Re: Cost-Free Do-It-Yourself Airbox mod...

["Billy T." <btylaska@onramp.net>]

Right on Chuck!

The cars are designed for idiots from the factory.  The engineers can't assume you are gonna clean out your filter every
three thousand miles, so the put the screen on.

And speaking of cup holders, what about the one cup holder in the back, and why... why for god sakes are they still using
rivots to hold the final drive to the differential, when for the last 15 years, cars have been shearing them off.  The
engineers are not paid to be perfect, they are paid to be cost effective.

It is the designers that are so cool.  They use turbos and 18 inch wheels and stuff, then the engineers get ahold of it
and WHAM!  Small wheels, mass produced tires, and quiet exhausts.

Billy T.

Ya know, the GAs are stock on some pick-ups, like the Sonoma SS.   Cool, really cool.

BTW, I have been driving around on GAs for about a month now.  They are not terrible, as I have only almost slid off the
road once while forgetting I had them.  I miss my T1s:-(




Chuck Simpson wrote:

> Yeah...  the engineers of Volkswagen always know what the hell they are doing.
> For instance, what is the purpose of the cup holders when they can't barely
> hold shit?  Is there a reason for that?  Is there a reason they chose to put
> Eagle GA's as stock tires?  Of course there is a reason for everything they did,
> but I can't say its the best way to accomplish something.
>
> What about the drivers on the list who removed the airbox completely and replaced
> it with a P-flo or some other cone filter?  Is there something wrong with that?
> Are they at serious risk of filtering out the dirty air with a cone versus a screen?
> The engineers are going to be pissed to know someone would actually remove
> the airbox they spent so much time engineering.  DAMN THE CRAZY VW OWNERS WHO WANT TO IMPROVE
> THE PERFORMANCE OF THEIR VR6'S!!!
>
> How many folks with a stock airbox actually unscrew the screen filter and just shake
> out the dirt periodically?  Nobody on this list has ever mention periodically cleaning
> that screen... and I've been on this mailing list for 2 years!!  But I have heard about
> the K&N filter many many times... and cleaning it as well (periodically).
>
> BTW... when I did remove my screen, I couldn't just shake out the dirt.  That shit was
> caked on.  I always wondered why my air filter was still oh so clean after 19k miles.
>
> I'm not trying to put down the engineers... I just have to say they are not perfect.
> I love my car very very much and I've been very happy with it ever since I
> purchased it.
>
> c-ya,
>
> -Chuck Simpson
> '98 White Jetta GLX-VR6
>
> TRYTHAMAR@aol.com wrote:
>
> > ------IN RESPONSE TO YOUR NEW "MODIFICATION", i THINK YOU REALLY OVER
> > ESTIMATED THE POWER OF THE REMOVAL OF THE SCREEN.
> >         THE PURPOSE OF THE SCREEN IS "TO" COLLECT ALL THAT BAD STUFF; AND YOU AS AN
> > OWNER OF THE GLX, SHOULD PERIODICALLY CHECK THE SCREEN FOR DEBRIS.....
> >                                                 .....DOES IT REALLY MAKE SENSE TO REMOVE  THE SCREEN. NO IT WAS PUT
> > THERE FOR A PURPOSE BY THE ENGINEERS OF VOLKSWAGEN.....By REMOVING THE SCREEN,
> > AND ALSO PUTTING IN A kn FILTER....INSTEAD OF JUST SHAKING OUT THE SCREEN
> > (periodically)  THE DEBRIS GOES DIRECTLY TO THE FILTER, THUS OBSTRUCTING THE
> > FLOW.  NOW, YOU MAY SHAKE THE FILTER, BUT THE DIRT IS NOW LODGED IN THE FIBERS
> > OF THE FILTER....have fun going through the cleaning process for the K&N
> > filter; REAL FUN..... ;)
> >                                                         ---JUST ME, MAN
> > Rob
> > 98' blk/blk GLX
> > TTSS exhaust
> > AVO coil-overs
> > AutoTech front/rear/upper/lower stablizers
> > (stock air-box)