Air intake on 16v

[mr.utility at highstream.net (David Utley)]

You're both right...
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Quoting Drew MacPherson <drew@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>:

> 
> Natch.  The intake pre-heat is emissions equipment, not cold climate 
> equipment.  By shoving warm air in the intake snorkel the engine exhaust 
> will reach operating temperature sooner, which means that exhaust 
> emissions will fall into specification sooner, especially on catalyst 
> equipped vehicles.
> 
> Drew
> 
> On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Patrick Bureau wrote:
> 
> > The collector is used with a metallic pipe that leads to the exhaust pipes
> > and has a heat collector there, simple take all those apart and do your
> mod.
> > The heat collector is to bring in warmer air into the intake for them
> > freezing county's and country's (I.e.: Canada) for start up in Canada.
> >  
> > 
> > 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org
> > [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces@scirocco.org] On Behalf Of Chad Eatock
> > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 7:16 PM
> > To: scirocco list
> > Subject: Air intake on 16v
> > 
> > hEY Y'ALL,
> > Wuz up?  I was just gonna do a little mod on my air intake by putting the
> > intake in front of the rad behind the front grille but I suddenly realized
> > that it is different than my 8v.  the big hose coming out of the airbox
> goes
> > to a collector box thingy that meets up with another hose coming off the
> > exhaust manifold....can anybody tell me what thats for?  and also is there
> > any sense in changing the position of the air intake to maximize airflow?
> > or is it set up optimally as it is?  my 8v air intake was lower than this
> > and exposed to the elements...but this one seems different...any comments?
> > Chadster '87 16v
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