Miata Mailing List: June 1997, Message #253
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From: 	russotto@pond.com (Matthew T. Russotto)

Subject: Re:  CAI Intake

Date: 	Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:37:55 -0500



}      A few days a go I looked at a Jackson CAI installed in a miata for the 

}      last two years.

     

}      I noticed that the black plastic cover (where Jackson is printed on) 

}      -sorry don't know the word- was broken next to the bolts that hold it 

}      down.

     

}      Is this due to using a torque force that is to high or is the plastic 

}      not hard enough to withstand the constant shocks. (the car was 

}      lowered).



It's due to stresses when the engine twists.  There's a compressible

tube between the air sensor and the elbow on the intake which is

supposed to absorb that twisting, but on mine it wasn't enough.  JR

has since gone to a longer tube -- so far, it seems to be working.