Uh-hem! Carl '85 Si (and QUITE happy with it)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 2:14 AM Subject: Re: CRX: 87 dx automatic with carburetor > I may be wrong here, but I think Fidel Garcia meant, which K&N air filter > to get because he had a hyperlink to the K&N site, but it went to the > custom racing section of the website. If that is the case, then the link to > the right area would be in the applications page. Below is the options for > crx 1987 1.5L carb for the K&N air filter: > > http://208.196.170.231/cgi-bin/appsearch.pl > > Also go to any commercial auto part retailer they will have them. Just > give them the description of your car and they will get the K&N filter for > you. > > Fidel may have heeded the advice that was already given and posted on this > list in regards to his quest for an intake and may have nixed that idea and > just wants to get the air filter, but may not have conveyed it properly > because of his less than perfect english skills. > > Fidel, If that isn't the case, and you still want to buy an upgraded > intake, Don't bother. Listen to the advice that Robert and Brandon gave you > because your car is just an automatic, and you mentioned that you are low > on the budget, so spending it on an upgraded intake is just a wasted of > money. Just get the K&N air filter and be happy with it. And if you want, > tires, wheels, and maybe lowering springs. Maybe you should concentrate on > just doing things on your car that can be swapped over to the the > second generation crx (like tires and wheels) because that is the car you > really want anyway.... isn't it. > > Ken > > > At 10:03 PM 23/05/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >I didn't leave him any information on what to do on the carbureted car > >because, not having one and not EVER having had one I have no idea what to > >do with one ;) > > > >I also didn't leave him any info because I don't have the time or > >inclination to type an entire book on how engines run. And if I did have > >that inclination I'd write the book and sell it to him in a bookstore ;) > > > >There's an old saying- - "I only know enough to be dangerous." If > >someone asks me how to run a gasline in their house, I'm not going to only > >tell them the bare essentials of running a gasline. . .they'll probably > >blow themselves up. Similarly, if I only gave him the answer to the > >question he asked, he's got about a 95% chance of taking what I said and > >using it, not realizing all the other variables that I didn't mention, and > >wrecking his car. I don't wanna be responsible for that. The only way to > >prevent it would be to write the aforementioned book, or just not to give > >any advice at all for the moment. > > > > > > > >At 10:27 PM 5/23/2002 -0400, Richard Tuttle wrote: > >>well since you told him to investigate a little first... why not leave him > >>some info on it (not disagreeing with you brandon) ? as far as i know... > >>which isnt a whole lot on carburetated cars... the intake just helps get > >>more air into the motor... air helps combustion.. but as most things usually > >>go if it gives you more power, chances are its going to shorten the life of > >>the motor as well because cars come from the factory made to run as daily > >>drivers not race cars (not saying intakes make race cars... just giving you > >>an idea of what i mean)... and for the record my opinion is with brandon.. > >>investigate more... and for god sakes dont put it on the car because your > >>friend said it boosts the power more... because on avg.. your only getting a > >>little hp gain from it... and for the price on most intakes its not the best > >>for your dollar... so blah thats my rambling for the night ;) > >> > >>richard > >>88 crx hf > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Brandon Bankston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>To: "Fidel Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:57 PM > >>Subject: Re: CRX: 87 dx automatic with carburetor > >> > >> > >> > Could I make a small suggestion? Please don't be insulted, but you say > >> > you're not good at this, which is fine -- you're new. It's pretty obvious > >> > from what you've said that you have absolutely no idea how to make your > >>car > >> > faster, which is also fine because you haven't learned about that yet.l > >> > But, knowing that you weren't good at it you decided that you needed an > >> > intake and were determined to buy one. You had no real idea what an > >>intake > >> > does or how a different one would help (or hurt) your car's performance. > >>If > >> > I had to guess, you either read an ad somewhere that said intakes gave you > >> > power or you have a friend somewhere that says his intake gave him power, > >> > but you have no real technical data that actually says an intake gives you > >> > power. > >> > > >> > Could I suggest that you do some research about how cars work, and > >>actually > >> > LEARN what works and what doesn't before you haphazardly go buying parts > >> > because you saw them in someone else's car? You don't have to take that > >> > advice -- I wouldn't be insulted, but I can guarantee with just about 100% > >> > certainty that if you don't learn how cars work you're gonna waste a LOT > >>of > >> > money doing pointless crap to your car. > >> > > >> > this mailing list and crx-forum.org are both great places to learn about > >> > cars. Were I you, I'd sit back and read everything I could about cars and > >> > what mods work before I spent any money on upgrades. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > At 09:40 PM 5/23/2002 -0400, Fidel Garcia wrote: > >> > >Guys I'm not good in this, but which one will fit to my car? > >> > > > >> > >I want to buy one. > >> > >And Thanks to all those people that helped me. I'm new in this ;) > >> > > > >> > >http://www.knfilters.com/Racing/custom.htm > >> > >
