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| opera guy |
 Dec 31 2004, 02:53 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 337 Joined: 28-June 04 From: upland, ca Member No.: 2,268  |
just reinstalled my S-shaped ducts for some heat for these winter months. i noticed im loosing torque. before.. i can go from 65mph to 90mph in a jiffy, now it takes a lot longer even with WOT grrrr
i do need a valve job, but is this normal when you put your heat stuff back on? |
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| SirAndy |
Dec 31 2004, 03:04 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
nope. the two have nothing to do with each other. but, exactly what part are you refering to when you say "S-Shaped duct" ??? maybe the heater blower sucks too much fresh air away from your engine? do you still have the rain-tray on your car? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif) Andy |
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| McMark |
Dec 31 2004, 03:16 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 20,179 Joined: 13-March 03 From: Grand Rapids, MI Member No.: 419 Region Association: None |
The heat exchanger to body ducting pieces.
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| SirAndy |
Dec 31 2004, 03:21 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
mine are straight, not s-shaped ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Andy |
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| rhodyguy |
Dec 31 2004, 03:50 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,070 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
they direct the air that is pouring out the open end of the h.e.. should have no effect on your power loss.
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| rhodyguy |
Dec 31 2004, 03:54 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,070 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
oops, senior moment. they direct the air coming form the cooling fan to the h/e.
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| SirAndy |
Dec 31 2004, 04:08 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,607 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
oh, those!
i tought he was talking about the flex rubber part that goes from the flapper to the body ... sorry, my bad ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) Andy |
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| Joe Ricard |
Dec 31 2004, 05:32 PM
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CUMONIWANNARACEU Group: Members Posts: 6,811 Joined: 5-January 03 From: Gautier, MS Member No.: 92 |
Unless you have the complete set up you can loose lots of air through the up right pipes. These are supposed to lead to the fan which has a flapper valve to prevent ait from going out of the blower defrost fan
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| opera guy |
Dec 31 2004, 05:34 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 337 Joined: 28-June 04 From: upland, ca Member No.: 2,268 |
ah, the driver side j-pipe is open. i'll look into capping that. thanks guys
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| rhodyguy |
Dec 31 2004, 05:37 PM
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Chimp Sanctuary NW. Check it out. Group: Members Posts: 22,070 Joined: 2-March 03 From: Orion's Bell. The BELL! Member No.: 378 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
if you don't have fan tubing on the j-tubes, 2" rubber pipe caps in the plumbing section of your local hardware store work great. they usually come with clamps too.
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| Mueller |
Dec 31 2004, 05:47 PM
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914 Freak! Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None 
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just bad luck, those parts have no bearing on how well your motor runs.....look for loose wires or something else you might have bumped....
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