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Air intake on 16v
Natch. The intake pre-heat is emissions equipment, not cold climate
equipment. By shoving warm air in the intake snorkel the engine exhaust
will reach operating temperature sooner, which means that exhaust
emissions will fall into specification sooner, especially on catalyst
equipped vehicles.
Drew
On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Patrick Bureau wrote:
> The collector is used with a metallic pipe that leads to the exhaust pipes
> and has a heat collector there, simple take all those apart and do your mod.
> The heat collector is to bring in warmer air into the intake for them
> freezing county's and country's (I.e.: Canada) for start up in Canada.
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> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Chad Eatock
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:16 PM
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> Subject: Air intake on 16v
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> hEY Y'ALL,
> Wuz up? I was just gonna do a little mod on my air intake by putting the
> intake in front of the rad behind the front grille but I suddenly realized
> that it is different than my 8v. the big hose coming out of the airbox goes
> to a collector box thingy that meets up with another hose coming off the
> exhaust manifold....can anybody tell me what thats for? and also is there
> any sense in changing the position of the air intake to maximize airflow?
> or is it set up optimally as it is? my 8v air intake was lower than this
> and exposed to the elements...but this one seems different...any comments?
> Chadster '87 16v
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