need4speed Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Errrr where's the heater going? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 In the pile of other bits I've pulled out. When winter strikes I'll look in to fitting a smaller heater in there somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 Fair enough... I just had visions of you bringing out a box from under the LR that had the heater in it, and you going to fit it and thinking....... Oh f**k... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwakers Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 sounds like something id do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Even though my truck is running and I can see the home straight the filter is bothering me, especially now the cold weather is setting in. So had another dig and found this Is the filter housing from the TDCI defenders and is made to fit the space behind the headlight. I've ordered one to see how it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Hmmm that could be a neat solution Doug. As long as it's big enough - it's hard to get a sense of scale from the pic. Do you know roughly what kind of capacity it has in comparison with the standard V8 dustbin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 No idea! Putting total faith in to what fridge previously said. There is a hi-clone thing moulded into them though so that will need removing. We shall see Pic of an engine bay if it helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Interested to see if this works. Thanks for sharing. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 The hiclone shaped bit is there for something useful. I believe it's to slow the air and let the bigger particles drop out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I doubt it would do much for the V8. Just another flow restriction in an airbox that already has a 180° turn built into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 180' won't let stuff come out of the air though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Agreed, that's what the air filter does:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Land Rover obviously thought adding the hiclone shaped bit was worthwhile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 ......landrover thought it was worthwhile isnt an argument Ross lol i had a quick look about online and the pipe connected to the hiclone port isn't sealed atall so it may have something to do with that as bigger particles could get in there. At first I thought it might be to get the air spinning the same direction as the turbo to prevent lag(best I could come up with) but it's on the wrong side of the filter. i have a book at home that goes into flow testing, I think it can be roughly measured by monitoring water flow out of a burette over a given period. I'll dig it out later and see if that's how it goes or if I just made it up. If it does work it would be nice to see how having the hiclone in and out would effect it because I really don't think it needs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I can bet you it is so that it disperses the air across the area of the filter so it doesn't just go the easiest route. Of course the hiclone 'claims' over the years are rubbish 'Restrict your intake sir! More power sir!' err.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 There was a long discussion about them on one of the Facebook groups with Ian from IRB chipping in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 I wouldn't use "someone from a Facebook group said it" as an argument *for* something. Dear god the idiocy spouted on the Land Rover Owners group sometimes... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Oh god I know that, but read what I said.... Ian who makes a living out of tuning Land rovers and getting the best out of them (as well as still working for Land Rover), said they are worth keeping. Yes a load of idiocy gets put on the Facebook groups, but some intelligent people do post as well. It was a discussion about air filter flows if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 Removing the hiclone thing seems to be a common modification over on the Defender2 forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elbekko Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Oh god I know that, but read what I said.... Ian who makes a living out of tuning Land rovers and getting the best out of them (as well as still working for Land Rover), said they are worth keeping. Yes a load of idiocy gets put on the Facebook groups, but some intelligent people do post as well. It was a discussion about air filter flows if I remember correctly. Fair enough, I commend your patience for sifting through what is undoubtedly a load of rubbish to find the few knowledgeable people. And I agree, LR wouldn't have put it in if it didn't do anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need4speed Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Gentlemen lest we forget, this thread is for a V8. What works for a coal burner is probably miles away from what the V8 needs... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I'm currently trying to squeeze a 300tdi air filter somewhere in my engine bay to feed the two banks of throttle bodies on the top of the V8. I hope to add a snorkel later, if I can arrange it without too many elbows. I then only have to work out how to waterproof the throttle bodies themselves. But, dragging this back off topic, the air feed for the Puma engined Defender is the most half-arsed bit of "engineering" I have seen for a long time. When I fitted my raised air intake (absolutely not a snorkel), I noticed that the assorted bits of flattened plastic that made up the dirty air intake had such big gaps between them you could fit a finger. Any idea that these might keep water, dirt or small animals out is laughable. When I last changed my air filter, I had to hoover out the air box to get rid of all of the lumps and wasps. After my incoming air has passed through the RAI, I assumed that most of the larger particles would have already fallen out of the flow and so dispensed with the hiclone and sealed up the water drain below it. I haven't yet decided whether to replace these flattened air tubes, just try and seal what has been provided. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 8, 2015 Share Posted September 8, 2015 Finally liberated from the post office and I think I can make it work......maybe Threw it in the work van this morning so I could disect it before I started Fairly decent size Normal defender air box port mods will be required inside It is riddled with holes though, so I'll be buying a pack of araldite and carving up the hiclone(which pops out surprisingly easelely) to make a patch The only disappointing thing about it that I can't do anything about is the port size. 2.5 inch to the throttle body and 4 inch on the snorkel side. Silver lining to that is I could potentially make the MS MAT sensor fit in the mat port on the port which would save me a bit of work as I'm not sure I'm going to be able to fit the stubby housing I got from Nige in there now.....we'll see at the weekend if it will go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous doug Posted September 20, 2015 Share Posted September 20, 2015 IT FITS! Just Only not with Thor, there just isn't the space between the throttle body and the port to fit mat sensors and a pwm hose. it is a 70mm port not 63 like I previously stated so there is t too much of a restriction there. It can go on the other side of the engine bay like on the tdci if you move the pas resivour too. So I'm just putting the idea out there for those it may help..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted July 8, 2019 Author Share Posted July 8, 2019 Thread revival time.... In the process of re-doing a number of jobs that i thought were done, such as the air cleaner. I did have a ebay one that looked like it was for a Corsa, and while it would have been fine to get it running, I was putting off the inevitable. I want to try to fit the 300TDi filter in a semi-factory looking position. Can anyone confirm that this is the correct set-up for the filter/brackets/mount? It might sound stupid, but there are very few photos online actually showing the way it fits together. If it is correct, is there any reason why the inlet must point downwards? I can move the cap so the drain points downwards no matter what orientation the main can is in, so filing off the stud that keeps the inlet down will allow me to position it horizontally (or upwards). The arrows on the cap and main filter housing indicate they are quite keen it is lined up specifically this way, if there is some engineering reason why it must all be this way around, I will try to work with that limitation. Bought this all fairly cheaply so not too worried about cutting things to work. If anyone is wondering, the mount and brackets are both Britpart and came with terrible paint issues. One even seemed to have been re-touched using a rattle can. What the hell is going on at that company? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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