Turbo question, thoeretical

[jdbubb@ix.netcom.com (Dan Bubb)]

----- Original Message -----
From: Cory Langford <corylang@dccnet.com>
To: John C. Worden <scirocco@powerlink.net>; <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: Turbo question, thoeretical


>
> The only thing you have to worry about is that the stock CIS air box is
not
> designed for Pressure, and will leak like a sieve when you run boost
> through it. So you need to seal it up nice and tight. (Fiberglass works
good)


I'm with you all the way.....except I don't understand this statement.

Why would the CIS air box be under pressure??

Airflow should be in this order; CIS air box, turbo, intercooler, TB.

Any other way is a lot more work and pressurizing the airbox is a little
questionable since it's only plastic. Rough estimate, but if you're running
5 psi then the force blowing the top off the airbox is ~250 lb! Plus, if
you're pressurizing the airbox you're also probably pressurizing the
crankcase thru the vent tube. None of this is good, so I hope you're really
doing something else.
Dan