Re: [DML] airbox performance numbers

[jtrealty@xxxx]

Actually I don't think the pantyhose will cause any harm as if it gets 
caught it will just melt and burn up. A piece of screen might be a 
better idea as it will also act as a flame arrestor just in case the 
motor should backfire. Get a piece of stainless screen. A cheap source 
is a cooking supply. Get a grease fire preventer, it is just a piece 
os s/s screen mounted in a wire handle. Cut the screen out and you 
have a nice big piece. Most places that sell door screen materiel sell 
either plastic or aluminum and that isn't as good as stainless. In 
some cases removing the air induction system can result in a decrease 
in performance as they are "tuned" to the air flow. The only way to 
really do it right is on a flowbench. Dave Swingle is also correct in 
that you can't expect any improvement if the exhaust is restricting 
the breathing of the motor, fixing the intake won't get you anything 
in that case. A motor is supposed to be an engineered system and as 
such there is usually no one thing that will give you much improvement 
without also upgrading the associated systems. This will give you some 
idea of what Steve Wynn went through to get more performance out of 
the PRV-6. If it was that easy to improve the performance you would 
think that the Delorean engineers would have done it because they 
realized the car was underpowered because it came out too heavy. Their 
answer was to go to Legend Industries and create a turbo-powered "D".
It may have been the expensive and "brute-force" way to get more 
horsepower but it made a significant difference as any owner who has a 
turbo will tell you. The efforts to improve the performance by just 
working on the air box will yield small if any improvement.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "David Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx> wrote:
> I'd be VERY cautious about trying this. If you don't get it exactly 
> right, and you rev the engine up all the way, I'd hate to think 
about 
> what a hunk of pantyhose sucked thru the engine will do to things in 
> there. This could get expensive. 
> 
> Dave Swingle
> 
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxx, senatorpack@xxxx wrote:
> > 
> > Just take some old panty hose. Remove filter housing. Cut the 
> panty hose to 
> > fit over the air plenum and attach with rubber gasket supplied.