RE: RE: RE: Re: S-bolt vs. stock bracket

From: Collins, Richard (collinsr@ccmangum.com)
Date: Mon Apr 05 1999 - 17:55:00 EDT


Thanks for the suggestion! I'll give that a try.

Richard Collins
98 CC 2WD 5.2

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bridges, Bruce [mailto:bbridges@alarismed.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 4:13 PM
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
> Subject: DML: RE: RE: Re: S-bolt vs. stock bracket
>
>
> Richard,
> Flip your stock bracket upside down so that the plate is
> against the top of
> your air hat! Doesnt block flow and is as strong as the factory unit,
> because it is! Keeps you from loosing it (in your garage)
> too! You might
> need to put a longer 1/4-20 bolt in the "short end" to get it to fit
> perfectly! Works for me!
> BKB
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Collins, Richard [mailto:collinsr@ccmangum.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 05, 1999 11:30 AM
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
> Subject: DML: RE: Re: S-bolt vs. stock bracket
>
>
> > I don't know if the S-bolt would be enough to register on a
> > butt dyno, or
> > even a real dyno, but just by looking at it you can tell it
> > disturbs airflow
> > into the TB. S-bolts are easy to build with only one
> > documented casualty to date. And the stock bracket is...
> well it's stock!
> When
>
> Yeah, but if I remember right that was one heck of a
> casualty! I don't
> remember who it was, but I remember cringing from that poor
> guys experience
> with his torn up motor. His account is what kept me from
> making one. I
> stuck with the stock bracket too despite its downsides. I
> still contemplate
> changing it from time to time, but then I cringe again..
>
>
> Richard Collins
> 98 CC 2WD 5.2
>



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