Plastic Engine Cover - what is the point?
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#17
Originally Posted by D87
I also heard that if you install two Tornados your gas mileage will triple and you'll save the world from WMDs. Anyone try it yet?
#18
Originally Posted by Balzac72
Actually, adding two Tornados creates somewhat of an anti-matter/matter combination where the Earth will momentarilly flip its poles and the Northern hemisphere will flush toilet bowls COUNTER clockwise until the Tornados are removed. This is unless you have a right side drive car. Then you'll just have to drive on the left side of the street and play "Its a Small World" to be normal.
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Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 30,341
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From: Cambridge, Ont. Canada
Originally Posted by paranormal
wow this thread was quit entertaining.. haha
Lowrider, Your cover looks good, and for what it's worth, I kept mine on too and liked it.--even with my Crawford on.
To me it finishes the engine bay nicely (along with the R.S. batt. cover).
C.
Last edited by Msedanman; 06-26-2005 at 09:24 AM.
#21
Originally Posted by Gsedanman
Very serious.......the flatter and smoother you can make the underside of the car the better the aerodynamics, hence the better the handling ..............really.....
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#22
Originally Posted by Balzz
True, but realize that part of the trailing edge has an odd angle that could cause a boundary layer to form. Air would stall across it negating any positive aerodynamic effect over the entire surface. I wonder why Nissan hasn't added a gurney flap to alleviate the problem.
#24
Originally Posted by Gsedanman
...Lowrider, Your cover looks good, and for what it's worth, I kept mine on too and liked it.--even with my Crawford on. To me it finishes the engine bay nicely...
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-john
#25
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 30,341
Likes: 9
From: Cambridge, Ont. Canada
Originally Posted by _jb
I didn't think the cover would fit with a Crawford??? How much did you have to cut off?
-john
-john
Lowrider's 'trimming' was good tho for permanent good fit.
C.
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#28
Most cars today have a lot of plastic covers which hide the components from the average user. I she didn't know any better my gf might have thought her Mazda3 had nothing but a hose or two under the hood! lol
Think of the airflow like this
->Air
->In Airbox
->Through Filter
->Out Airbox
->In G-Tube
->Passing MAF Along the Way
->Out G-Tube
->In Throttle Body
->Out Throttle Body
->In Plenum
->Air's split up into each cylinder
Some believe the cylinders closer to the front of the car get less air than the ones closer to the throttle body (airflow), so the theory is that a larger plenum helps.
Originally Posted by Espresso
Sorry for the newbie question but what does the plenum do? I see tons of people swapping this out first as a performance mod.
->Air
->In Airbox
->Through Filter
->Out Airbox
->In G-Tube
->Passing MAF Along the Way
->Out G-Tube
->In Throttle Body
->Out Throttle Body
->In Plenum
->Air's split up into each cylinder
Some believe the cylinders closer to the front of the car get less air than the ones closer to the throttle body (airflow), so the theory is that a larger plenum helps.
#29
Originally Posted by madchef
Think of the airflow like this
->Air
->In Airbox
->Through Filter
->Out Airbox
->In G-Tube
->Passing MAF Along the Way
->Out G-Tube
->In Throttle Body
->Out Throttle Body
->In Plenum
->Air's split up into each cylinder
Some believe the cylinders closer to the front of the car get less air than the ones closer to the throttle body (airflow), so the theory is that a larger plenum helps.
->Air
->In Airbox
->Through Filter
->Out Airbox
->In G-Tube
->Passing MAF Along the Way
->Out G-Tube
->In Throttle Body
->Out Throttle Body
->In Plenum
->Air's split up into each cylinder
Some believe the cylinders closer to the front of the car get less air than the ones closer to the throttle body (airflow), so the theory is that a larger plenum helps.
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