Re: Felpro valley pan fiasco
[Re: greenpigs]
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12/18/10 12:26 AM
12/18/10 12:26 AM
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I blocked the crossover passage way in the intake with JB Weld, more than 10 years ago. It is still there and that intake has probably 75k mile on it now, it was my DD for 5+ years.
They say there are no such thing as a stupid question. They say there is always the exception that proves the rule. Don't be the exception.
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Re: Felpro valley pan fiasco
[Re: 62maxwgn]
#880396
12/18/10 01:42 PM
12/18/10 01:42 PM
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Those d#mn Chrysler engineers didn't know what they were doing when they left all those crossover's open.Look at the millions of motors they screwed up. :whistling
The engineers were just making a compromise to appease the masses, the average buying public, which we are not. It made for a car with quicker/better warm-up manners, many sales would have been lost if Chrysler got a reputation for running poorly when cold. A slight decrease in power was the penalty, which the masses were far less likely to notice. Much like soft-shifts in an automatic, super light power steering, and soft suspensions-the buying public equated that with quality---the owners 40 years later? Not so much!
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Re: Felpro valley pan fiasco
[Re: SomeCarGuy]
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12/18/10 02:54 PM
12/18/10 02:54 PM
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IMo, it's got a lot more to do with a correctly fucntioning cold environment starting system than any other reason. The crossover function has nothing to do with engine operating temp. It lets the choke pull off faster and apparently there wasn't enough power lost through heating the plenum base to make it not a good idea for the factory. But once an engine is no longer stock I see no reason for it. You can simply re-set the choke if you stay with a factory one, or remove it entirely with little fanfare. JMO anyway. I drove my 6bbl car with no choke all winter for a couple years. Freezing cold starts meant I had to feather the gas for about 10 seconds. This car had 7" of idle vacuum and was not really close to stock.
Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... Now you tell me what you know.
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