Re: Airbox Info

["R. Malinka" <ranger1442@hotmail.com>]

Wow there's one thing you can say about this list
and that is the high level of conversation that
takes place here. You fellow Vwer's really support
each other don't you?


>From: "Bill Hussey" <list_squid@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>To: jettaglx@igtc.com
>Subject: Re: Airbox Info
>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 21:40:18 -0400
>
>>From: TRedGLX@aol.com
>>Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 18:19:10 EDT
>>
>>Look Toad,
>
>Toad??  Wow, that took some thought.  Tell me something, when you think 
>this
>hard, since your head is in your ass ... do you fart??
>
>>I don't give a good Goddamn how knowledgeable you are or how much
>>experience
>>you have in X subject
>
>Well if that isn't already obvious Einstein ...
>
>>, 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.
>
>All for me?? Awww :-)  I feel so damn special.
>
>>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.
>
>Any idiot can spend money on a product, or make a modification that he/she
>thinks will work, only to imagine the gains that never really came about.
>Too many times people think they "feel" more horsepower, but it's either
>just some fantasy to help from feeling utterly stupid or some creative
>wishes based on enhanced sound, much like the newly aquired intake roar you
>so galantly speak of.
>
>>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.
>
>Umm ... airflow??  You never see airflow in the real world??  As far as 
>most
>people not being as anal as me ... no, maybe not ... but now you feel like
>condemning me because I'm enthusiastic about all things related to 
>vehicular
>performance??
>
>>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.
>
>Hey, Dr. Dumbass ... and where the hell do you think you get the air from
>after you've sucked all the air out from inside the fender?  At highway
>speeds, the low pressure created around the outside of your car will draw
>air out from anywhere it can, engine bay included.  And a fan blowing on 
>the
>front of a vehicle??  What don't you get about this??  At a standstill, 
>with
>no fan, there would be no moving air to simulate the vehicle actually 
>moving
>moron.
>
>Bill
>'98 GLX
>'01 325Ci
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