Air box

[DelMonte]

I noticed that when removing the air box this morning, two pipes were pinched closed.

Also the diverter inlet doesnt lead to anything. Not worried, just curious.

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[codge]

Yep, it's cos the air pump and thermal reactor have gone and a conventional exhaust has been fitted....like most have done.

I chose to blank the pipes with bungs rather than squash them but no issue at all.

I have run an elephant's trunk (metallised flex) down from the diverter to the old top heat shield at the exhaust manifold to pick up a bit of heat for the carb on a cold start. On the old reactor system that heat shield sat on a super heavy cast iron cooking pot sort of thing, now in my shed.

You can see the flex and one of the bungs here.

[DelMonte]

Thanks codge. I may tidy my air box up a bit and the bungs look neater.

May put some metal hosing in too. Could u give me some more info on where it goes?

Thanks

[codge]

Well the old top heat shield is a scoop sort of thing, like a tiny cooker hood, with a tubular outlet on top and the bottom metallised flex connection just pushed onto it.
It just bolts back in its old location above the exhaust manifold. I use it (hopefully) to collect a bit of heat off the twin exhaust pipes as they leave the engine.

So you could make any shape of air scoop that fits, or look for a scrapper with one still on; that might be difficult I don't know.