Re: RE: Judging Paxton air hat...and 4x4 racing

From: Andy Levy (andylevy@bigfoot.com)
Date: Wed May 31 2000 - 19:22:25 EDT


IIRC, Paxton sells the aluminum airhat as a replacement for the stocker
because with the boost, the stock one leaks (since it's just plastic and
held down with one bolt). On a regularly aspirated engine, it's not an
issue, but with the extra pressure of the supercharger, it leaks.

We had a discussion about racing in 4WD a while back. Short answer: If
you've got 4WD PT, DON'T DO IT! The transfer case can't take it. Just
like you're not supposed to drive on dry hard surfaces in 4WD if you've
only got a part-time system.

"Hausheer, Geoffrey" wrote:
>
> Ted,
> What happened to your stock air hat? I'm getting this weird 'woosh'
> sound at max boost (around 6ish) which I have no idea where it is coming
> from. There is no evidence of the manifold leaking, so I was thinking it
> might be a problem with the air hat. Where did you get the Paxton hat from?
> Also, I was curious. Has anyone tried racing there 4x4s with the
> 4WD engaged? Is there any reason not to do this? Since the dak has no
> hub-release (unlike its Ford counterparts), the entire drivetrain is
> spinning anyway, so why not use it to prevent winding up the back end? I
> really don't want to put traction bars on this thing, since it does get used
> for offroad use occasionally.
>
> Thanks,
> .Geoff
>
> http://thunder.prohosting.com/~ghaushe/dakota/index.html

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-andy

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