Installed intake, have a dangling hose...

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02-10-2005, 03:48 PM

lawrencel715

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Installed intake, have a dangling hose...

Is this supposed to be left unattached? I'm pretty sure it doesn't go into the extra opening you see in the intake, which i already covered with electrical tape on the inside.

02-10-2005, 04:52 PM

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Yes, it came that way from the factory. It has nothing to do with your intake

02-10-2005, 04:54 PM

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Isnt it a breather hose for the tranny or something?

02-10-2005, 05:22 PM

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i forgot if it was attached to the front intake or not. was it? so is it left dangling stock?

02-10-2005, 05:42 PM

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I seem to remember someone asking about this a while back, and I think it's like that from the factory.

Like I said, I think we decided it was a tranny breather hose.

02-10-2005, 10:16 PM

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PCV valve?its supposed to be there...i heard u fail SMOG if u dont have that there...leave it alone...its like an appendix...it looks vestigial but its not.

02-10-2005, 10:18 PM

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Is this supposed to be left unattached? I'm pretty sure it doesn't go into the extra opening you see in the intake, which i already covered with electrical tape on the inside.

holy moly u have tape inside ur intake?wtf are u thinking?take it out...take urself to Home Depot and buy a rubber plug for that thing...

02-10-2005, 11:23 PM

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tape on inside...? whats ....goging tru ur mind,, with the air contantly applying fricition to the tape an dthe warm engine temp loosening it.. it will get sucked straight in... take it out man. ur crazy..

02-10-2005, 11:48 PM

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its probably already gone in...

02-11-2005, 12:51 AM

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PCV valve?its supposed to be there...i heard u fail SMOG if u dont have that there...leave it alone...its like an appendix...it looks vestigial but its not.

No, it is not the PCV valve

But yhea, tape on the inside of the mid-pipe will just come off and get sucked into the motor. I don't think it would do any harm though. It would just get melted in the combustion.

Go to Home Depot or a place like that and get a little rubber cap to put over the nipple. I have a bunch of them

02-11-2005, 01:15 AM

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umm, no, it didn't yet since i haven't taken the car out yet, which is a good thing... i temporarily "fixed" it by applying tape on the outside instead =\. this is the first thing i've done to my car myself other than fogs, guess it didn't go too well...

02-11-2005, 01:55 AM

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i know the risk...but what would happen if we ran our cars w. no air filter??would we see any gains?other than a headache later on i mean...

02-11-2005, 01:57 AM

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u mite wanna take that ram scoop outta there too lawrence...its just a waste of space...it might save u a pound...

02-11-2005, 08:22 AM

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what ram scoop?

02-11-2005, 08:24 AM

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i know the risk...but what would happen if we ran our cars w. no air filter??would we see any gains?other than a headache later on i mean...

A few HP, but no it is not worth it. Some nitrous and boosted guys take them off at the track. But just a basic bolt on car is not gonna see too much difference