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Old 04-17-2001, 11:10 AM
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does the air filter that can be bought and placed on your crank case really do anything besides look cool...
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Old 04-17-2001, 12:03 PM
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I was also wondering this Neelio
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Old 04-17-2001, 12:18 PM
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I've got one sitting at home, but I haven't put it on because I was not sure if it would be good or bad for the engine.
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Old 04-17-2001, 01:11 PM
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Then why did u buy it in the first place?
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Old 04-17-2001, 03:33 PM
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as far as i know

It does nutin but look kool...
And it gets rid of one hose in your engine bay ...
i think that line is just a low pressure vacuum line

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Old 04-17-2001, 03:58 PM
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what i read

that little filter helps the crank case to breath free'er ;instead of geting airfrom the filter & a chance of it(oil) coming back to your throttle body.
Check out k&n site I think thas where I read that
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The idea is that rather than venting the crankcase to the intake manifold, just vent it to the atmosphere through a filter. (Just like they did it in the old days.) This would keep the inside of intake manifold cleaner. You are also commiting a federal crime by doing this, by tampering with the emmision's system. It will not provide any immedate increase in power either.
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Old 04-18-2001, 06:31 AM
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Just wondering, wouldn't the air from in the engine bay be much hotter than the air coming from the intake. So wouldn't it be better to have the cooler air. This is why I have not put mine on yet and the only reason I got it is because a shop was going out of business and I got it for $4 dollars
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Old 04-18-2001, 07:01 AM
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Originally posted by SLICNIC
Just wondering, wouldn't the air from in the engine bay be much hotter than the air coming from the intake. So wouldn't it be better to have the cooler air. This is why I have not put mine on yet and the only reason I got it is because a shop was going out of business and I got it for $4 dollars
The crakcase has to be vented to prevent large internal pressure fluctuations as the pistons go up and down (changing the internal volume of the crankcase). The temperture of the air that it is vented into has, as they say, "nothing to do with anything".
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