Ocotillo Wells Camping Trip round 3! April 4-6

[Brendo310]

Same thing happened to my POS AirRaid last weekend. Over 300 offroad miles I lost the filter 4 times. Finally had to cut a towel and wedge it between the side of the airbox and the filter so it couldn't move.

PS, put me down as a maybe. I think I might be able to sneak out and be out there Saturday morning.

sounds good my friend!

would be good to see you out there!

 

[sonoma]

I can't make this weekend.

But next weekend is for sure. I need to test the truck out.

 

[Fifty]

Well just ordered a new toy. We might be in trouble if I can learn to use it by then.

Oh and SVC is twisting my arm to do mid perch next week. They said I could sweep the floor while I wait. Maybe I will have the toy by then and can show you guys the shop. What great guys....

Disclaimer: Yes I ask them to do the mid perch

 

[Sano Dano]

The problem that we found with the AIRAID CAI is, the filter itself is not supported in any manner within the airbox. The type of terrain that we drive in at Ocotillo Wells can be rather harsh. There is a great deal of bouncing around, thus the AIRAID filter bounces around in the air box. This puts a bit of pressure/torgue on the filter, where it attaches to the intake tube. There is only about a 1/2" to 1" of tube that the filter can attach too via the band clamp. Result...it falls off and then bad things happen when the dusty air is allowed into the CAI. In my case, it fowled the Mass Air Flow Sensor...shutting down my truck. I believe AIRAID developed these CAI for on road use only/street queen in mind.

We will be camped in the vicinity of Holmes Camp. Just north of the 78 a 1/4 mile, and east of the OW airport.

As stated from the posts above and additional posts, I decided to take a look at my AirAid CAI to see if there is a fix for the filter coming off.

Here is what I came up with,

Need a 1.5" x 1/8" flat stock aluminum, 2 - #10 x 5/8" bolts with nuts.

Cut flat stock to 13", measure 1.5" from each end and bend a 90 at each end.

Mark the center of each "flap" and drill a hole in the center for the bolts, I slotted one end for some adjustably.

Place brace in the AirAid air box extension with filter to mark where to drill holes. Remove AirAid extension and drill holes.

Reinstall AirAid and filter and bolt up the brace.....

The filter will no longer be a problem!

 

[MajorAR]

Looks good. That should do it. It's sad that the consumer has to come up with something like this to fix the problem. Nice work.

 

[MajorAR]

I got this thing together today. Was a nightmare actually. Ready for next weekend.



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[Fifty]

I got this thing together today. Was a nightmare actually. Ready for next weekend.



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Cool can you change my tire? Well hope I don't need to.

 

[1ntheoc]

Put me down as a definite Maybe. =)

 

[Westside Offroad Group]

might not make it next week

 

[RaptorSteve]

But we can see the outline of your body in the sand in the satellite image. Much like a crime scene.