Re: K&N hop ups

[healey@lerc.nasa.gov (jim healey)]

>>Scott
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>Two thoughts on this thread. First, Be VERY careful how and where you
>relocate the air intake. Below the front bumper is so low that you are in
>*danger* of picking up enough water from a puddle to suffer hydraulic lock.
>Trust me, rods do bend and break. My oldest son found this out in an '81
>Jetta with stock air box configuration. 
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>Second, the horn (on the airbox) is most likely "tuned" for noise reduction,
>not performance considerations. 
>
That sounds right, if I remember they are tuned like a Helmholtz 
resonator tube - now I'll have to go search for what the key parameters
are.

jim h
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>Bruce
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>bbell@csn.net (Bruce Bell)
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