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<p>From : Greg at Chrysler</p>

>I feel(seat of the pants) I have less power<br>
>when I remove the snorkel.  The snorkel<br>
>directs the air flow "in a more linear way"<br>
>to the air box.<br>
><br>
>If you remove the snorkel, maybe less air<br>
>is going in the air box due to turbulance.<br>
>This turbulance could be causing the air<br>
>box to resonate, producing a nice, loud<br>
>and DEEP sound.  just my .02CDN$<br>
>what do you think?<br>
><br>
>To snorkel or not to snorkel?  Power or show?<br>
><br>
>Vincent Roy  <vroy@yahoo.com><br>
>95 Flame Red SS K&N drop in<br>

<p>I feel that removng the snorkel provides no power gain at all.  It may,
in fact, cost power to remove the snorkel.   I tried several runs at
Neon97 (in a '97 DOHC ACR Coupe) with and without the snorkel.  Although
the results weren't shockingly clear, the trend was that the car was no
faster (sometimes, slower) with the snorkel removed.</p>

<p>I suspected that (mong other things) intake air temp actually
*increased* if the snorkel was removed.  Last fall, I tried to prove
this experimentally.  I drove the ACR Coupe at a steady 60 mph over a
given distance (about 3 miles) and monitored the Intake Air Temp sensor
reading (using the DRB III) at the end of the run.  I compared "with
snorkel" against "without snorkel" over the course of 6 runs.  The
results, again, were not clear cut.  Sometimes, the IAT increased with
the snorkel removed.  Other runs, it didn't.  I will try to re-test this
summer when ambient temps are higher -- I tested last fall with temps in
the 50's.  I have not discussed my results on the list until now because
I couldn't draw a concrete conclusion...but you can see where my gut
feeling is.</p>

<p>My feeling is that folks are mistaking more sound for more power...</p>

<p>BTW -- I presume that your '95 SS is an SOHC.  You *definitely* don't
want to remove your snorkel; unlike all DOHCs and '96+ SOHCs, yours
doesn't suck up the freshly warmed air from the radiator.  Some belive
that the '95 SOHC filter setup can be worth marginally more power...</p>

<p>Greg Smith</p>


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