I believe that is correct.

 

You sir, are (mostly) correct.

To be technical, the ECU dictates the amount of fuel used as it relates to the amount of O2 in the air. Since warm air has less O2, the ECU reduces the amount of fuel. The stoich mix (for arguments sake, lets say its 14.7:1 O2 to fuel ratio) is always maintained by the ECU.

So cold air = more O2 = more fuel used.
warm air = less O2 = less fuel used.

 

Mmm....well, its not that straight forward, but you are basically correct. It is a looooong answer, which I do not currently have time for, but search terms like "pumping loss(es)" and/or "throttle plate", "stoich mix" along with "WAI" if you want to do some reading up on it.

 

Thanx for your answer; I did some Googling, and I believe I understand what's going on inside my internal combustion engines a little better. Goes to show ya; we're never too old to learn . . . .

 

Amen brotha!

 

It shouldn't. Dealers do try and bluff crap sometimes but just stand your ground. And plus, how could they say missing your snorkel caused your tranny to go out?

 

wind forces pushing them selfs into the intake caused the transmission gears to rattle loose and start grinding... OR... your syncros are shot and you need a new set... but my money is on your intake snorkel not being there.

 

partially, yes... from what I understand.

 

It is a function of the engine RPM, the amount of air flowing past the MAF Mass Air Flow Sensor, the temperature of the intake air, the temperature of the engine (coolent), The position of the throttle plate and the change in position of the throttle plate if the gas pedal is moving, the readings off the two Oxygen sensors in the exhaust, Intake valve timing (VVTi), and finally if the AC is running or not.

That's what we mean when we say it is complicated.

 

For people that are worried about removing the snorkel and having the bottom of the air box exposed. I've found that the snorkel from a stock tC air box will fit. Its shorter and the opening sits right in front of the battery.

 

Pics?

 

Or you can do as I and pickup one of these from home depot (first one, top of page):

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...%3Den%26sa%3DN

Cost me $1.99 and fits the opening perfectly. I already posted more info (SKU, etc) in this thread, so I wont do it again.

 

Actually, Im wrong. the one I bought was round, not square like the pic i linked to. but you get the idea.

 

Ram air dryer hose-it's the bomb....

 

can this be done with a tc? is so, how?

 

Just look for a place to run the hose so it gets air directly fed and then run as straight as posible to the airbox

 

ya, i wouldnt have a clue how to do that.

 

I had a stock air box from a tC laying around, so I gave it a shot.

 

Hate to sound like a noobie (I never messed around under the hood) But could you theoretically remove the whole air box assembly and just stick an intake filter over there? If only that VSV connector wasn't in the way

 

you want to connect a filter to the throttle body?