Re: Airbox Info

["David Strope" <dstrope@md.prestige.net>]

Does not a K&N filter smooth out turbulent air? At least that's
what the WEB site says....

http://www.knfilters.com/facts.htm


----- Original Message -----
From: <TRedGLX@aol.com>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: Airbox Info


> 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
>
> <A HREF="www.southernvolks.com">SouthernVolks</A>
>