canzelc · Feb 24, 2015

That looks like it might work but where do you mount the MAF, route the intake duct, might have to relocate the battery?

I think that I am looking for a more bolt on solution, which is why the BC box is interesting. I am sure I can find a good filter to mount inside the box if the ones it comes with is no good.

Anybody actually install a BC box?

mattt · Feb 24, 2015

I came up with 2 different options from other Ford vehicles, both of which work and fit quite well. I only used one of them, and still have the other sitting around. The one I went with is from an early 00's Lincoln Continental. With the round filter element, it had the most filter surface area, hence why I chose this one. I don't have any pics of the installed air box only....the only pic I have is complete engine compartment. It fits well on the drivers side, but could work on passenger side as well if you move the battery. I plan to enclose/shroud the inlet end later on down the road so it only pulls air from outside the engine compartment.

The other rectangular box pictured is from a mid 90's Lincoln Mark VII or Mark VIII(can't remember which). It actually fits even better than the round canister I went with, but I wanted filter surface area. Both of these are off 4.6 "Hot Rod Lincolns"....but neither of them 'drove me to drinkin...'

Edit: Both of these factory air boxes are mass air ready and have a flange internally to mount the mass air flow sensor to. You can see the wire harness exiting both boxes.

KyleQ · Feb 24, 2015

Looking for more pics - my current intake setup sucks.

Timmy390 · Feb 24, 2015

I guess I could relocate the battery....don't what to but I could......

I was planning on going to the yard with an idea of what might work and then popping hoods till I found a candidate to modify and make work.

Tim

markw · Feb 24, 2015

That PSD system with the Donaldson filter is HUGE. I have one on my 01 SD, takes up a lot of room, unlikely to fit in an EB. Has two snorkels, one to the inner fender, the other through the core support.

Steve83 · Feb 24, 2015

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ntsqd · Feb 24, 2015

markw said:
That PSD system with the Donaldson filter is HUGE. I have one on my 01 SD, takes up a lot of room, unlikely to fit in an EB. Has two snorkels, one to the inner fender, the other through the core support.

So it could work for me when I go SEFI on the 351W. No fender liners, battery moved, etc. (battery to move again, don't like it there & want my vent back).

RonJones · Feb 25, 2015

I thought about doing something similar with my 4 barrel carb, but instead of bringing it out front, tapping into the right hood air inlet, since it's not used with the Vintage Air. There's a relatively simple air box from Air Inlet Systems - top one on the URL below that might work:

http://ramairbox.com/models.html

904Bronco · Feb 25, 2015

Here is what I did to a 87-93 Mustang airbox to make the CA smog Ref happy. It pulled air from the Engine compartment.

Bronchole · Feb 25, 2015

904Bronco said:
Here is what I did to a 87-93 Mustang airbox to make the CA smog Ref happy. It pulled air from the Engine compartment.

Why would you need to make your smog rep happy? I thought that we didn't need to smog 76 and older here?

sykanr0ng · Feb 25, 2015

904Bronco said:
Here is what I did to a 87-93 Mustang airbox to make the CA smog Ref happy. It pulled air from the Engine compartment.

Air from the engine compartment is hot air, why would you want that?
For every 10 degrees hotter the intake air is, you lose one horsepower.

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