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Hose off airbox? 850 1996

posted by  someone claiming to be Zea on  Sat Jul 27 09:14 CST 2002 [RELATED]

Has anyone tried taking off the hose that goes into the exaust from the back of their airbox? Or even adding a new hose to the front of the car, for cooler air? I've heard it makes the car slightly quicker, but I'm wondering if there are any drawbacks..

96 850 GLE








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    Hose off airbox? 850 1996

    posted by  someone claiming to be BIP on  Sat Jul 27 16:39 CST 2002 [RELATED]

    A few months ago I was just kinda poking around under the hood of my '96 850, and I found something. There is a hose that leads from the airbox out to the front of the car. It then squeezes through an opening just on top of the driver's side horn. The end of the hose is bent up here, and there was a plastic piece that was screwed into place to cover the opening and hold the hose there. I removed these screws (i believe i had to use a hex) and pulled the hose out a bit and made it straight--instant free ram air! I did notice a slight difference, but i guess if you tampered with it a bit more, modified the hose, or something like that, you might see slightly more of a gain.








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    Hose off airbox? 850 1996

    posted by  genie on  Sat Jul 27 13:13 CST 2002
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    From all I know, The hose from exhaust to airbox only operates (let air into airbox) when the car is just started to let the engine to reach the operating temperature sooner. When the engine reaches its normal operating temperature, or when the air taken in is hotter than 50 F, it cuts off with a valve. I wouldn't take that of. However, I know that there are some cool air intake system sold by some of the companies.
    Ihsan







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