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Induction Mods

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Right time to have a look at the induction side of things, cooling the air getting into the engine, with a plenum isolator plate and heat reflective sleeving for the induction pipe, and helping it get air into the engine with new carbon fibre trumpets. Heat reflective sleeving: Easy enough to fit; Undo the clips around the AFM and plenum Unplug and remove the AFM (you don't have to do this but it makes life a lot easier) Now you can slip the sleeve all the way down the long induction pipe until you hit the front bulkhead I also covered the 90 degree bend in a couple of pieces of the heat sleeve, just to make sure Trumpets and Isolator Plate: This is a bit more involved, instructions to remove the plenum and trumpet base can be found here A few pictures of the various stages; You can see the various pipes and throttle pot removed from the plenum: With the plenum removed; don't forget to remove the vacuum pipe to the FPR, it's at the back of the plenum: Disconnect the vacuum ...