In a message dated 3/5/99 10:11:25 PM Eastern Standard Time, jndneff@texas.net
writes:
<< He's not really spam. Tony drives a Durango and built his Quick D. intake
because the commercial kits either did not exist at the time, or were way
too expensive. Let's give Tony a break here, he's as much spam and Frank and
Bruce are on their throttle bodies. BTW, Tony's setup is really nice, even
if I do still prefer to drive my home brew setup with a clothes drier tube.
John
98 Dak 4X4 CC Sport, 5.2L, Auto, Leach headers
<snip>
Whoooosh waaaaa SPAM!!!!
<unsnip> >>
I know who Tony is I have talked to him when I had told him I felt his set up
was expensive in my opinion. He told me If I could build a similar set up for
under $100 that he would buy it of me...we I did and for about $100 cheaper
than it would be to get it from him with shipping. I told him that I would
build one cheaper and post it to my site on where to get it and how and part
numbers. I have all this on my site. Tony is a VERY nice guy and I give him
respect for dealing with the stuff associated with selling his intakes. Mine
is not as nice as his but for $100 cheaper it allows to put money towards
other performance upgrades like exhaust or throttle bodies if one so chooses.
I built mine with 2 7/8" galvanized commercial conduit that polishes nicely
but the electrical contractor could only bend it at 45 degrees. I would
suggest that if you are going to make your own that you go to a muffler shop
and have them bend you a piece of 3" stainless at 60 to 70 degrees with 4" on
one side of the bend and 8" on the other. Most shops charge around $3.50 a
foot for 3" stainless. The stainless should buff to a chrome finish. You
might have 25 or $30 into the tube then spend $50 on the K&N cone... and go to
an automotive store that caters to big truckers...they will have the rubber
hoses (it is used on the turbo set-ups on the big trucks) Get a 3" piece for
under $5 then get two 3" clamps for $2 and make an s-bolt for under $2 a grand
total of $89 you can put up to a 10 or 12 inch cone on that has much more area
than the 360 degree units.(but then again you have the problem with loss of
power at different powerbands) I used 6 inch cone because it looks nice and
has more area than the drop-in K&N and about the same as a 2 3/4 14" 360
degree.
Pictures can be seen at my site and no... I'm not selling any. I just give the
info on where I got it.
If you want buy one off Tony it a very nice set-up but if you have any skill
you can easily build one yourself for a lot less IMHO. : )~
Charles smith
1999 Dakota R/T
15.0@95 mph (g-tech)
Ican2u7176@aol.com (or) Dak99rt@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/ican2u7176/index.htm
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