on my 90' Syncro I have a Vanistan (10 Cent) oil cooler, I have to remove the plastic plate and install the oil cooler in that spot... what I am doing now on my Carat is preparing that spot for a Vanistan oil cooler... so I was thinking is there's no oil cooler and the plate is gone... more air to engine... right? so far a month already it's running fine no harm.. On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:58 AM, Chris S. <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote: > Air intakes are vestigial bits from air cooled days. Leave the plate in > place. When moving engine compartment temp drops to ambient anyways, as > per Bostig research. You're better off with cooler intake air around town. > > Chris. > > Wysłane z iPhone'a > > Dnia Oct 28, 2014 o godz. 13:52 Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> napisał(a): > > > as it now... by observation, on my 90' Carat, that plastic plate is for > > holding the flexible air filter box on one side and the big heavy plastic > > elbow on the other side. That big heavy plastic elbow is connected to the > > air duct (the clogged one) and then the air snorkel behind the air grill. > > > > that plastic plate services its purpose well but I want more air going to > > the engine by removing it and secure the heavy plastic elbow my way. > > > > dan > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 10:40 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> > > wrote: > > > >> At 01:06 PM 10/28/2014, Dan N wrote: > >> > >>> sorry David I don't think so - the air intake snorkel is up high, > >>> behind the air grill, also the direction of the air - air enter the > >>> air grill, go to to snorkel then the air filter box and the air > >>> speeds depends on the van speed > >> > >> What do you think it's there for? I can tell you from experience > >> that when driving down the road there's enough positive pressure in > >> the engine compartment of a 2.1l to lift up an engine cover that's > >> merely covering the hole so that it vents into the vehicle. And by > >> lift up I mean an inch or two. I had to weight it down (I was doing > >> some sort of diagnostic with wires running into the compartment) > >> > >> Yours, > >> David > >> > |
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