Re: [DMCForum] Re: Jim's Air Filter

["Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>]

Did you just call me a sparky?  Isn't your car not running as well?  
Besides the occasional 12-hour fuel pump disaster, the car is usually
running.  Now that it actually runs, we can drag race. Yay!

I took out the G-tech pro last night, ran a 4.5 0-60, but I think I can
get another tenth with a better launch.

Jim



On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:43:20 -0500 "Andrei Cular"
<andreic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Yet more proof that a sparky shouldn't be given the responsibility of
> maintaining a car.
> 
> And lastnight I tried to chase down a silver Elise.  It had a 
> hardtop and
> slanted engine cover like an Exige but I didn't notice a wing or see 
> the
> rest of the car.
> 
> 
> 
> Andrei
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jim Strickland" <ihaveanaccount@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:01 PM
> Subject: Re: jim's car WAS: Re: [DMCForum] Re: Dude, where's my key?
> 
> 
> > Keep trying, andrei.  some day I might say yes.
> >
> > A couple reverse pulses, and the pump is working again.  Maybe 
> there was
> > just something lodged in it.
> >
> > I also noticed that my intercooler pipes were collapsing when I 
> revved
> > the engine.  bizarre, I thought.  I talked to my rotary friend, he
> > suggested i check the turbo and the air filter.  Come to find out, 
> the
> > air filter was so blocked up that it held water when I was 
> cleaning it.
> >
> > It's a k&N so i got the kit and cleaned it.  Wow, what a change in
> > performance.  Got back all the HP I've been losing over the past 
> months.
> >
> >
> > I suggest everyone look at their filters now and again...
> >
> >
> > Jim
> >
> 
> 
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