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what is this intake system?!



throttle response may be laggy, but that manifold probably has one hell of a
tuned range (where it would flow MORE air than individual throttle bodies).
Al

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott F. Williams" <sfwilliams@comcast.net>
To: "Craig Williams" <roccolister@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2002 10:34 AM
Subject: RE: what is this intake system?!


> Sure, I remember Ruben and his ridiculous Mk1 Oettinger collection. In his
> case, however, the intake plenum was *above* the valve cover as it is on
> every other engine. This one is apparently flipped upside down. What is
the
> purpose of this scheme? With that huge volume between the air box and the
> throttle body, it seems that the throttle response would be very soft and
> laggy. It takes time to move all that air...
> --
> Scott F. Williams
> NJ Scirocco nut
> '99 Subaru Impreza 2.5 RS
> Mazda 323 GTX turbo "assaulted" vehicle
> Golf GTI 16v "rollycar"
> ClubVAC: "Roads found. Drivers wanted."
>
> > That is Ruben Guzman's car (back when it used to run.) He's Randy's
> > roommate. The intake, from what he told me, is a sport Oetinger one or
> > something like that. The vavle cover goes with the full Oetinger setup
he
> > has. I've seen 8V Oetinger VC's for sale before, but never a 16V one.
Oh,
> > and that's a throttle body at the end there. Is that what you're talking
> > about?
> >
> > -- Craig
>
>
>
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