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gbmoto



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3.9 efi Air Box mount
Hi All

Recently bought this 90 with a RR 3.9 efi.



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Generally well done but a few bits I want to change.

One is the air filter, currently it has a K&N which I am going to replace with a modified standard RR box in the same position as a 50th Anniversary/NAS, so behind the engine mounted on the bulkhead.

Does anyone have a picture of the mount without the air filter attached please?
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Lodelaner



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United Kingdom 1988 Defender 90 V8 Petrol ST Shire Blue
Hi - I've done the same conversion. The air filter has a collar that goes around the neck and mounts to a bracket on the back of the engine using either a plain bolt/nut or cotton reel rubber buffer jobs.

I know some people fix it to the bulkhead, but it's easier/neater not to.

I haven't got a photo without the air box - but I can take some photos when I get the Landy out next.


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gbmoto



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That's a nice install Lodelaner.

I was reckoning on cutting and rewelding the filter to "straighten" it, but I see you have rotated yours, deffo stealing that idea!

I guess you pick up on the engine lift bracket bolt holes?
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Lodelaner



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I can’t remember which bracket it goes onto (brain fade)! I’ll get that photo for you 👍 JB

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Thx for the kind comments. Yours looks good- I like the doors and wheels (my next 2 jobs).

Ah yes, using the kink in the air box inlet (from a flapper EFI) means the airflow meter clears the heater box and you don’t need a complex up and down air intake pipe from a NAS. Mine uses a combination of the D1 V8 intake and regular intake pipe from the flapper V8 going into the plenum. JB

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gbmoto



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Ta muchly, useful info, a lot simpler than my original plan!

I like simple Very Happy

I have had a look at your 90 in your gallery, it is sooo nice, ironically I want to go with Wolf's and 235's ultimately. It came with the 265 BFg's on eight spokes so swopped them to the freestyles for a sort of NAS/50th look.

Also plan to de-chequer plate it over time.
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Romadog



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Bracket is one shown below. NLA at JLR and only on V8 engined 50th Anniversary vehicles in this country.

http://new.lrcat.com/#!/1228/20326/20390/1554
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gbmoto



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Many thanks Romadog, much appreciated.
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gbmoto



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Well finally got this fitted. big alloy plate bolted to the engine lift plate holes.


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Still a fair bit of tidying but runs a lot nicer and quieter.

Fast tickover to start with until I found the throttle cable had been adjusted up to "correct" a low tickover caused by the K&N Laughing

Will connect up the laptop again soon and see how things look now.
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Van Diesel



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I bought mine with a K&N already fitted. Whats the main benefit of switching back to a RRC intake?
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Lodelaner



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Probably not worth switching back.

They do create more induction noise (allegedly), can contaminate the MAF / hotwire and need oiling.

I just junked one off my D2 and went back to paper. JB

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Van Diesel



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Fair enough, I've just cleaned and re oiled this one but it seems to have dried out quickly with all the heat generated under the bonnet.
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gbmoto



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In the case of mine the engine hadn't been set up properly for it, runs much nicer now and noticeably quieter.
Maybe slightly less powerful but a tweaked 3.9 in a soft top 90 still is plenty zippy Very Happy
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The oil from the K&N gets inducted as a mist, coats the hotwire sensor and degrades it's performance.

Also a K&N is a very poor filter, better off retaining the paper element and keeping the inside of the engine grit free. The "performance" benefits of the K&N are negligible.
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Van Diesel



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Yep, I've umm'd and ah'd over K&N filters for decades with a multitude of vehicles and never gone down that route.
This was on when I bought it. It was clogged up and very dirty. I cleaned and re oiled. Is it possible the new oil has got onto the wire on the MAF and causing the problem? Bit delicate to clean the wires I believe even with carb cleaner?
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