where are these on our cars? or do our cars have these? TIA

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Stock 2.8 MPFI auto w/ Flowmaster ?? Series (dunno what my dad put in), More to come......
New Pioneer Head Unit
Targa E-910 7-Band Equalizer w/ crossover
2x 10" Pioneer subs powered by 300 Watt Jensen amp
2- 6x9" Pioneer (rear)
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Nope.. they don't. Our crankcase air intake is pre-filtered by the normal air intake filter (notice the little tube from your passenger side valve cover to the air intake right before the TB, and drivers side valve cover to vacuum)

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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
MSD coil, Accel 8mm wires, SplitFire plugs, Gabriel hijackers, possible performance chip I don't know about.. gotta crack open the ECM and check sometime

 

what would happen if that were to get dirt and stuff in it?

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91 Blue RS with ASCD SS hood w/hood pins, Flowmaster 80 series w/3 inch dual exhaust, K&N, Hypertech Power Chip, Bosch Platinum wires and plugs.(19 years old and all this bought and paid for by myself, except the car that was paid for by State Farm...long story with the minor fender benders and them not wanting to pay for repairs...mwahaha)

 

Just how do you figure dirt is going to manage to work its way in when the entire system is sealed after the main air filter(s)??? It's not.. unless you pour dirt into the crankcase.. but I don't think I know anyone that silly.

Pop your hood, look at the tubes, see for yourself that it's a sealed system which only draws air in from the primary filter(s).

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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
MSD coil, Accel 8mm wires, SplitFire plugs, Gabriel hijackers, possible performance chip I don't know about.. gotta crack open the ECM and check sometime

 

Oh, sorry.. forgot to actually answer your question. *if* dirt were to get in there, it would be defined as a Very Bad Thing (tm). Worst case scenario would be complete engine rebuild.. just imagine taking coarse sandpaper to your cyl walls, crank journals, etc.

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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
MSD coil, Accel 8mm wires, SplitFire plugs, Gabriel hijackers, possible performance chip I don't know about.. gotta crack open the ECM and check sometime

 

weeeellll....one time, back in the day of about summer of last year the uhhh air..filter gremlin jacked me for my air filter...yaaa thats its..anyways it was out for a couple o' days, long story short i had to have my tb total cleaned out cause it got so dirty, and was causing my car to run sluggish and die, but even after i got it cleaned out it still dies alot after the engine hits the 210degrees mark, since i never had the cylinders and stuff like that checked could that somehow be a problem??

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91 Blue RS with ASCD SS hood w/hood pins, Flowmaster 80 series w/3 inch dual exhaust, K&N, Hypertech Power Chip, Bosch Platinum wires and plugs

 

Well after i sold grammys fireird my old airfilter i had none and i was susposto get them the day i sold it to him of couse shipping took for ever so i ran 4 days wth out airfilters. I had no problem i jsut cringed everytime i was on the road tho so i went and bought chep airfiltes and guess what i got the K&N filters that day go figure

 

so ur saying just carbed engines have these rite? damn wtf? i guess i have a nice piece of foam to play with.

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Stock 2.8 MPFI auto w/ Flowmaster ?? Series (dunno what my dad put in), More to come......
New Pioneer Head Unit
Targa E-910 7-Band Equalizer w/ crossover
2x 10" Pioneer subs powered by 300 Watt Jensen amp
2- 6x9" Pioneer (rear)
More to come..... (hey, i dont got a job yet)

 

sooooo.....

 

i was reading this and it mede me think of a question. i have that same thing you guys were talking about but there seems to be oil going aginst the airflow and coming up the pipe and getting into my throttle body. whats up with that. over a few years this could build up quite a bit in the tb, plenum, and intake manifold. what do you think?

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88' CAMARO Sport Coupe
2.8L V6
K&N Air Filter w/RAM AIR
Flomaster

 

Considering all of this is a positive crankcase ventalation system, it's normal for some oil to make its way into TB.. just gotta clean the TB once in a while.
Also, since it sounds like you're not to sure what the crankcase is exactly, it's the oil-filled portion of your engine which contains the major innards such as your crankshaft, camshaft, engine bearings, connectiinig rods, back side of the pistons, etc. The reason it's vented is because some combustion gasses manage to blow by the piston during the compression and power strokes.. it's almost inevitable.. and do you really want potentially explosive gasses just hanging around in your engine? I think not.

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'86 Camaro SC, black /w silver racing stripes
2.8l MPFI/700r4 /w special 2nd gear delete option
In search of new v8 engine & transmission, now contemplating t5 swap to get me out of this mess.
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