Replacement/aftermarket air filter housing

[G]

I'd like to put a second battery where the air filter box is on my mk1 3.9V8i disco. Does anyone know of an after market filter box or pipework to relocate the original box out of the way.

I have seen something like what i want on a RRC. I think it may have been a K&N which bolted onto the airflow meter. Does anyone know the part number for this.

Many thanks, G.

[Range Rover Blues]

I had one, they are a bit crap.  Don't you have the circular filter housing? just take the front off, I have.

[G]

No, it's a square housing with a horn on the front. I did think about taking the horn off but the battery will be fairly tight to the box so i think it might restrict airflow a fair bit. G

[Range Rover Blues]

Right then, fit the older round air filter from an early Disco or RRC, then take the front off.

[G]

Sounds like a plan, sometimes i think quick but most of the time i'm pretty slow. Cheers mate. G

[Budgie]

The K&N kit you're talking about is the 57i Induction kit.

I am lucky with mine as I also have the square filter box but as I don't have ABS then the snokel removes the requirement for the intake cone allowing plenty of room for the battery!  :D

[G]

Budgie, What make of snorkle is that? I think that might be a better option as i was planning to fit a snorkle soon anyway. Cheers G

[Budgie]

It's a Safari Snorkel, as I said though, if you have ABS then this one won't fit.  

[G]

It's a Safari Snorkel, as I said though, if you have ABS then this one won't fit.  

Cheers Budgie, I don't so it will.......... One of the reasons I bought it was that it has everything i wanted, V8, auto box etc, and very few electrical gizmos to go wrong. The only gizmos it has got are cruise control and an alarm and niether work properly. G

[Budgie]

That's what I like about mine as well!!  :D

Here's a couple of other photos of it for you:







This one was taken before I fitted the second battery & shows the new intake and the blocked off filter box.

[Wireless]

Can't see me ever wading in water deep enough for a snorkel to be honest, but in case anyone else has thought about the airflow problems of fitting the second battery, with the square airbox being in the way, I cut the horn off flush with the box, and also cut a second hole in the airbox, in a very similar place to where that snorkel fits.

The vacuum operated cruise control, I moved from under the new battery, and relocated it next to the hole in the side (I can feel a photo coming on), since my cruise control works and I suspect battery acid might stop it working!

No problems with restricted airflow on my V8i, and I've fitted a K&N Filter Insert to the airbox (sounds more powerful if nothing else), since the stock paper filters are crap anyway.

My alarm works properly too!