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04-07-2011 | 09:35 AM

machina

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Quote:

Originally Posted by norton

in the engine compartment melting the plastic cap and sucking it up the intake hose or something. I wouldn't think that the cap would be made of a heat resistant plastic-- am i just paranoid or is this an appropriate concern??

i did this mod a couple years ago.

when i recentley removed the airbox i noticed that the plastic cap i used became very brittle and was falling apart. Probably due to heat cycles.

anyway i got rid of it. the exhaust is so loud now anyway that the intake sound was not really noticeable anymore.

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