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Hey all,
Im sure this has been mentioned elsewhere BUT I thought I'd say I finally got round to doing the 2 hole mod.
I decided it was time to clean the air box as it had some oil build up across the bottom from the K & N filter being a tad over-oiled.
So while I was out I decided to do the "2 hole mod" which is so popular with V8's. Afterall, all it costs os $20 worth of materials and a few hours.
I followed the instructions here -
http://swingtan.customer.netspace.net.au/2hole.html
At the bottom of the howto he says
So I took the alloytec out for a spin. First thing I notice, a growl at light acceleration! Nothing too much but definately different :bow:
Onto the 50kph streets, yeh nothing too much.
Get onto the freeway where we go from 50kph to 110kph. Stick the boot in and my lordy, what he said above! Nothing special at low revs, as is typical with the alloytec, but once the RPMs picked up and the air started being funneled into the engine bay the thing pressed me back into my seat like a turbo had just kicked in, or VVT had just kicked, or something had done something.
On the freeway I tried overtaking. The 4 speed kicks back to 3rd, revs and takes off like theres no tomorrow!
Moral of the story, if you've got a few hours free DO THIS!! I did it in between certain parts of the Indy telecast. Cost me $20 for 1 meter of 90mm diameter plumbing pipe and some sandpaper from bunnings. Just gotta flare the ends of the 2 pieces of pipe and paint them matt black tomorrow for that factory look, but you will definately notice an increase of some sort.
Im sure this has been mentioned elsewhere BUT I thought I'd say I finally got round to doing the 2 hole mod.
I decided it was time to clean the air box as it had some oil build up across the bottom from the K & N filter being a tad over-oiled.
So while I was out I decided to do the "2 hole mod" which is so popular with V8's. Afterall, all it costs os $20 worth of materials and a few hours.
I followed the instructions here -
http://swingtan.customer.netspace.net.au/2hole.html
At the bottom of the howto he says
It’s much louder, if sound is anything to go by, it’s made a huge difference. But sound isn’t always a good test and I don’t have a dyno handy. The first time I really stuck the boot in though, there was a funny response. The car picked normally until it got to about 3500 RPM, then it was like the engine had VVT. It certainly picked up faster from 3500 to around 5000 and it wasn‘t just the feeling of being pressed back in the seat. I saw the tacho pick up faster from 3500
So I took the alloytec out for a spin. First thing I notice, a growl at light acceleration! Nothing too much but definately different :bow:
Onto the 50kph streets, yeh nothing too much.
Get onto the freeway where we go from 50kph to 110kph. Stick the boot in and my lordy, what he said above! Nothing special at low revs, as is typical with the alloytec, but once the RPMs picked up and the air started being funneled into the engine bay the thing pressed me back into my seat like a turbo had just kicked in, or VVT had just kicked, or something had done something.
On the freeway I tried overtaking. The 4 speed kicks back to 3rd, revs and takes off like theres no tomorrow!
Moral of the story, if you've got a few hours free DO THIS!! I did it in between certain parts of the Indy telecast. Cost me $20 for 1 meter of 90mm diameter plumbing pipe and some sandpaper from bunnings. Just gotta flare the ends of the 2 pieces of pipe and paint them matt black tomorrow for that factory look, but you will definately notice an increase of some sort.