I recently bought a nice 85 GSL-SE, it has a very strange issue. It gets so hot in the air filter box that it melts the edges of the filter and basically glues the filter box shut. I just read thru the previous owners maintenance records and see that it hapens on a regular basis. I was going to buy a Racing Beat foam filter or a K&N but I sure don't want to ruin them.

Has anyone else had this issue? Any ideas?

Thanks for looking.

 

my stock air box did the same thing... so i took it out and put an ebay adapter/filter on the end. Cone filter and no more black melted gunk...

 

Have you got a link to the one you bought? I still have emmissions and would need the hook up for the air pump.

 

Hey Unsupa can you should be this adapter form ebay if they are still some online?

 

Wow. Wheres the grammer police? LOL, sorry i couldnt help it.

 

dont the aftermarket 90-96 miata cone filters/adapters work too?

 

A melting airfilter is not normal. Find out why it your car runs so hot in the first place. Replacing the filter does not fix the problem to begin with.

 

yes the 1.6 liter miata are the same and can be bought on ebay for 20 bucks total 2 your door. Try ebay 1.6 miata intake. youll find a few.

 

I bought this one off ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/90-93...spagenameZWDVW

comes with gasket, adapter and filter. If you need to keep the air pump i believe people put those crankcase filters on the tube, I just removed the air pump and all... car sure is loud with 2.5" exhaust...

edit: you might need bolts that are just a little bit longer for the adapter.

 

the stock filter has a tube going into it tho. what do you do with this if you keep the air pump?

 

Put a crankcase filter on it as he said.

The motor is not overheating. All I can figure it that the exhaust manifold is superheating that side of the engine bay. The cone filter does solve the problem but then your sucking in hot underhood air. I'll either go to home depot and get some heat shielding material or go with the cone filter and duct cold air to it. Thanks for the input.