[V8] intake sealing

[Coleman, David]

uh.....



> -----Original Message-----
> From: v8-bounces at audifans.com 
> [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf
> Of Nadjkovic Kraig A TSgt 552 CMS/MXMVC
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 2:15 PM
> To: 'v8 at audifans.com'
> Subject: [V8] intake sealing
> 
> 
> Hey y'all.  I just picked up a 1990 V8 quattro at a tow yard 
> auction.  It's
> pretty nice except that none of the electrical accesories 
> work.  Anyway,
> here's my problem:  The fuel injecsion didn't seem to be 
> working right.  It
> was real hard to start in the morning, so I had to use ether to get it
> started.  To get around that, I cut a hole in the top of the 
> intake, hogged
> out the runners a bit so they'd all get some gas and air, and bolted a
> Holley 650 double pumper on the top.  That should be big 
> enough for a 3.6
> litre engine, right?  It doesn't seem to run right.  I'm 
> pretty sure I got
> the carb sealed on there good with RTV, but it still seems 
> like there's a
> vacum leak or something--it stumbles and hesitates when I try 
> to take off.
> I'm sure I'm not the first to do this to get rid of that Bosh 
> injecsion
> system.  Any idears?
> nadj
> 1990 V8 Q
> 84 5000 wagon 5 SPEED
> _______________________________________________
> Audifans V8 mailing list
> Send posts to: mailto:V8 at audifans.com
> Manage your list connection: 
> http://www.audifans.com/mailman/listinfo/v8
> Have an Audi V8 question?  Check the Audifans Knowledgebase!
> http://www.audi-quattro.org/cgi-bin/twiki/view/Audi/V8
> Have a V8 answer? ... Please help others by adding to the KB 
> ... all contributions welcome!
>