Re: Airbox Info

[TRedGLX@aol.com]

In a message dated 27-Jun-01 15:04:50 Central Daylight Time, 
list_squid@hotmail.com writes:

<< Yes of course, how dare I doubt you ... I mean, your perfectly calibrated 
 ass meter is much more accurate than an $8K dyno and the laws of physics now 
 isn't it?? >>

Ad Nauseum.

Look Toad,

I don't give a good Goddamn how knowledgeable you are or how much experience 
you have in X subject, or that you drive a BMW, you come off as a know-it-all 
jerk, as I strongly suspect you are in real life. THAT'S why I bust your 
balls every chance I get. And that's why I'll continue to.
The man asked about an airbox bottom, we gave him some answers BASED ON OUR 
EXPERIENCE, and you give a dissertation on motorcycle airboxes and airflow.
Not everyone cares or is interested in your bike's day at the dyno, not 
everyone wants to or is interested in getting THEIR car dynoed. I did it once 
just to see, and that was enough for me. For probably 90% of us, the 
ass-meter (whether calibrated to your exacting standards or not) is the way 
we measure our gains/losses. I'd guess that most of us are not as anal about 
the whole thing as you seem to be, your having spent an entire day or however 
long trying different airbox covers, in IDEAL conditions that the real world 
never sees. Get a grip, squiddly. We pull our charge air (in stock form) from 
INSIDE THE FENDER, not from some 
'fan-blowing-like-a-mini-wind-tunnel-if-you-will' in a garage while hooked to 
a dyno, you dipshit. It matters bugger-all that the front of my airbox is 
gone, or that he has his drilled on the fender side, be it 'smoothed with a 
dremel and sandpaper' or not. Fact is, the airflow in our application IS 
turbulent, WILL BE turbulent, and unless we run ducted air from an ideal 
location directly into the MAF/TB, WILL ALWAYS BE turbulent. And, fact is, 
the airbox is NOT positively charged on our N/A cars, and ANY extra airflow 
in (with the exception of an unshielded P-Slo type open element filter 
sucking hot underhood air) is a good thing, because that's the way we have to 
get it - any way we can. Whether you like it or not.

Out.


Cheers,

Dave
'88 Jetta coupe
'98 JettaGLX

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