In its latest strop my GT threw off the swirl flap control rod so I'm doing the brass fitting modification but since I'm looking at this now I'm having thoughts of removing them altogether.
It was my understanding that the swirl flaps are in the inlet manifold air intakes, the idea being that at tick over or low revs they add a bit of turbulence to the air helping it mix with the fuel. Looking at some photos of a manifold though it looks as if the flaps are in a separate air intake parallel to a completely open one. Also when the swirl flap is shut it completely blocks off its flow and not partially.
From what I have read on here the hard part of this job is getting the manifold off but I would ask anyone who knows about removing the flaps themselves. Do they pull out of the hole at the top where the rod attaches ?
I actually only have one leaking so I am wondering if its easier to replace one or to replace a seal?
It was my understanding that the swirl flaps are in the inlet manifold air intakes, the idea being that at tick over or low revs they add a bit of turbulence to the air helping it mix with the fuel. Looking at some photos of a manifold though it looks as if the flaps are in a separate air intake parallel to a completely open one. Also when the swirl flap is shut it completely blocks off its flow and not partially.
From what I have read on here the hard part of this job is getting the manifold off but I would ask anyone who knows about removing the flaps themselves. Do they pull out of the hole at the top where the rod attaches ?
I actually only have one leaking so I am wondering if its easier to replace one or to replace a seal?