I don’t know the provenance of this image. If I did, I’d drive to wherever this guy is, and shake his hand. I’d probably want to wash my hands directly after, but by gad this guy needs an attaboy.
If you’re unfamiliar with the gewgaws in the image, I’m here to help. As far as I know, a Vortec engine is from a Chevy of some sort. I’ve never owned a Chevy anything. I supposed I’d drive one if you gave it to me and asked nicely, but for the most part I’ve never been interested. I could just about put up with a split-window ’63. If you have an extra one lying around, feel free to mail it to me. But my affection for that model is only because it was one of the cars that came with my Aurora slot car set.
I don’t know what that pipe is doing on a Chevy. It looks like some form of exhaust gas recirculation or something similar. Well, this dude didn’t have a replacement part, or is just my kinda guy, I don’t know, but he’s used several PVC plastic plumbing fittings and a couple of Fernco fittings to replace the original.
It brings a tear to my eye. A Cuban mechanic would approve of that, and might even try it himself, or would if they had indoor plumbing down there. Do what you can, where you are, with what you’ve got. Words to live by.
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It’s the air intake line from the air filter to the throttle body. Cold air line. It looks like he replaced the stock air filter with an aftermarket one, and substituted a new plastic pipe for the old plastic part.
Hi Ed- Thanks for reading and commenting and knowing things.
Which explains why the pipe doesn’t melt or catch fire. Look for this as a cost-saving innovation on future Chevy engines.
Hi Mike- Thanks for reading and commenting.
Before you and I get too far out into the suburbs of praise for this ad-hoc arrangement, I suppose I should point out that I’m fairly familiar with the PVC plumbing pipe and the Fernco fitting in the picture, and both of them are only rated for 140 degrees F, and I bet that engine block is 200F.