Side-Draught Wont Fit

[JordyKE]

Gday guys,

 

I've called it a day. Nearlly giving up on the whole car ha.

 

I have a KE26, I'm putting an engine in atm, with a single sidedraught. Let the picture do the talking.

[jono1986]

Can you swap the filter for the spongey ones?

[B.L.Z.BUB]

Yeah, surely there is some kind of slim line air filter you can find or customise.

 

PS: pm me if you still have the elec dizzy.

Edited May 19, 2011 by blzbub666

[JordyKE]

I'm not too familiar with these carbs and air filters.

But i know what you mean.

 

I'm going to try and put a big spacer in the passenger side engine mount, and that will lift it up and hopefully clear the body.

[JordyKE]

Yeah, surely there is some kind of slim line air filter you can find or customise.

 

Bloody well hope so haha.

 

This engine transplant is taking me a lot longer than what i thought it would.

[KENut]

Yeah put a spacer under the engine mount!

10mm seems typical from memory?

 

If it still doesnt fit maybe get a hammer out? Hahaha

Edited May 19, 2011 by KENut

[JordyKE]

Where could i go to get a filter? A slimline one.

 

And yeah ill try a spacer first, if i can get one.

[Evan G]

if you wanna be dodgy, hammer the strut tower for clearance

[twinspinna]

k+n make slimline filters

[B.L.Z.BUB]

This could present you the opportunity to maybe get some kind of airbox fabricated so you can pull cleaner air from somewhere?

[Redwarf]

KE 30 LH engine mount I believe will achieve the same outcome.

 

I had custom uni-filters made for mine.

[philbey]

I had 36mm tall unifilter assembly made for my KE16 tiwn sidedrafts, I believe they're an even tighter fit than KE20s.

 

check the pics in my rides thread.

[camerondownunder88]

Hi,

KE1X and KE2X passenger side engine mount is smaller than a KE3X to KE7X.

 

So if you bolt on a KE70 engine mount it will up right motor more (I think 10mm off top of head, and KE70 mounts have a heat sheild for rubber and are newer so usually better condition. This should give you clearence.

 

If not I have seen strut tower section cut out and a box weld in so it steps in then out better than a hammer and clears the carbies.

 

Cheers

Cameron

[corolla_bitten]

the shortest fileters you can get from k&n are 1 3/4 inch high. heres the catalogue, it may help

 

 

http://www.knfilters.com/Racing/customcarb.htm

[philbey]

Cam, have you ever actually tried that ke30 engine mount swap to upright the motor? Because I briefly tried it for this exact reason with no success, just wondering whether you've had better luck.