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Bobiam · 10-12-2009, 05:09 AM

ddb......you're probably right about the wart thing. I'd like to see what happens if THAT were eliminated. I'd rather do that than desnorkle. It may or may not link to power curve.

Bob O...... you musta needed a change of underwear after that first test drive with the air leak....

OK.... I'm counting on you two guys to give us your unbiased evaluation of the new install. By the way, what, if any, mods do you have on the intake or exhaust? Or is it stock at pre-Pedros?

Best of luck.......

Adam · 10-12-2009, 07:59 AM

On the piece of pipe with the sound abatement "wart," has anyone found a piece of semi-flexible rubber or plastic hose that could replace that? It seems like that would cause air to tumble and turbulence to occur so a smooth pipe would be better. Maybe even something found at the local hardware store or Lowes?

Bobiam · 10-12-2009, 08:25 AM

I'd guess that our most knowledgable readers know of threads that have discussed this before. This effort to make a smooth tube may not be worth the time and money. I would hesitate to apply an easy mod until sure that it was a definite sound +/or sound improvement.

********************************************.org catalog has several of these things called an Air Box or Air Box w/ muffler (used for $65). One of these could be used for an experiment, perhaps. There are no exact photos of each available, but it appears that there are variations for different years with and without the muffler. At this point its anyones guess if it's just a matter of using a particular year's "airbox" to eliminate the muffler section. I'd still guess that it's all been done before, and if it's not on the list of easy hacks, it likely is not worth the trouble.

Jaak · 10-12-2009, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam

On the piece of pipe with the sound abatement "wart," has anyone found a piece of semi-flexible rubber or plastic hose that could replace that? It seems like that would cause air to tumble and turbulence to occur so a smooth pipe would be better. Maybe even something found at the local hardware store or Lowes?

Check out Pedros Garage ... he has a hack.

Bob O · 10-12-2009, 08:37 AM

Bobiam: The car initially started fine. It was on the drive that it went nutso. And so did I...lol. To say I was concerned is an understatement. Once I ran through everything, I figured the only thing I could have done wrong was getting the air leak. Easy fix. Had to have a couple of cold ones to calm me down though! Now I have to find a code reader to elimnate the darn cel's it threw off when it was all screwy.

And yes... pedro's site has instructions for the air inlet hack eliminating the muffler. (www.pedrosgarage.com) . It's also on my list of to-do's.

Bob

eightsandaces · 10-12-2009, 09:22 AM

If by wart you mean that little cup at the end of the inlet that looks like a holy water holder (for lack of a better description) It comes right off, then if you wish you can leave the now wide open inlet stack in place.

Bobiam · 10-12-2009, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by eightsandaces

If by wart you mean that little cup at the end of the inlet that looks like a holy water holder (for lack of a better description) It comes right off, then if you wish you can leave the now wide open inlet stack in place.

The guy in post 103 called it a wart and there is a pic there. I can't recall what a holy water bottle looks like. On my way to hell, I guess!

eightsandaces · 10-12-2009, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobiam

The guy in post 103 called it a wart and there is a pic there. I can't recall what a holy water bottle looks like. On my way to hell, I guess!

Haha. naw you aren't going to hell for that...

Actually what I was talking about is under the side vent where one de snorkels. If you want to do a "partial" de snorkle you can remove the cup that looks like a finger dip well. The wart dealio is a new one to me..

Adam · 10-12-2009, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob O

Bobiam: The car initially started fine. It was on the drive that it went nutso. And so did I...lol. To say I was concerned is an understatement. Once I ran through everything, I figured the only thing I could have done wrong was getting the air leak. Easy fix. Had to have a couple of cold ones to calm me down though! Now I have to find a code reader to elimnate the darn cel's it threw off when it was all screwy.

And yes... pedro's site has instructions for the air inlet hack eliminating the muffler. (www.pedrosgarage.com) . It's also on my list of to-do's.

Bob

Everytime I try to go to Pedro's page the computer is so slow it nearly locks up. It makes it nealy impossible to navigate his site. Is it just my computer, or is anybody else having issues? I'll try my lap top at home and see if I have the same issue there as well.

Wingnut2u · 10-12-2009, 12:04 PM

No problems accessing it from my pc and speed is decent too, most likely an issue on your end somewhere

blinkwatt · 10-12-2009, 12:08 PM

I've never had an issue with his site accessing it from 4 different computers.

Samson · 10-14-2009, 04:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Adam

Everytime I try to go to Pedro's page the computer is so slow it nearly locks up. It makes it nealy impossible to navigate his site. Is it just my computer, or is anybody else having issues? I'll try my lap top at home and see if I have the same issue there as well.

Looks like it was built with iWeb, which while easy to use, doesn't exactly produce efficient websites. Most of the text, for example, has been converted to images. This makes files much larger, in turn taking longer to load.

That said, I've had no problems viewing his page.