Got my package in the mail today(Cold Air Intake Kit)from E-bay..
Yes..the pipes are all ABS plastic..
I'm installing it tomorrow...
Do i really need to drain the computer first,or can i do it later?
>From: Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>To: "'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
>Subject: DML: RE: Fwd: Homebrew Intakes ( kinda long )
>Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 10:50:29 -0800
>
>Every exhaust shop in my town has the machine....you need the material and
>pay for labor.
>
>-------------------------------------------
>Steven St.Laurent
>Test Engineer
>Test Branch, GSD, MCTSSA
>MARCORSYSCOM, USMC
>760-725-2506 (DSN 365-2506)
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Barry Lawton [mailto:derkroozer@yahoo.com]
>Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 8:58 AM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: DML: Fwd: Homebrew Intakes ( kinda long )
>
>
>--- Barry Lawton <derkroozer@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 8 Nov 2000 04:39:05 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Barry Lawton <derkroozer@yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Homebrew Intakes ( kinda long )
> > To: owner-dakota-truck@BUFFNET.NET
> >
> > Steve, and all others considering having a exhaust
> > shop bend up an inlet pipe. Most shops can not
> > mandrel
> > bend pipe. They compresion bend it like the
> > $100-$300
> > hydrolic benders you see at Harbor Freight and
> > Northern Hydrolics. Mandrel bending is a process of
> > drawind an internal mandrel through the pipe as it
> > is
> > bent so as not to crimp or compress, or distort the
> > pipe at the bend area; hence the ID stays consistant
> > through out the pipe. This is why stainless exhausts
> > cost more when they are mandrel bent over
> > conventional
> > steel. Cheap exhaust systems are mearly put on a die
> > and the pipe forced around it, distorting the shape
> > and size. Remember you pay for what you get.
> >
> > Second point Aluminum works as a heat sink in both
> > directions. It will try an find the ambient
> > temperature of the surrounding air. Stainless if it
> > is
> > sheilded from direct heat will not absorb as much.
> > However once its heat index rises it retains the
> > heat
> > longer. That is the principle behind Jet coating
> > Headers. It is to retain the heat not release it. So
> > coating or wrapping or painting your home brew
> > intake,
> > will not help in every day driving. You need to have
> > a
> > seperate sheild with an air space betwen to optimise
> > the codl air flow. ;>{)
> >
> > Barry Lawton
> >
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