Silicone Turbo Inlet

[andy_mac]

Dumb question time.
For those out there with Kobe turbo inlets from Jackson, the 2.0gt versions, how have you gone about keeping your engine cover along with the top mounted (breather?) Line? Seems they both want to occupy the exact same space :/
Could always squash it down but that puts alot of pressure on those silly plastic clips for the cover. And can't imagine it would be good in the long run for the inlet either.
Did come with a T piece that I guess I could use to attach that one to the other breather and just block the top one off?

[bigBADbenny]

Some pressure on the engine cover is OK to stop rattles IMHO, perhaps you could profile the silicone and push the brass L connector in a little, eg 5-10mm.
Keeping the breathers in their stock locations is a good idea as there's proportional distribution to the vacuum along the inlet pipe afaik...

[andy_mac]

Ok i'll rephrase that, there will be huge amounts of pressure on the engine cover. Just pushing the engine cover down squashes the silicone piece almost completely flat with the inlet. Not sure how that proportional stuff will work, this breather was right under the manifold on the stock one so its moved along to the exact other end, don't think that'll be of much concern really though. Don't think people put that kind of thought into catch can/AOS setups

[norbs]

How long is the brass elbow? Looks like you could trim the silcone hose by a cm or so.

[andy_mac]

Even wih some trimming its going to be super long. I'm gonna have a crack at trimming it shorter and putting a bolt in it with some thread tape and a hose clamp, and then just teeing into the other one.

[andy_mac]

Was happy doing this until I accidentally came across BBB's AOS install thread. Now i'm back to square one again. I quite like the engine cover so would rather not be cutting huge chunks out of it but I think that may be the only way to use both breather lines on the inlet. Also looking into catch cans aswell so think that means a dual setup would be the best bet.

[jacks-GTB]

Hey Andy

I know some guys run a spacer to increase the height for the bracket

[andy_mac]

Got there in the end, Jackson's suggestion to raise that bracket up made all the difference. May have ended up cutting too much off the outlet but she seems alright so far.

[bigBADbenny]

Result!
It's not like the inlet is under massive pressure, and the vacuum present will tend to close that port against the brass fitting.
Or use a wee bead of rtv or 3 bond if reqd...