Wierdest functioning mods?
Posted: March 26th, 2008, 5:23 pm
I've done alot of wierd mods on many cars, and am wondering what things others have done, and what was accomplished.
The strangest things I've done to my MX-3 are:
Before I knew about Phenolic spacers, I wanted to cool down the IM, because I drove from Houston, to Austin Texas in the summer, and the car would lose most of it's power.
I took the windshield washer line from the hood, and spliced in 8 lines that ended in the middle of the intake runners, with one spraying the top of the IM, and one just behind the throttle body. I used misters on the ends. When the engine got hot, I'd pull the washer lever (it had 100% distilled water in it) every few minutes. It worked! I may do it again, if I drag race, and put ice in it.
The other thing was a mock up of a ram air system. I put a K&N filter on the MAF, and hose clamped dryer ducting to it that went down to a plastic trapezoidal intake that was about 2.5 inches tall, and about 1 foot wide, and tapered down to the ovalized duct. It was under my lip spoiler. This worked geat until monsoon season.
Right now, I have a stainless steel martini shaker with the bottom cut out between the T/B, and the MAF. It looks and works perfect, and cost about a dollar at a thrift store.
Also, there is a air/ oil seperator between the PCV valve, and the IM.
So what have you done (out of the box) that works?
The strangest things I've done to my MX-3 are:
Before I knew about Phenolic spacers, I wanted to cool down the IM, because I drove from Houston, to Austin Texas in the summer, and the car would lose most of it's power.
I took the windshield washer line from the hood, and spliced in 8 lines that ended in the middle of the intake runners, with one spraying the top of the IM, and one just behind the throttle body. I used misters on the ends. When the engine got hot, I'd pull the washer lever (it had 100% distilled water in it) every few minutes. It worked! I may do it again, if I drag race, and put ice in it.
The other thing was a mock up of a ram air system. I put a K&N filter on the MAF, and hose clamped dryer ducting to it that went down to a plastic trapezoidal intake that was about 2.5 inches tall, and about 1 foot wide, and tapered down to the ovalized duct. It was under my lip spoiler. This worked geat until monsoon season.
Right now, I have a stainless steel martini shaker with the bottom cut out between the T/B, and the MAF. It looks and works perfect, and cost about a dollar at a thrift store.
Also, there is a air/ oil seperator between the PCV valve, and the IM.
So what have you done (out of the box) that works?
I was careful to not spray so much that it might hit the block, or heads, and possibly warp them. I used irrigation drip line from Home Depot, and misting ends. The finer you can get, the better.