At 11:04 PM 5/24/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>> >painted the base high temp black and wala! This air
>> >filter looks great and the sound alone has to be worth
>> >150 HP :~).
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>> >Mike Catlin
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>> > The eldebrock I used measures 14 1/8x 3 1/4 on the truck.
>> A slight rub mark on the hood. I still have the paper
>> filter and will probably swap it out for the K&N. It was
>> $29.95 at Ramchargers.Hey Mike, did you use the s-bolt?
>> And don't you think there is 20 horse in the filter swap?
>> Also, did you leave your stock box on your truck for a
>> little fresh air to the filter?
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>> Tony
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>Tony,
>The MP air filter came with a bolt that I just bent into an S.
>I have to agree with you on the HP probably about right over
>the stock system. I pulled the entire old box, hose ect out
>but left my ram air hose aimed at the air filter. While I was
>changing out the bolt for the air filter I saw how restrictive the
>stock throttle body is so today I attacked the throttle body.
>Cut everything flush to the top of the throttle body except
>4 small nubs at each corner to hold the air filter base.
>Then using a grinder ground down everything and put a
>nice bevel into the two throttle body bores (Stopped at the top
>of the butterflies where its already polished). Next I sanded
>everything down starting with course and ending with #400.
>Looks great and feels pretty good. I'll check it with the G-Tech
>this week. It took about 6 hours to do. When I finished I
>was going to take my wife for a ride so I started it up and
>the Check Engine light comes on. My wife goes "Couldn't
>leave it alone could you" well I explained to her the Check
>Engine light comes on after every successful mod and is
>an indication of a massive horse power gain. Told her in
>order to reset the computer several massive full throttle
>burn outs would be necessary :~). After I dropped her
>off I disconnected the computer for 5 minutes and it reset
>the check engine light. I figure the throttle body was probably
>wet or something after working on it for 6 hours. Anyway the
>light hasn't come back on so far. I would recommend this mod
>as it feels like a HP increase although I'll check this week.
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>Mike Catlin
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> Mike,
Are you sure that you don't have a clearance problem with
the alternator brace bolt? I didn't think that I did, until
Sean tried the 14X3 again and re-affirmed his original findings
that there is an ever so slight problem with that bolt.Love the
wife comment.Sounds oh so familar! BTW, what's next on the mod
list? I ordered some under drive pulleys which should be in
Wed.
Tony
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