required distance between afm and throttle body?
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required distance between afm and throttle body?
hey,
i just got a cone filter and i am wondering whether i can get rid of the stock breather hose. is there some reason i cant just mount the afm directly to the throttle body as long as i find a way to hook up the bac air hose? like if i cut the stock breather pipe down to like 4" and then put the afm there?
thanks,
-Pat
i just got a cone filter and i am wondering whether i can get rid of the stock breather hose. is there some reason i cant just mount the afm directly to the throttle body as long as i find a way to hook up the bac air hose? like if i cut the stock breather pipe down to like 4" and then put the afm there?
thanks,
-Pat
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You'll be putting your cone filter direcrtly above the exhaust manifold - the hottest area in the engine bay. You'll be wasting your time.
AFAIK, the length of that hose doesn't matter.
AFAIK, the length of that hose doesn't matter.
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What he said.
The stock intake duct puts the filter in the best place in the engine bay to make into a cold-air box. Considering the relatively large size of the duct, they're be practically zero reduction in restriction if it was removed, just a whole lot more power-robbing heat.
The stock intake duct puts the filter in the best place in the engine bay to make into a cold-air box. Considering the relatively large size of the duct, they're be practically zero reduction in restriction if it was removed, just a whole lot more power-robbing heat.
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UNLESS he was to put a short length of hose in so that the filter was sitting where the cruise control normally goes, built a box around it and put a NACA duct in the hood directly above it. I remember someone posting in here last year about wanting to do (or having done) something similar...
NACA ducts:
http://www.gmecca.com/byorc/dtipsaer...html#NacaDucts
NACA ducts:
http://www.gmecca.com/byorc/dtipsaer...html#NacaDucts
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Now what you could do, is cut a hole in the hood, and put an air duct running out the hood like a snorkel. Put a 90 degree bend in it, and it will be a ram air filter