anyona have any experience removing the thermac system from a stock engine? Mine is a 1986 305 specifically, and I'm just wondering. I want to get shorties and a new air cleaner assembly, but I remembered that I have all of this stuff to worry about before I do that.
In case you don't know what it is, because I'm not sure if all cars came with it or what, it's pretty much a system that draws hot air from around the exhaust manifold when you first start the car up. Air is cut off from everywhere except a tube that runs from the area surrounding you manifold to the air cleaner snorkel. After the engine warms up, the snorkel on the air cleaner opens up and runs on cooler air from the engine bay.
I'd assume that you would just have to take the casing off the exhaust manifold, remove that tube from the casing to the air cleaner, and take out all of those vacuum tubes that open the snorkel and all that. Does anyone know if that would cause problems with the engine, having all those tubes just disconnected? Thanks
In case you don't know what it is, because I'm not sure if all cars came with it or what, it's pretty much a system that draws hot air from around the exhaust manifold when you first start the car up. Air is cut off from everywhere except a tube that runs from the area surrounding you manifold to the air cleaner snorkel. After the engine warms up, the snorkel on the air cleaner opens up and runs on cooler air from the engine bay.
I'd assume that you would just have to take the casing off the exhaust manifold, remove that tube from the casing to the air cleaner, and take out all of those vacuum tubes that open the snorkel and all that. Does anyone know if that would cause problems with the engine, having all those tubes just disconnected? Thanks