Remove front air intake long pipe

[Yugguy]

Howdo. I have done a search and I know people have done this but not how.

I want to replace the long air intake I have on my 3.2 with a shorter GSI one and I've been able to get it all loose but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get it out without removing the radiators or the top cross member, there just doesn't seem to be enough room because of those great enormous lugs.

Is it possible?

Cheers

[antowens]

Ye mate i done mine with everything in place and put the short one back in can be done just abit fiddely

[Das]

I had to break the clips that hold it together to get mine off, complete **** of a job.

[antowens]

I got mine out in one am disappointed in you DAS hahaha

[Yugguy]

Cheers chaps - I managed to get the lugs out of the housing so the whole thing was loose but then there's no room forwards or backwards. Did you have to split it down into the bits before and after the resonators, get it out in two pieces like?

[antowens]

Ye i took it to bitz on in the engine bay then removed it

[Yugguy]

Nightmare, makea me laugh, cars tgese days, I mean forvthe sake of an inch of room a simple job turns into a total ballache