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Daisy90

Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 845

I’ve no idea either to be honest, no drilling and solid as a rock, but then again I was using 5mm stainless Angle for the bracket, so that made it firm ,

Took me a day to make the first bracket successfully and a good fit, but I did keep a template,

All my equipment is all in storage indefinitely at present, lathe, mill, tools ,welders etc, don’t make sense to sell it as it would be really hard to replace, I’ll just keep paying to keep it safe and remember it’s there for one day maybe ? Or you can watch storage wars bid on it on TV after I have died and stopped paying them

6th Apr 2020 9:01am

Iktank

Member Since: 08 Nov 2014
Location: Porthcawl
Posts: 237

2014 Defender 90 Puma 2.2 SW Corris Grey

I run BAS 170 BHP tune since it was first produced, also a BAS intercooler, LR Raised Air Intake all fully sealed with Nugget stuff interconnecting pipe to the air filter box
As advised by BAS I modded the air box taking out the impeller and a section of the tube in the air box to improve air flow,

So right to put a RAI on the vehicle if traversing dusty environments, I work on stone tracks and my air filter befor ethe RAIn was blocked after 7000 miles.
Just do the air box mod and preferably seal the pipe system from the RAI to the airfilter box

6th Apr 2020 5:00pm

macfrank

Member Since: 05 Nov 2015
Location: somewhere in the north
Posts: 1076

2015 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 SW Keswick Green

Here is how I did it. Has survived some rough tracks in Island and Albania since

Click image to enlarge

6th Apr 2020 5:27pm

Supacat

Member Since: 16 Oct 2012
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 11018

2013 Defender 110 Puma 2.2 XS DCPU Keswick Green

That's neat

6th Apr 2020 5:33pm

Daisy90

Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 845

Click image to enlarge
Not the best pic of the bracket , but give some you an idea , p.s the oversized air filter was replaced soon after this pic

I think I got mm and inches mixed up,when ordering

I think the above fitment / pics would work well also, especially with roof racks etc

6th Apr 2020 6:07pm

foxhound

Member Since: 02 Mar 2013
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 363

1995 Defender 110 300 Tdi SW Alpine White

LandRoverAnorak wrote:

If you are going to fit one though, fit a better one than the Mantec plastic jobby. Pete Bell did some dyno tests a few years ago and demonstrated just how restrictive these are. Conversely, I've just fitted a Nakatanenga RAI and it's transformed the vehicle.

I wrote an article on RAI, wolf/donaldson air boxes and the flow of air posted here sometime back. a big problem with many types of RAI is that the RAI joins a squashed rectangular shape intake duct with a small cross sectional area on the inside of the wing (300tdi and TD5), yet the inlet on many air boxes (donaldson certainly and i think bog standard LR) is 3 inch as is the RAI tube itself on many models. Designs like the naka can provide a 3 inch tube all the way into the air filter box. the engine is bound to perform better. So look to air flow from top of RAI through to air box. I use a donaldson topspin head - see the spec on their website, it is better than many mushroom types for air flow and dust spinout, but less likely to suck rain water in than the front facing air ram type. 110 Defender 300tdi & Penman trailer with ally exped top and roof tent

9th Apr 2020 4:24pm

sako243

Member Since: 08 Jul 2014
Location: Wales
Posts: 1218

1994 Defender 110 300 Tdi CSW Alpine White

There appear to have been some suggestions for just attaching the intake at the bulkhead / windscreen bracket. I personally would definitely have a fixing point much higher up near the top of the windscreen. If you do forestry / wood work then you'll almost certainly catch the top somewhere.

My plastic jobby has been battered against trees plenty of times and survived 12 years of abuse on the vehicle. If it had only been attached at the top I can guarantee it wouldn't have. Ed
82 Hotspur Sandringham 6x6
95 Defender 110 300Tdi

9th Apr 2020 4:33pm

Daisy90

Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: Hampshire
Posts: 845

Fair point matey, it’s a pretty sturdy item, but perhaps a rubber spacer between the he snorkel body and the windscreen frame may assist with frontal impact from trees etc ?
Just and idea

9th Apr 2020 4:51pm

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