I have the Ztube from Intense performance and was concerned about it doing
that same thing. That's a considerable moment arm hanging out there.So I
checked all the time for the first two weeks. It never budged. I may still
make up a brace for it, just for the piece of mind.
Patrick O'Day
----- Original Message -----
From: "andy levy" <andylevy@yahoo.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:52 AM
Subject: DML: Watch those intakes!
> This weekend, I noticed my QuickD intake was starting to slide off the
> airhat. I pushed it back up into position, no big deal. Yesterday,
> while driving to a training class, I noticed a rattling coming from the
> engine. Sounded weird. When I arrived, I popped the hood and found my
> intake sitting on the fender and valve cover! I ran w/o a filter for
> probably 3-4 miles. I loosened up the clamp closest to the hat, pushed
> it back on, and tightened it down with the screwdriver on my Gerber
> Multi-Tool, as I was in a hurry and couldn't dig out a proper
> screwdriver.
>
> So this morning, before striking out for class, I decided to pop the
> hood. The intake was almost off again! I pulled out a real
> screwdriver and took about 5 minutes to reassemble the whole thing.
> Seems solid now, I checked when I arrived and it's still in one piece.
>
> Anyone else have this problem? I'm going to fab up a brace for it very
> soon, once I can find the materials and any tools I might need. In the
> meantime everyone, keep an eye on your cold-air intakes!
>
> =====
> -andy
>
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