Lid won't stay SHUT!!!
03-31-2005, 07:33 PM
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well... thats probably because the coupler is transferring too much engine motion to the lid, combined with the way the whisper lid is made is why the latches keeps popping off. A coupler with more slack or a different lid or polyurethane motor mounts (prevents so much engine movement) or a combination of the above will probably solve your problem. In my case i switched from the whisper to the SLP and the clips havent popped since.
03-31-2005, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by OldeSkool
well... thats probably because the coupler is transferring too much engine motion to the lid, combined with the way the whisper lid is made is why the latches keeps popping off. A coupler with more slack or a different lid or polyurethane motor mounts (prevents so much engine movement) or a combination of the above will probably solve your problem. In my case i switched from the whisper to the SLP and the clips havent popped since.
"A coupler with more slack or a different lid or polyurethane motor mounts (prevents so much engine movement) or a combination of the above will probably solve your problem."
What kind of blathering babble is that? Nevermind dont want to know. Get it installed and latched properly and it doesnt move.
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04-01-2005, 04:00 PM
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If you're using an aftermarket bellows, you need to trim it down a bit in length (it's probably too long, therefore shoving the lid forward). If you're still using the stock bellows and the lid keeps popping off, give everything a good hard push back onto the throttle body, then tuck in that front lip and latch it down.
04-01-2005, 11:10 PM
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I just put my whisper lid on the other day. I had the same problem especially on the passenger side. Here is what i did, manually hold the clip shut and lightly tap at it with a hammer or equivilent. I used an adjustable wrench because I was too lazy to go to my basement for a hammer. Only a few LIGHT taps are needed. I guess all it did was lessen the bend in te clips so that they fit better. I now have no problems. 
04-02-2005, 07:25 AM
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Originally Posted by yak
I just put my whisper lid on the other day. I had the same problem especially on the passenger side. Here is what i did, manually hold the clip shut and lightly tap at it with a hammer or equivilent. I used an adjustable wrench because I was too lazy to go to my basement for a hammer. Only a few LIGHT taps are needed. I guess all it did was lessen the bend in te clips so that they fit better. I now have no problems.
Why don't you just put some duck tape around it
The lid should fit fine without a hammer. Make some adjustments and you should be ok.
04-02-2005, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 99blancoSS
The whisper lid is one of the better fitting lids on the market.
whenever my engine would toruqe over when it revved, the lid would pop off, so you can either do something to prevent the engine from torqueing, prevent the motion from transferring to the lid, or do something to secure the lid... like i already said... blithering babbel or logic? either way, my lid doesnt pop off.
04-02-2005, 06:44 PM
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GUYS! Put down your hammers and duct tape and LISTEN.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
04-02-2005, 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by WILWAXU
GUYS! Put down your hammers and duct tape and LISTEN.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
04-03-2005, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by WILWAXU
GUYS! Put down your hammers and duct tape and LISTEN.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
If ANY lid is "popping" off. You do not have it installed right. PERIOD.
If the front lip of the lid isn't inside the groove in the lower airbox, it will continue to pop off.
It's a classic mistake, most of us have done it, learned and moved on.
04-03-2005, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by nvrstsfd23
put my whisper lid on tucked in the lower lip and its never came loose.
