Techno Torque 2

[Adam]

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]

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

[blinkwatt]

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

[Bob O]

Same here... no problems with his site

Bob

[sd_boxster]

I noticed some rendering issues with his site yesterday on the DIY motor mount page using IE on Vista 64 - guessing it has to do with glow/drop shadow for text. Page load was really slow, and the text was unreadable.

I chalked it up to IE and Vista and moved to my Mac.

[Bobiam]

I've been ont that page a number of times and it's always as slow as s_ _ _! Pedro has a problem there which I have not encountered on any other site. Too bad because there some good stuff on that page.

Bob

[ddb]

Bob O and Burg, thanks for the replies. I thought maybe it was a noise abatement device. And yes Bob O, it is tricky getting the "T" installed perfectly with the gaskets and clamps lined up and tightened just right. I too would have had an issue if I hadn't double-checked before turning the key.

Bobiam, I just buttoned it up yesterday and only drove for a couple of miles to see if I had any air leaks or other problems. Fortunately, I did not, at least not yet. I won't have time to drive the car any this week. The earliest I can get enough miles on it for the DME to adjust will be the weekend. I will definitely post my views once I've had enough seat time.

As far as getting rid of the noise abatement part on the intake tube, I took care of that yesterday as well. First just let me say that Pedro's solution is probably the most cost effective and just as good as any. I'm not as resourceful however and went another route. A couple of weeks ago I read a thread on PPBB from "The Voxster" (thanks for posting it Voxster) about a smooth intake tube from AFE Power. I installed it yesterday while I was in the area. Unlike the OE tube it doesn't have the flexible ribs or the noise abatement device. I'm pretty sure the ribs are there to ease installation and removal of the OE tube. It is a bear to install the rigid AFE unit. The ribs may disturb the smooth flow of air but I doubt they have a very big negative effect.

Like I said earlier, I've only driven the car a couple of miles. I didn't get the temperature warm enough to stand on it, so I can't say anything about any power gains. I will say the combination of the TT2 and AFE tube definitely affected intake noise. In my short test drive I noticed a big difference! I guess that noise abatement device works. I'm looking forward to adding more miles and running up the RPM's to see what it really sounds like.

Bobiam, I've been meaning to list my mods in my signature and will do so now.

ddb

[Bobiam]

Thanks ddb for the update and taking the lead here. We'll be interested in hearing about your results.

I'm wondering about that missing flex section on your new pipe. Will engine torqing and vibration possibly dislodge the new pipe? Or is that compensated for by the connecting sleeves?

Re your mods, I am wondering if you would notice more improvement because adding intake improvements possibly balance with the exhoust improvements, thereby getting more out of the intake than a stock car would. Perhaps speculation is the best we can do without lots of dyno time.

Bobiam

[Samson]

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.