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06-29-2002, 10:44 PM | #1 |
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Cheapest and easiest way to relocate mass air?
Ok, when I put my 73mm mass air meter in, I was having a lot of idling and surging problems. Put the stock meter back in and it went away. So I called C&L and talked with them. They say that I need to put the meter in the fenderwell because it is too close to the head unit of the supercharger. Called Paxton and they told me the same exact thing. I figure this must be the problem if I am getting the same story from 2 different companies. So my question is what would be the cheapest and easiest way to do this? I can't afford a powerpipe right now, so thats out of the question. Is there some kind of flex tubing that I could use to do this? I thought about dryer ducting, but I don't think it would look that good, and I doubt it would hold up. Anybody have any ideas on this? I would like to try and have this done by the 19th for my next race. Thanks a lot.
Chris
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06-29-2002, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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Find a muffler shop that will custom bend you some "schoolbus" pipe, mandrel bent.
dryer duct will collapse.
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06-30-2002, 06:14 AM | #3 |
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Well I actually went down to a few muffler shops about a month ago to see if somebody could custom bend me an intake pipe from the head unit to the throttle body. Nobody seemed to be able to make a 3" pipe bend like that. They all said they couldn't do it, and I don't want to use 2 1/2" pipe. Guess I could go hit Midas and see if they could do it. Is there a flex hose for superchargers? I thought I have seen a black hose that works like that. Not sure though.
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06-30-2002, 08:29 AM | #4 |
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Check out the tech article on the Corral website. It tells what is needed to do it using pvc pipe and elbows. I done this before I bought the powerpipe and it works pretty good.
http://www.corral.net/tech/
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06-30-2002, 08:07 PM | #5 |
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You could make a shield for the filter to keep the engine air out or you can do like I did. I went down to a plumbing store and bought some pvc pipe to relocate mine, its not pretty but it works. If you want a picture you can email me at rbatson978@aol.com Put something about mustangs in the subject, I delete most email unless I know the the username or the subject is specific.
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