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Post by hockeydad33 on Aug 30, 2004 17:44:38 GMT -6
Well my son and I did the air box mod. (gutted out the baffle is all) sounds good. Changed oil and filter, and cleaned the throttle body (on the car, didn't trust myself to take it off.) The throttle body was so bad I had a hard time figuring out why it ran so well. It was so varnished up it was fuzzy on the back of the butterfly. Took almost a whole can of throttle body cleaner and 35 to 45 minutes of spraying and scrubbing with a tooth brush. The car started hard after we were done because of all the cleaner I sprayed in there. It ran rough once it started for about a minute then smoothed out and ran smoother than it ever did. Hopefully all that cleaner didn't hurt anything. Well so much for my experience. Hopefully this was were it should go, feel free to move it JimW or Amanda if it is the wrong place.
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Post by hockeydad33 on Aug 30, 2004 17:47:05 GMT -6
Sorry, this post should have probably gone under general maintenance.
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Post by JimW on Aug 30, 2004 17:47:21 GMT -6
Its fine right here  Take it out and throttle back a bit...you may find the intake is a bit more whiny. *edit* damn the vid is down...  Oh well, have fun with it! |
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Post by erw38 on Aug 30, 2004 18:37:30 GMT -6
*Sigh*
I should probably do mine now too.
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Post by Letitroll98 on Aug 30, 2004 20:33:04 GMT -6
Just what I was thinkin. Thanks alot hockeydad! I was going to totally, completely relax and unwind this weekend, now ya got me thinkin. But like the ol' boy says, "When I works, I works. When I sets, I sets. And when I thinks, I falls asleep."
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Post by hockeydad33 on Aug 31, 2004 15:19:58 GMT -6
Took it out and let her rip and it sound nice. Not whiny at all JimW. Really like the sound. Now I got to trya nd keep my kids foot out of it because it sounds so nice.
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Post by JimW on Aug 31, 2004 16:54:29 GMT -6
Not whiny eh? Aw to bad...my intake/engine makes quite the whine at high RPM  |
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Post by hockeydad33 on Sept 2, 2004 20:12:36 GMT -6
Actually Jim I took whiny to be a negative thing. It has a very awesome sound when it starts to rev higher. You can here the engine a lot better. Maybe that is what you meant by whiny. It has a more throaty sound to it now than before I took out the baffle.
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Post by scottydl on Sept 3, 2004 12:14:57 GMT -6
hockeydad, have you noticed any difference in your gas mileage since the airbox mod? I'd still like to do this, but I'm afraid of losing fuel effeciency.  I know in theory the engine should become MORE effecient, but I remember a thread of the opposite result happening after gutting an airbox. Just curious about that, post an update when you have it! |
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Post by R4D30N on Sept 3, 2004 12:53:21 GMT -6
i get 15 mpg after airbox.. my dad gets 20 mpg without the mod, either my foot is heavy, or i am lacking milage
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Post by JimW on Sept 3, 2004 14:29:28 GMT -6
hockeydad, have you noticed any difference in your gas mileage since the airbox mod? I'd still like to do this, but I'm afraid of losing fuel effeciency. I know in theory the engine should become MORE effecient, but I remember a thread of the opposite result happening after gutting an airbox. Just curious about that, post an update when you have it! Scotty, I rambled through this one yesterday on AF... You might like it www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=281180And Kevin, I think its combination of heavy foot, and maybe yer running lean or something...had your O2 sensors checked out? |
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Post by hockeydad33 on Sept 3, 2004 18:11:51 GMT -6
scottydl, my son says he has not noticed any difference in mileage at this time but we could have done a few things that improved mileage and would have offset the decrease in mileage if the air box mod indeed causes a decrease in mileage which I don't think it did on his car. We put in a new air cleaner (other one FILTHY) and really cleaned the throttle body well. (as well as we could on the car.) These things could definitely improve gas mileage.
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I know in theory the engine should become MORE effecient, but I remember a thread of the opposite result happening after gutting an airbox. Just curious about that, post an update when you have it!