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[DMCVegas@xxxx]

I've been away from the DML for a couple of days, and I am now just 
catching up on things. Of the subjects that have come up for example 
is the airbox discussion. I think that it is great that everyone is 
working together to develop improvements for the DeLoren. However, 
there is one major item that has been overlooked here. That item is 
RESEARCH! The airbox discussion started out as haing the current 
airbox remade out of stainless steel. The subject then also evolved 
into a possible improved overall airbox anf filter design, which is 
perfectly fine. But in using these two items as examples, neither 
debate used reseach as a tool. With the stainless steel airbox, it is 
correct that heat transferance is a problem in the way of engine 
performance. Even when advertising it's new Generation II intake 
performance kit (though not available for the DeLorean), K&N lists 
this statement as one of the products benefits: "Heat-resistant 
materials keep air traveling inside the tube cooler than metal 
tubes." So even by this alone we know that a metal intake would be 
detramental to engine performance since we do need to keep incoming 
air as cool as possible.

The second topic here is the improved air box design. The main idea 
here that everyone has been looking into seems to be a design with an 
in-line installed high performance air filter. Well, the answer has 
been under everyone's nose all along. The 1982-1988 Volvo 760 V-6! 
The car uses practicly the same setup as the DeLorean application. 
The airbox on the DeLorean is the same as the Volvo 260 series cars. 
But when Volvo introduced the 760, they redesigned the airbox and 
intake. Here the filter is mounted remotely from the engine and 
attaches via a fexable hose to the slim designed intake on the 
engine. Plus it also has the connection for the breather hose on the 
oil cap. This intake could have a high flow cone air filter mounted 
directly onto it. From here larger hose and an "air bath" could be 
constructed with a flexable intake hose then mounted to the cool air 
intake in the pontoon. Plus with this design you could include or 
omit the air intake valve at your descresion depending on weather 
conditions. The best part of this design is that there would be less 
restrictions than just leaving the filter out of air box. I could be 
wrong, but I imagine that omitting the filter could have the same 
problems with turbulence as hollowing out the catalytic converter. 
Plus if the filter were only installed into the intake valve (or 
flapper as others have called it) there would be MUCH less surface 
area for the air filter to operate.

Something else to think about is appearance. I've seen the idea about 
an intake that could go up thru the louvers. To be honest, this is a 
bad idea. Structal integraty and the amount of drag it would cause 
aside, it is an extreme modification with irreversable results. 
Grandted you may not ever sell you car, so originality is not a 
concern. But you may not be happy with the results either now or some 
day down the road. For now I would keep things simple. If for some 
reason you feel that the one single intake isn't going to provide you 
with the air your engine will need, they why not just utilize the 
intake on the drivers side?

In conclusion I just wanted to post this so everyone will have an 
understanding that research is the best and most effective tool that 
anyone can use. If you are looking for engine upgrades, first take a 
look at other applications of you motor and see what was done 
differently. And see what options are available with what you 
currently have on your car. With a little research you can most time 
answer your own questions, and you can have the solution to your 
problems alot faster!

-Robert
vin 6585