At 11:05 PM 2/1/2000 -0500, you wrote:
><< Phenolic Blocks have been used for quite some time on Carbs...don't know
> how they'd react/work on TB setups. >>
>
>The key word being "Carbs." They have fuel bowls filled with liquid fuel
>waiting to be burned. The benefits from a phenolic resin spacer is derived
>from keeping the fuel in the bowls cool. The TB system used on Dakota's carry
>no fuel, and the air that passes through them is only there for an instant. I
>don't see how any kind of insulating or cooling between the TB and manifold
>would make any measurable difference at all. At least that's how it would
>seem to me, any comments?
>
>Scott
I agree. You'd see better results ducting in air and cooling the fuel
going to the injectors. Someone posted a link to an ebay item where a guy
had made his own cold air intake. It consisted of two hoses running from
the front of the vehicle and going to the TB. It's similar in function to
an air scoop. At highway speeds, you would see a positive pressure at the
junction point of those two air hoses. Course if you can't calibrate the
computer to take advantage of the mods, your wasting your time. In my opinion.
Mike
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