im wondering if anyone has ever made a ram air system for the 5.2 dakota that doesnt pull from the hood or grill?

 

Welcome to the site. I will move this thread to the second generation Dakota section,
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Where would you like to pull forced air from? Bumper?

That's about the only spot left...unless you go ricer-style, on top of the cab, duct under the body, around the engine to the intake...

 

or leaf blowers like they did in hot rod magazine

 

i would kinda like to use the section between the passanges side of the radiator and the headlight assembly to build an intercooler and have the filter pull from the area where the actual air box goes. ill take and post some pictures of a pice of brake line bent to fit how i wanna run it. but idk if its actually going to work or not. i have removed the A/c and condencer from the truck completely so there is a farley large gap there. i do have a pipe bender and welder so making the bends and intake dont be an issue. i more looking for input on location or the filter and function if it will actually cool the air at all or not

 

I was in the process of making of one.. but I could not find the inlet i wanted... I put it on hold untill I could figure out the shudder my truck has at 1mph

 

On my intake i did it doesnt have the heat shield so my filter would be hot after driving, my filter is about in the same location as stock, so i cut out the rubber flap between the radiator and passenger headlight to let air pull straight in and its actually kept my filter cooler. Next i just plan to put some heat wrap on the intake tube to keep it cool

 

i did the same basic thing but my issue is when it get into the water and mud she like to suck the water up and not air then im left letting the filter dry as i watch everyone else play. some in going to end up taking an intertube and rapping it around the filter then into the fender on possable the area where they wiper tranny is located. idk yet but i kinda wanna use that gap to make an innercooler.

 

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