I intended to go to test and tune in my '15 HC (M6 - it's been a while) Thursday night, but T-stat decided it was not to be. Swapped it out this morning, at least the fifth in the last three years. This one the plastic? insert broke and somehow got caught in the works, preventing opening/closing. unfortunately, pulled it back out before the pic. cheap pieces of crap the last few years
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since I was in there anyway, decided to swap out the cabin air filter and air filter. proceeded to bust two of the clips off the air box, not for the first time. gave me an excuse to buy a never installed AFE from a neighbor, cheap, kinda. pulled the stock air box out, for the first time since Dec 2020 [warranty supercharger swap], found the inevitable debris as well as some corrosion. turned a quick repair and head to the track into a very long day. House of Hook is still open, but only one or two days left this year though, so the weather on 6 Dec had damn well better be good
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the junk foam used to cushion/separate the air box, all nice a deteriorated. rubbed through the paint in several spots
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a little de-oxidizer, sanding, a little paint, hours of waiting, dinner, then installed the new air box. surprised at how quick and easy it went together. even the intake inlet tube dropped right into place without a fight [no pics, dark out there right now]
