[W126 Coupe] Can someone help me with a vin number

[Dan Landiss]

airedale at sbcglobal.net wrote:
> On a 30 degree day here in Kansas City the "hot" air I am getting is 
> probably not too hot. Probably no more so than the air I would get on 
> a 100 degree day here through those tubes but I have access to much 
> more of it.
> Some people do not agree with this modification and that is OK. I did 
> not invent the idea but only read about it on Mercedes Forum where the 
> writer said it would add 20 horsepower which I think is optimistic.
> Being in the HVAC business much of my adult life I know you cannot 
> blow more air out of the registers than you can take in through the 
> return air intakes. You must have more square inches of return air 
> grill than you do of registers.
> I think the real reason for those tubes is sound abatement so the 
> driver and passengers do not hear the air being drawn in.
> To each his own and I appreciate the counterpoint.
I guess you won't take in any more air than the cross-section area of an 
intake valve allows. I'd rather have cold air than hot, under-hood air.

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