1.Sorry I guess im a lil to redneck and not educated enough to understand such complicated things. Ill go back to school when I can afford to and try and learn some better grammars.

2. Yes people are always trying to make things better/faster etc. But just like a computer you can overclock your precious little processor all you want but if you keep pushing it eventually it will short out or even fry your motherboard. That's what I was referring to. Most people do these mods because they are "better" but what are the long term effects of these mods I mean I see how they help don't get me wrong but are there any negative long term effects. Hince forth me saying it can't be just cause chrysler got lazy. They made it that way for a reason.

 

everybody has an opinion just like everyone has an *******. its life and we have to deal with it. the fact that silver has graciously done all the write up and pictures for this free mod aside from blade cost was his decision to do and some people see gains and some dont. some think its a way to go while others see it as a waste of time. but hey if you have a spare intake laying around why not try it and see what happens. some people go cheap/free first before getting into serious things. i personally would start off cheap/free then break into my motor either when it breaks or just when i have something else to drive around. but everybody has had a valid point in this thread but Silver i thank you for doing the write up on this DIY and i am planning on doing it with my next junkyard run for a few things to do to my 88 dak.

 

Yep, you nailed it. Everything my father (a retired automotive engineer) ever told me is completely false. If only the rest of us could be a smart as some redneck who unwittingly gained access to Teh Interweb Thingy and is going to set us all straight.

 

Look at it this way, if the auto makers built vehicles that left no room for improvement, there would be no place for aftermarket manufacturers.

 

Wow really lol. Well ill leave this one alone out of respect but I will say this I NEVER said anybody was wrong about anything. Don't twist my words now

 

And by the way I have my bach. in computer electronics engineering technology. So I ain't as thank as you dumb I am

 

It may be a matter to consider - components are designed and built by vendors sometimes. And then someone reviewws and decides sometning else needs to be done, or somethning needs to be undone. A good exaple related to the keg is simple. At one point, it had the divider, and then Dodge decided to remove it. Why? Who knows?

Many things effect design. As VW mentioned, bean counters for one. usually the worst rteason, but certainly the most common. Spent 30 years in manufacturing management. I hate bean counters controlling process. Sometimes it is castablility, and sometimes it is realted to the properties of the materials. Working in the tier 1 auto supplier manufacturing market in 98 and 99, I know for a fact that as plant engineering manager, I was charged with reducing component weight by 15% by the automanufacturers that were our customers. We had to make compromises that created quality issues, manufacturing process challenges, and numerous other problems. Not all changes are good, and not all changes are based on sound logie or engineering.

That said, there is nothing to say that the end user can often make changes for improvement that the manufacturer was unable to incorporate (due to bean counters, competition, cost cutting, etc.) As users, owners, we do not have the same concern of reducing weight of a component by 15%, as we are deealing with a one piece commodity. Dodge and others are dealing in the "millions" of pieces built and sold.

I can see the logic of the kegger mod, and others swear by it. Can't wait to get mine finished. Hope I am as happy as others.

 

"bach" wtf? is this really a BA or BS (no pun really intended on the BS part.......maybe?)

 

I'll have you know that I'm an eighth grade graduate!

 

Guess we are officially off topic now, huh?