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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:30 pm 
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lol woah - actually looked at the pic now! looks to me like a CPI EA :?

 

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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:32 pm 
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its a 1991 EA........................

edit: 1990???

meh, can't remember... LOL!!

edit edit:

the engine...

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edit edit edit: 1991 :)

30th anniversary edition... :p
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:53 pm 
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yes it is a centre point engine, your best bet is to go to a wrecker and get a new intake, or just make your own

 

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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 7:55 pm 
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how does the existing thing come off?? it looks like its part of the radiator mount, or something... :?
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Posted: Mon May 09, 2005 9:58 pm 
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AmmoJammo wrote:
how does the existing thing come off?? it looks like its part of the radiator mount, or something... :?


yeh your right it looks as though it part of the radiator shroud, even still this is easily rmoved should cost you bout 20 - 30 at a wreckers.

why not just patch up the hole in the exiting piping and scrape out all the silicone with a screw driver or something. in the end it up to you

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 1:29 pm 
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nannas_ed wrote:

why not just patch up the hole in the exiting piping and scrape out all the silicone with a screw driver or something. in the end it up to you


the silicon is about 2cm thick, and has been in there for YEARS!!! its stuck... :p I was going to attact it with a knife... thats this afternoons project :)
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 2:04 pm 
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Yeah quick fix cut out all the silicon you can, grab something the siz of the hole at the botton thats pretty solid and tape it around with duct tape to hold it there, and see how the performance is, replace the part soon.

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:52 pm 
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Maybe someone had a pipe running off it, under the bumper etc, for cold air???
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 10:56 pm 
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maybe chunkz had been playing with it

 

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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:17 pm 
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noisuf wrote:
maybe chunkz had been playing with it

Hahahahahaha, LOL, on ya noisuf.
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2005 11:19 pm 
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AmmoJammo wrote:
well... you seem like a smart bunch....

why the F**k would anyone do this?

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basically, it meant the engine was drawing air in straight across one of the radiator hoses.... that means... 60+ degree air going into the engine... :roll: (at a guess)

pure stupidity :!: :?

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:40 pm 
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bowsaw wrote:
Maybe someone had a pipe running off it, under the bumper etc, for cold air???


umm... considering the radiator hose covered half the hole.... I don't think so.. :p

plus... a rectangle shaped pipe? lol

also, I'd like to know why noone else commented on it. :roll:
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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 6:13 pm 
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Not surprising,

A guy at my old school rigged up his intake piping behind the radiator & fan so "the fan could force cold air into the motor like a turbo".

Interesting how some people think :?

 

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Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 7:03 pm 
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yeah, but the previous owner of this car was mid 30's

before that, I believe it was used by a company for something... :?
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 11:43 am 
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AmmoJammo wrote:

before that, I believe it was used by a company for something... :?



Hopefully it wasnt a development mule for a performance company.

If so, it looks like they were heading in the wrong direction.

 

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