what kind of insulation did you use
scott
97 v6 sport rc
----- Original Message -----
From: Tibor Kun <tiborkun@excite.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 1999 12:52 PM
Subject: DML: $13 "cool ram air"!
> Hi all,
>
> Ran by Lowes this weekend and bought a dryer hose and pipe insulating
tape.
> Then the wife and I cruised to our office building's underground parking,
> popped the hood, and replaced the stock intake end (the part that pulls
from
> the wheel well) with the dryer hose, and I put insulation along the entire
> ducting up to the intake on the throttle body - wow! INSTANT
gratification,
> and at $13! Although, I did replace my stock filter with the K&N
> replacement (just the square one - no other mods, and still in the filter
> box) about a year or so ago.
>
> You can hear it sucking the air in now, and I've noticed that when I back
> off the gas it doesn't slow down as fast as before; I assume because it's
> getting more air and therefore creating greater combustion at any fuel
> level. I suppose that the box is probably slowing down the air quite a
bit,
> and the hose between the box and the top of the engine gets pretty hot;
> going to add more insulation tonight.
>
> So now my question is: How can I tweek this further without spending more
> than another ten or fifteen? I don't think the cold air idea that I had
is
> working as well as the ram air affect, and I drive mostly in town, so you
> can imagine that I'm looking mostly at keeping it cool. On the
interstate,
> though, this thing really boogeys! I was simply chatting with my wife
(who
> helped me put it in) and then I looked down and we were going a hundred!
> Wow! Of course, i slowed back down. But wow!
>
> Note: For those thinking of doing this, I take no responsibility for it
and
> add that it's not the greatest power increase in the world; just an
amazing
> value to me at $13!
>
> --
> Tibor Kun
> Email: tkun@compuserve.com
> '98 Dakota Sport RC V6 5-speed red
>
>
>
>
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