Air Box Cover Mod for those who hate dust in their engine...

[JPMartin86]

I have read a bunch a bunch of peoples post debating if its a good idea to remove the air box lid. As we all know the air box is fairly restrictive with its 2"x1" air passage. Well i decided to do a little mod using a 2002 Chevy Cavalier z24 air filter. And this is how i did it.

I first traced an outline around the paper part of the z24 air filter while on top of the blaster air box lid. Keeping in mind the location of the seal around the bottom side of the air box lid.

I then drilled a hole in each of the four corners and cut out the stencil.

The z24 air filter fits snug inside the newly cut air box lid.

After i sanded the edges that i cut to make them smooth and strait i drilled 4 more holes to secure the air filter to the air box lid. For the time being I used small zip ties to hold the air filter in place. Eventually I will make a bracket to hold it in place.

The finished product.....
What do you think?

 

[specialized7]

hey thats pretty cool, i might try somethign like this.

 

[BlasterJim5]

That looks pretty sick. How's it working for you? And if you don't mind me asking where did u get those monster graphics. They look sick.

 

[JPMartin86]

That looks pretty sick. How's it working for you? And if you don't mind me asking where did u get those monster graphics. They look sick.

Im not sure how its working for me yet, The motor is actually out of the frame at the moment. But im sure it will work great. I got the graphics on ebay...

YAMAHA BLASTER 200 QUAD MONSTER GRAPHICS SEAT COVER BL - eBay (item 380120726203 end time May-28-09 07:29:32 PDT)

 

[BlasterJim5]

You'll have to keep us updated on how the filter works once its back in. Thanks for the link to the graphics.

 

[thedirtyalien]

is it still running as strong or does it weakn it since not as much air is getting to it? but thats a hot idea

 

[JPMartin86]

is it still running as strong or does it weakn it since not as much air is getting to it? but thats a hot idea

If you take a look at a stock air box lid youll see that the air intake port is sooooo small. So small that it actually suffocates the carb of full potential air flow. This gives people 3 choices for improvement, ( A ) Remove the air box lid ( B ) Replace the air box with an aftermarket one, ( C ) Remove the air box all together. These 3 choices have their pros and cons, obviously option B would probably be the best but a lot of us are limited on funding and look for cheap and easy mods. Now with any of these mods you will clearly see a difference in throttle response but it is a must that you re-jet. With my mod its just a different twist to option A, there are some skeptics (me being one of them) that believes removing your lid will make your quad more prone to have dirt particles pass the air filter and we all know that gets expensive. Thats why i added an air filter to my modified air intake port, the filter will collect extra dirt particles due to the larger space for air to flow.

 

[blasterman87]

good idea now get a k&n for a cavalier and put that in your airbox lid, plug off the intake tube and remove the stock filter, bam lots of flow and filter area

 

[Blasterdude27]

Did you remove the stock air filter or are you running the stock air filter and the modded airbox lid?

 

[JPMartin86]

im still running a stock air filter so it kinda like double wrapping haha

 

[mystahagy]

im still running a stock air filter so it kinda like double wrapping haha

Nothing wrong with double-baggin it. On my LTR I've got an outerwears cover on the filter, and then an outerwears airbox lid. To me it's still not good enough though because I want to trash the K&N for a foamy.

 

[blasterman87]

yeah, i prefer foam filters

 

[JPMartin86]

I would like to find a square foam filter to fit on the lid, that would be nice.

 

[blasterman87]

yeah, damn what caused your clutch to break like that??

 

[JPMartin86]

yeah, damn what caused your clutch to break like that??

Well when i took it apart one of the sheared bolt heads that holds the pressure plate to the clutch boss was completely different from the four. So i figure the guy who had it before me installed a clutch himself used the wrong bolt and didnt tighten it correctly eventually over time came loose, got stuck on the clutch cover and destroyed my boss and pressure plate. I also found one of the bolts that holds the oil pump in place still in the oil pump area from when he did the block off kit. So needless to say im in the process of a bottom up rebuild.

 

[blasterman87]

oh whats the torqu used for clutch bolts?

 

[JPMartin86]

Im not sure yet i still need to order the bolts, i have the boss and pressure plate coming in soon tho. I know ill be using some loc-tight tho hahah

 

[blasterman87]

yeah it worries me now i just replaced my clutch and couldnt remember what to troque the bolts to so i just cranked them tight

 

[blasterfreek30]

nice job on the filter man

 

[Mrbrocco]

looks good im just double wrapping my K&N filter :-D ( with a filter wrap.. wooot)