Oh yeah....nice job bill!
Hehehe...that may be an hot item.... I can think of another hood that might
work on...hehehe,,.
I'll take some measurements tomorrow....The wheels are turning in my evil
little mind! :)
-- Gary Hedlin www.garyhedlin.com (under construction)On 5/13/04 1:17 AM, in article 200405130616.i4D6G4912757@bent.twistedbits.net, ""Bill Nissley"" <bill@nissley.com> wrote:
> > Here is my solution for making this hood work. You can really hear the air > entering the hood. Drove it some today, either I want to hear it sucking and > I am pushing it harder, or it is really making a difference. I hope it's the > latter. > I am going to try to get it on a dyno soon to see how it compares to stock. > I am going to do runs both ways. > > The airbox - > http://home.comcast.net/~billnis/dakota/airbox.jpg > > Here it's installed on the truck, also shows the seal sitting on the > throttle body. - > http://home.comcast.net/~billnis/dakota/airbox2.jpg > > This is a picture showing the seal mating up with the airbox when the hood > is closed. > > http://home.comcast.net/~billnis/dakota/airbox3.jpg > > After some concerns about it keeping a seal when I romp on it, I did a test. > I put some of my wife's lipstick (I asked for an old one) on the edges of > the seal. > I closed the hood and gave it a few good revs, one reached just over > 5,000rpm. > When I lifted the hood this image shows the results. > > http://home.comcast.net/~billnis/dakota/airbox4.jpg > > The insert shows a cross section of the seal surface It compresses to about > .75" wide when the hood is closed. > I don't think my engine is going to move far enough to break the seal, but I > could be wrong. What do you guys think after seeing this? > > The biggest thing I need to do is make a cover for the TB for when I have > the engine up so things don't fall into it. > > Bill Nissley > http://www.twistedbits.net/WWWProfile/dakota/Ah0EiM5qG@xcE/ > > > >
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