Re: CHEAP turbo power

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.gmi.edu>]

On Wed, 7 May 1997, joe espana wrote:

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> headlight set up, I removed the drivers side high beam and removed the curved 
> snorkel going to the air cleaner box. In its place I put a straight length of 
> pipe in that runs from the opening in the air cleaner to the opening where the 
> headlight used to be. Better throttle response, reduced turbo lag, more power. 
> It's noticable. The turbo and intake manifold run COLD. The car is still street 
> legal because there are still high beams in the primary lights. In all, this mod 
> was free. I rummaged through the parts bin at a local shop and the guy let me 
> take the hose i used for free. Air filter seems ok. Does get afeected only in 
> extremely heavy down pours, but not a prob with a K&N.
> 2.This was the more surprising one.The pipe that leads from the air filter boot 
> to the turbo inlet elbow. Gets very hot because it's right next to the exhaust 
> manifold and turbo. I insulated it with many layers of aluminum foil (it's got 
> to be thick) to keep it cool. Surprisingly, it brought up my midrange. My 

BRAVO, those are smart, cheap upgrades.  You were thinking there.   I 
would only caution you to watch out for water ingestion to the engine 
with your ram air setup.   That can blow 'er up real quick.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey 

"Cool name man!" - Jay Graydon   :-)