curious about air intake on ISX

Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by 07 pete, Jun 19, 2010.

  1. 07 pete

    07 pete Bobtail Member

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    Can someone explain to me why the air intake is choked to half the size of the air cooler outlet? I'm talkin it goes from let's say 3 inch to 1 1/2 then back to 3 right before it makes the turn into the head.
     
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  3. BrainHurtz

    BrainHurtz Light Load Member

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    It creates a vacuum to assist EGR ingestion.
     
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  4. 07 pete

    07 pete Bobtail Member

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    ok I can probably see that but what if you have egr disabled? Because I get smoke about the length of my trailer until the turbo boost's up to about 10-15 lbs then no more smoke. I'm thinking it is starving for air at first till the turbo forces enough air to get air-fuel mixture right what's your opinion on that?
     
  5. DL550CAT

    DL550CAT Road Train Member

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    PDI makes a replacment thats not choked down. I think its about 400 bucks
     
  6. 07 pete

    07 pete Bobtail Member

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    yeah I've seen the PDI website but i think I can make my own intake tube
     
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