So I asked this question in another thread but no one replied. I replaced my stock filter with a short ram intake..anyway about an inch from the new filter there's this black hollow plastic pipe thing that looks like it's in about 2 or 3 pieces or so and goes down under the battery and comes up around next to the battery..I don't know if that makes sense..anyway do I still need those plastic pieces or can I remove them?
air entering the engine too cold when the engine is not enough hot, in fact a friend of mine had problem with his car (engine hesitating until it was hot mostly) and when he reinstalled the original, the problem disappeared
You don't need to put things back in the winter. Colder air is better, period.
All that....STUFF....is just intake plumbing. What you see under the short ram filter is actually connected to the air inlet under your bumper--it's by default a cold air intake, although the way it's designed incorporates tons of bends, diameter restrictions, and silencing. Aim it at your filter and you'll get the benefit of air from the colder location as well as the low restriction of the SRI. IF you're feeling adventurous, you can take out your battery and go hunting for all the plumbing and tape off or remove anything that doesn't lead straight to that little upturned triangular bit. If you're feeling more adventurous, you can put the car up on jackstands, unbolt the wheelwell plastic cover, and get to the intake location, put the filter there, and figure out how to run a pipe from there to your TB..and presto, home-made CAI.
Well it gets pretty damn cold here too..Piloter, actually by luck that last bendy triangular plastic part is aimed directly an inch or so from my new filter, so that turned out pretty good.
air entering the engine too cold when the engine is not enough hot
Not possible, only problem is with a carb that the carb stars freezing up, but that happens mostly during only few -C. -40C air is very dry. I never had any problems during winter with sidedraft carbs and I guarantee the air was freezing when it went into the engine.
Only problem was that I had no choke on my car, so I'd have to pump the gas few times then crank and when it started baby it a bit.
You don't need to put things back in the winter. Colder air is better, period.
IF you're feeling adventurous, you can take out your battery and go hunting for all the plumbing and tape off or remove anything that doesn't lead straight to that little upturned triangular bit. If you're feeling more adventurous, you can put the car up on jackstands, unbolt the wheelwell plastic cover, and get to the intake location, put the filter there, and figure out how to run a pipe from there to your TB..and presto, home-made CAI.
You're my hero Piloter...
BTW- know of actual instructions,tools and items needed for the battery transfer?.. I need room for future turbo installation
Last edited by costadragon220; 09-10-2007 at 06:33 PM.
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