OKAY!
This morning I woke up with a headache... but I couldn't wait more!
So...
Yep, I put my dirty fingers all over it!
For comparison:
So, first, I have some modifications to do, to make it easier to fit, nothing major, but still (it stretches the boots too much to my liking, and the PCV fittings are too close to each other.)
The fact that it's 5mm shorter makes the intake tube very easy to fit, and there's lot of clearance now.
I had to turn the cross tube a little because the stiffening ribs were hitting the valve mechanism... takes 30sec, but took me 15min of driving to figure! The howling noise after 5000 was missing, and the engine was very linear.
I drove it for around 20minutes, the mid range torque is still present, I haven't pushed it too much, I want to go gradually. (And I don't want a ticket...)
Today is a hot day with very low humidity today (35% right now) which isn't that great for power... so, doesn't matter anyway.
I checked after a bit of driving:
It's actually cooler than it was when it sat in the sun while I was working! So, not worried about temp problem! I'll still check after longer drives.
I'll drive it as long as my AOS survives (remember last time? ^^), and check it regularly.
By the end of the week I should be able to tell any gain in power (the last one did, so this one should).
I did take a video... but I'll take another one where I don't film my license plate...
Ben