Re: Airbox Info

["Paul M. Moriarty" <pmm@igtc.com>]

Actually other variables influence this heavily as well.  Things like
whether the flow is laminar or turbulent and the temperature of the air.
It's not as simple as you may think.

TRedGLX@aol.com writes:
> In a message dated 27-Jun-01 09:56:25 Central Daylight Time, 
> list_squid@hotmail.com writes:
> 
> << This is completely incorrect. >>
> 
> No, it's not. And we're not discussing your m/c, we're discussing airbox mods 
> on a GLX. Try to stay on subject.
> 
> Fact is, my GLX breathes better and produces more power than when I had the 
> airbox in stock form. Period. And I don't need a damn dyno and an afternoon 
> of testing to tell me this. Basic physics will tell you the more freely the 
> engine can breathe cool air, the more power it will produce. It doesn't 
> matter if he drills the side with 50 holes, or if I completely remove the 
> front of my airbox bottom, it's breathing better than it was through the 
> restrictive factory opening.
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Dave
> '88 Jetta coupe
> '98 JettaGLX
> 
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