I bet with a little bit a fanagling of the Air box mounts you could get the box to work with the 3.5 hose.
Well, I kinda wanted to keep the airbox in the same location. It's out of the way where it is, and it saves me from having to reconfigure air box mounts, power steering reservoir location, and snorkel ducting.
I've been trying to find a way to use the existing hose, but the main problem is the 45deg bend straight out of the MAF. If I could find a short straight section that couples to the MAF it would really simplify things...though it seems in pretty much every vehicle with that MAF, there is an immediate angle coming out of the sensor. I've checked CAPS, and also just got back from a pull-a-part brainstorming session.
The other complication is that the diameter of the throttle body is 2.75", and the MAF is basically a squashed 3.75" diameter. That kinda puts them right between two common sizes, and really limits my selection of fittings. I may just have to use 3" and 4" fittings, and just wrap the sensor and throttle body with something to tighten things up. There's plenty of fittings in those dimensions.
Hmmmm...yeah, I think I'll try to do that.
I might have missed but did you relocate the battery for this to work out?
Good catch...Yeah, it became pretty obvious to me pretty early on that there wouldn't really be a great way to keep a battery under the hood. So, I'm going to just relocate it...somewhere. I'm considering behind the seats, but I'm still looking at what my options might be. Also along the same lines, I'm going to try to locate the Power Distribution Center (The underhood box with the fuses and relays) behind the seat as well.
The old battery position still is a nice perch for something...compressor maybe?
