Re: Airbox Info

["Nathan" <etherwolf@sopris.net>]

It does, yes, but I imagine the sooner you have the air "smoothed out" as it were, the better... I
think I'm going to slightly increase the size of the intake on mine, remove the hose, figure out how
to heat shield it, and get it smooth as possible with mine. Especially the stupid grid on the top
half of the box.


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Strope" <dstrope@md.prestige.net>
To: <jettaglx@igtc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: Airbox Info


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>
>