tomsp Posted July 18, 2004 Author Posted July 18, 2004 oh yeah al, on your bolts- difference might be 02 vs 03,-- no?
jrt Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 Not an '02/'03 difference. Untreated iron bolts for the intake is just plain wrong. If you have the Zn plated fasteners, that's fine and there's no need to replace them (unless you just like stainless...nothing wrong with that). One note- if you plug the vacuum port with a bolt, make sure it's not so long that it occludes the intake. That's probably obvious, but it should be mentioned. J
al_roethlisberger Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 Not an '02/'03 difference. Untreated iron bolts for the intake is just plain wrong. If you have the Zn plated fasteners, that's fine and there's no need to replace them (unless you just like stainless...nothing wrong with that).One note- if you plug the vacuum port with a bolt, make sure it's not so long that it occludes the intake. That's probably obvious, but it should be mentioned. J An obvious question, but perhaps not so obvious an answer..... any idea how long is "long enough" versus "too long"?? I can certainly go look down the TB myself to answer the question, but never have. The bolts I've got are the ones the dealer gave me, and aren't really that long.... but I've thought about this question before, but never looked into it... both literally and figuratively Anyway, how long should the bolt be to not get into the airstream? Any idea? I suspect it's not a huge issue either way... al
Janusz Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 An obvious question, but perhaps not so obvious an answer..... any idea how long is "long enough" versus "too long"?? Anyway, how long should the bolt be to not get into the airstream? Any idea? I suspect it's not a huge issue either way... al Just look at original brass nipples thread length. That is how long should your plugging bolts be.
al_roethlisberger Posted July 18, 2004 Posted July 18, 2004 heh, you "beat me to it"... that was the suggestion I was going to add to the end of my last post, and is indeed what I've use so far as my "standard" al
Keith Foster Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 An obvious question, but perhaps not so obvious an answer..... any idea how long is "long enough" versus "too long"?? Anyway, how long should the bolt be to not get into the airstream? Any idea? The threaded portion of the brass nipples are 15 mm, that is why I selected the 10 mm long ones for the screws I used.
Janusz Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 If you matched the length exactly (15mm) then you would avoid some unnecessary turbulence in the airstream. OK, OK, at least it sounds smart, right?
docc Posted July 19, 2004 Posted July 19, 2004 Seems like 10 mm would be a little long. I wouldn't want the things protruding into the air flow. I shortened mine a bit.
Steve G. Posted July 20, 2004 Posted July 20, 2004 Don't waste your time with tubing and clamps. Just go buy a couple metric socket head bolts and put them in there instead of the nipples. Ciao, Steve G.
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