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What are secondaries? Thanks, John
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the second set of valves/intake system for the V6 engine
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Thx Gearhead. So there are 12 of them? I've read posts about them not opening. How can you tell. Thanks, John
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yup 12 of them if you look at the intake manifold IIRC its the longer runners
if your car is really slow above 4000rpm then they prob are not opening
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Originally posted by gearhead98:
yup 12 of them if you look at the intake manifold IIRC its the longer runners
if your car is really slow above 4000rpm then they prob are not opening
Actually there are 6 secondaries, 6 primaries. 12 is the total intake valves/intake runners.
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Originally posted by jmatzick:
What are secondaries? Thanks, John
There are no lame ?'s in CEG land!
You can tell if your secondaries are opening by looking at the drivers side of the engine, underneath the air tube assembly, by the throttle body (under that). If you have the engine running, and you rev it above 3800 RPM, and with a flashlight looking in that area you'll see a little metal linkage moving forwards and back. That's the linkage that opens the secondaries.
Older Tours often have the plastic clips, that hold the linkage on both ends, break off and the linkage doesn't open the secondaries anymore after that.
Cheap part from the dealer too, easy to fix as well.
Take a look and see for yourself 
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Originally posted by Nate'sTour:
There are no lame ?'s in CEG land!
And there are never any lame answers either! 
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Originally posted by Contouraholic:
Originally posted by gearhead98:
yup 12 of them if you look at the intake manifold IIRC its the longer runners
if your car is really slow above 4000rpm then they prob are not opening
Actually there are 6 secondaries, 6 primaries. 12 is the total intake valves/intake runners.
WOW!! Makes me feel like I'm drivin' a Jag! Actually, I kinda am driving a Jag! 
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Originally posted by midcoastme:
Originally posted by Nate'sTour:
There are no lame ?'s in CEG land!
And there are never any lame answers either!
OK, how about this one. What is a dual honed intake manifold and how will it help me? I got an optimized TB from BNoon and he mentioned it. I asked him but I figure this way, I'll get a bunch of answers and opinions. Thanks guys.
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