Trottmannized FIPK

From: Michael Clark (mike@mikesdakota.com)
Date: Sun Sep 17 2000 - 21:12:12 EDT


So there I am today..... Cleaning up the engine bay for the big
Houston show next weekend. I SimpleGreened everything under the hood.
 I had my K&N covered with a small trash bag because these things
 shrink like a $2.00 sweater when they get wet and then dry with
 engine heat. I hosed everything off really well including wires,
 PCM, everything. When I finished I thought I should start it up and
 let it heat up a bit to dry out any moisture that might have gotten
 where it shouldn't. So I crank it up and it sputtered and then I
 heard a "POP" so I cut it off. "Oh great, what was that" I think to
 myself. I look under the hood and notice the trash bag is sucked up
 to the K&N. Upon further inspection I notice the top lid of my K&N
 doesn't look exactly like it used to.....

 This is what it looks like now. Take notice of where the wing nut
 is, that's how much it deformed.
http://web.wtez.net/m/c/mc55615/knkerplunk.jpg

This is how it used to look before the Trottmannization effect.
http://www.mikesdakota.com/html/dakota/images/wires6.jpg

So I'll have to figure out something before the show. I thought about
trying to "pop" it out by hand but I think it will look bent up even if I do pop
it back. I think I'm going to replace it with.... something else.
Brett F. probably knows what I'm talking about, I let everyone else
find out at the Houston show on Saturday.

--Mike www.mikesdakota.com



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