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Old Aug 11, 2014 | 08:02 PM
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cold air intake question

What size rubber boot fits the oval shaped throttle body? I am limited to about 3.0 - 3.5" clearance between belts and fan will a 3.0" tube 18.0" max
length supply enough air? Thanks in advance
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 12:07 PM
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Re: cold air intake question

Couldn't tell you offhand, but you can figure it out pretty quick by wrapping a piece of string around it to get the circumference, then dividing by 3.14 to get the diameter of boot needed.
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 12:10 PM
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Re: cold air intake question

4" seems to work for me.
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Old Sep 1, 2014 | 05:08 PM
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Re: cold air intake question

Thanks to both of you...
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