Sly's Panthers

[sly]

ah... ok. np.

[87gtVIC]

It will happen Slymer. I had to wait a couple days as well. Jon is busy with life.

[sly]

still waiting to see my car up top though.

[79lincolnlover]

Congrats on POTM!

[sly]

yeah... K&N doesn't have anything that large. I like it.

just did the egr spacer coolant bypass on the 88 this morning. had to take the upper plenum up and while I was at it changed out the PCV hoses (hard as a rock and cracky) with fuel/evap line as well as put a fuel/evap line section out the other side to connect the evap line easier (no more lifting the plenum to change the evap line when it's cracky). The car has even more balls now (even running the AC). it's nice.
I used my compressor and lightly blew out the coolant that was trapped in the spacer. That was interesting. Then I hosed off the wiper motor housing after everything was back together.

Pic before the hosing off:

[1987cp]

That's rather nifty! Don't recall seeing one like that before.

Nice to see more evidence that Spectre is serious about offering aftermarket air cleaners that really serve a purpose! I wonder if they'll sell me just the lid from one of their round air cleaner assemblies ....

[sly]

that's the way it comes shipped... check this link:
http://www.spectreperformance.com/#CATALOG.9831

or Summit's page:
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SPE-9831/

[1987cp]

Interesting stuff. Got any pics of that air cleaner before it was installed? Looks in those pics like basically a doohickey with some metal riveted to it.

[MrMarquis]

That's pretty neat! Who doesn't love a little redneck ingenuity?

If it were me, I'd split the end so it has two inlets, and space them evenly behind the grille. I just have a thing for symmetry.

[sly]

And now it's time for... BECAUSE I CAN!

With your host... SLY!

And now... "Because I can"... I have reinstalled the redneck ram-air... and I call it... The Son of Redneck Intake.

The new air filter assembly I just got has a perfect 4 inch diameter inlet... which is perfect for a 4 inch hard aluminum dryer hose with a 6 to 4 inch reducer on the grill end.

No need to ask why I did it. I did it... "Because I can!"

As for the how... well... I had to relocate what is left of the washer tank to allow clearance for the air filter assembly. I had an aftermarket coolant recovery tank bracket left over from busting one tank accidentally and bent it into submission to mount it on the inner fender. This require relocating the soup can, or vacuum reservoir, over an inch or so to make room.

Here's the end result:


Having made room, I installed the hose and reducer, after patching some old holes with duck tape from the first time around. I also removed the hole makers so I won't have to fix the dryer hose again. I positioned the reducer behind the grill using 3 hose clamps. One on the reducer at the 4 inch end and the other two for hold up and forward positioning.

And here's the rest of the pics of the riggin.

[87gtVIC]

Yes. That does look fragile.

[sly]

the little thin "springs" on the bottom of the clip.

[87gtVIC]

Looks nice again with the molding. What part of the clip is breaking exactly? I am planning a trip over to PA next month and can get some for you no problem. Just let me know what exactly is breaking and I will try to not break it.

[sly]

Got the door moldings from TomO... Got the driver side pieces I needed installed.


Went to put the passenger side on... and that's when those bastard clips started breaking. So my passenger side is still sans the moldings for lack of clips.

I need some (dozen or so) more of the little bastards to get the passenger side on. I may even heat them up the next time (was already 80 outside - but heated to a more pliable 160-200F might help).

Little bastards:


If anyone knows of any other trim clips that can be used by drilling holes in the door (like older style wire clips) that are actually available... let me know.

[sly]

who needs MacGyver :p