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About LinkBacksHere's what the bay looks like now that I power washed it and put the open cone on, I need to paint the snout and fuel rails to match the new blower:
Quick shot of the car:
AND a beware to FWI users...pulled mine off for the open cone because when I was doing my HID install I noticed some moisture on the bottom half of the filter. Filter was caked with dirt and moisture, and inside the FWI itself alot of it actually made it past the filter which is scary, hopefully nothing got into the engine. Can't tell much from the pic but there's quite a bit of dirt and water in there.
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Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users
This is a discussion on Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users within the Visual/Body Modifications forums, part of the W Body Tech category; Here's what the bay looks like now that I power washed it and put the open cone on, I need ...
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Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users 1998 GP GT - Topswap - Ported M90 - N* - 4" FWI - Poly Mounts - 3" DP - 180 Tstat - Alt. Rewire - 3.29 gearing - Full Exhaust - Custom Tune
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users talk bout some big photos.. took 2 mins for them to load
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users HD camera, keep forgetting to turn down the quality for web pics, imagine the photobucket upload time lol
Originally Posted by killakross5o4 
1998 GP GT - Topswap - Ported M90 - N* - 4" FWI - Poly Mounts - 3" DP - 180 Tstat - Alt. Rewire - 3.29 gearing - Full Exhaust - Custom Tune
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users actually like 15 secs..but thats still to long
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users They're less than a third of my screen... Time for an upgrade.
My K&N had some water but it seems no dirt made it through.
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users Yeah I noticed the filter was dirty when I went to do my HID install, so I ttok a good look and noticed moisture on the bottom half, so I took the whole FWI off a couple days later and the mud and water in it. **** that, open cone time. Originally Posted by matt5112 1998 GP GT - Topswap - Ported M90 - N* - 4" FWI - Poly Mounts - 3" DP - 180 Tstat - Alt. Rewire - 3.29 gearing - Full Exhaust - Custom Tune
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users lol was it a TDC FWI? hahah I wonder if installing some kinda mesh or something would help, of course if it got clogged there goes air flow... Originally Posted by BwolfGT
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users Thats what I have.
I just avoid puddles.
Last season I rigged up a sort of shield, still water got to it.
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Re: Car, Engine, and a beware to FWI users Yeah I had a shield kinda thing too but that **** still got in it. Whatever, seems to pull harder with the open cone anyway. Originally Posted by matt5112 1998 GP GT - Topswap - Ported M90 - N* - 4" FWI - Poly Mounts - 3" DP - 180 Tstat - Alt. Rewire - 3.29 gearing - Full Exhaust - Custom Tune
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