(T) GSR Fitting

Well this afternoon the rain finally let up for a few hours so thought I'd tackle fitting my GSR kit whilst the clouds had a break from there usual watering spree

I managed to get the old air filter system out (easy enough) and get the GSR kit temporarly placed in the engine bay but now I am having a few problems.

Down at the filter end of the kit I can only find one obvious mounting point to screw the bracket of the kit to. This mount is down on the casing (forgive my idiot desriptions ) of the drive-shaft (if that's what it is) going to the front passenger wheel. It is located just below (about 200mm) the battery.When I fix the filter to here the filter sits perfect and is nice and solid, however, the problem then moves to the other end of the kit lol.

Fixing the mounting bracket to this location then means the little breather pipe doesn't line-up or fit correctly into where it should go. The breather pipe sits about 50mm short of the same small pipe going to the engine and also about 30mm lower and when I try to push them together the result is a kink
in the induction kit pipe or the small breather pipe going to the engine

Also the small clip on the beather pipe that held the original two pipes together is to large to clip and hold the new breather pipe of the GSR kit.

It's just not been my day today!!!

So my request? Does anyone have some photos of their GSR kit fitted into their Bravo? Showing how it's fitted? Especially where you fixed the mounting bracket of the kit so I can see the best place for it as the only place I can find doesn't seem to suit?

Please help I wanna get my GSR kit on and get using it's mystic powers

Thanks in advance!!

P.S. Also is it ok being that low in the engine bay? Mine seems to be right at the bottom of the enigine bay? It's practically the closest thing to the road when in? Won't it be subjected to some major water splash etc on our all the more common torrential downpour days we seem to be having more and more of

I take it there are no instructions about where to mount the bracket? Dave might know where it attaches as I'm sure he has fitted a few kits recently.

As far as I know there has only been 2 engines with GSR kits fitted damaged due to water being sucked up through the filter on the forum. Both of these however were being driven through deep water. Which is always a bad idea.

Nope no instructions. Unless they've been misplaced in my dads garage somewhere.

I guess it isn't really subjected to much more water or spray from the road than the original is from the front of the car on rainy days. Yeah driving through big puddles or floods would mean it would suck water up but it's not a good idea to go drivinf through things like that no matter what sort of induction you have lol

i didnt do the bravo coz i was late

what engine is it?

1.4 16v

should fit with the bit of flat bar to the loop on the front of gearbox then

I'm assuming that is the loop/gearbox directly below the battery? it's the only loop i can find to bolt it too?

If it is then yeah i've had it on fine but the problem is that fitting it to there pulls the pipe away at the other end of the kit and as a result I can't get the small breather pipe to line up and fit properly?

can you not shorten the bit of flat bar or do you not have the tools?

or pull the filter end up after you have done up the bolts?

I've tried everything. I can get the breather pipe connected but only by forcing it towards the the original that goes to the engine. When I force it I can see it's putting strain on the connection of the breather pipe and the GSR hose and I am fearful that it will eventually tear due to the strain.

are you working tomorrow morning? can you drive a 40 minute drive to my house?

That would be great mate if I was at home

Currently up North at my mums just now (and for with work). The joys of my job lol

I'll just need to get my DIY head on and work it out for myself. I usually do stuff like this myself but with certain things I get paranoid about doing them right.

Just fearful of messing it up or something going wrong and needing a new engine when something ends up in the engine that shouldn't lol

it should be fine, the gsr hose wont split any way

why blooming fiat kept the breather pipe on a bravo i dont know, they got rid of it on the 1.4 gp engine


some times we have to trim a few mill of the end that goes to tb to bring kit closer to breather!

I'll be a brave boy then and go for it and get it installed tomorrow.

Photo's will follow

Thanks for the advice though Dave top man!!