Re: Horsepower estimate

[MARK DAVISON <markaab@global2000.net>]

At 07:30 PM 10/25/96 -0700, you wrote:

>Since your moving everything to the other side, just leave the airbox stock.
>Putting holes in it on that side of the car will only draw hot air from the
>engine into the system. If you do decide to swiss cheeze the airbox, put the
>holes on the box that doesnt face the engine. this will keep some of the
>heat from direct access. (At least thats the latest theory..) Doing this has
>been said to give more top end power. (I concur with this) and on the
>downside, you draw more hot air into the negine, which could hurt low end
>and city driving. 

One way to aviod this is to attach some dryer hose or the like to the
hole you've made in your air box and route it so it pulls cool air from
behind the bumper or elsewhere.

One downside to making more holes - too much total hole area can
begin to hurt throttle response on the low end. It's hard to know
how far to go until you've gone too far....

Mark
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