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question for eightTfourTA
Hey man, I read one of your replys to an aircleaner. I just bought a HO one for my slug LG4. I noticed that you said you gutted it. My question is what parts did you remove or mods you made to it? Thanks alot
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From: Western NY
Car: 84 T/A
Engine: 305HOL69
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42
I removed the thing that encompasses the carb, it looks sorta like a smaller filter element and it sits right on the edge where the bowl drops. It's filled with charcoal or somethin', supposed to prevent flare-out upon backfiring. I read a TBI article about removing this thing cause it sits up high enough to prevent some of the incoming fresh air from going straight into the carb, look at it eye-level, you'll see it only leaves less than an inch from the top of the airbowl. PITA, it's really siliconed onto there.
I pulled what remained of the ThermAC, someone got to the doors before me, & I took out the vacuum motors. I figured why bother with them? The vac switch leaked anyway.
The air deflector (I think) only exists in the smaller single inlet airbowls, sits right in front of the inlet to the bowl and only GOD knows why. I tore that out of my original one before I got the dual snorkel. Along with the aforementioned stuff. I figure the only thing I want in front of the airflow is the K&N and only that. Basically free mods, although results will probably vary. With my "turbo-bluge" air inlet I was able to transfer the original airbowl lid and that gave me three air inlets. The airbox for that particular application was what I took the door out of. I don't know whether this helped or hindered, but the dumb thing never worked anyway and I didn't want to pay $100+ for a used solenoid & switch to fix the stupid thing.
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DR Stevens
Car #1: my ride
1984 TransAm
305HO(L69) 96K & counting
750 cfm Q-Jet/Holley rem.
K&N filter
700R4/Superior shift-kit
and trans cooler
3.42 rear/3.73 blew up!!
underdrive pulleys
Accel HEI Super-Coil
180 stat/hi flow water
pump/Jet fan switch
dual snorkel/'84 ram air
3" exhaust of some sort
partial emissions delete
Car #2: My wife's ride
1991 Firebird/Formula
305TBI(LO3) 99K & smoking
K&N air filter
Hypertech Chip
more engine mods later
"Hey, Uncle Sam!! Where's my f**king tax return??!!"
I pulled what remained of the ThermAC, someone got to the doors before me, & I took out the vacuum motors. I figured why bother with them? The vac switch leaked anyway.
The air deflector (I think) only exists in the smaller single inlet airbowls, sits right in front of the inlet to the bowl and only GOD knows why. I tore that out of my original one before I got the dual snorkel. Along with the aforementioned stuff. I figure the only thing I want in front of the airflow is the K&N and only that. Basically free mods, although results will probably vary. With my "turbo-bluge" air inlet I was able to transfer the original airbowl lid and that gave me three air inlets. The airbox for that particular application was what I took the door out of. I don't know whether this helped or hindered, but the dumb thing never worked anyway and I didn't want to pay $100+ for a used solenoid & switch to fix the stupid thing.
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DR Stevens
Car #1: my ride
1984 TransAm
305HO(L69) 96K & counting
750 cfm Q-Jet/Holley rem.
K&N filter
700R4/Superior shift-kit
and trans cooler
3.42 rear/3.73 blew up!!
underdrive pulleys
Accel HEI Super-Coil
180 stat/hi flow water
pump/Jet fan switch
dual snorkel/'84 ram air
3" exhaust of some sort
partial emissions delete
Car #2: My wife's ride
1991 Firebird/Formula
305TBI(LO3) 99K & smoking
K&N air filter
Hypertech Chip
more engine mods later
"Hey, Uncle Sam!! Where's my f**king tax return??!!"
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