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Old 09-29-2009, 12:20 PM
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Originally Posted by dakotas ram
it may keep the tb cooler, but there is no fuel going thru it so its pointless
It's not about fuel going through it. IT's about keeping the air temp as cool as possible (even as slight as it may read in actual measurements) prior to hitting the intake.

Keeping the air cooler is the main point / purpose of the riser block.
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:03 PM
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well...beyond the technical and supposed toos...it works much better without it. im a big fan of trial and error and results.

if the results are bad...get rid of it!

if the results are good...keep it!

if the reults are outstanding...TELL EVERYBODY!

btw...the air going in should be pretty cool considering where its coming from.
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:07 PM
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AlabamaRam95
it may be time to remove the rubber thing between the rad and the core support to get more cold air coming in when drivin
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by cmckenna
Hmmm. They are supposed to prevent the intake heat from reaching the TB and, on my Hughes FI, it works. The TB remains cool despite the intake being very hot.

Now, if the riser block was leaking at the gasket areas, then, surely that would have a negative effect on performance thus giving the user the impression that it works better w/o one when in fact, the real issue was a leak at the intake and TB interface.

The other area of concern is how well the gasket is trimmed to the port opening and whether or not there is an overhang of gasket material in the opening thus impeding air flow.
The speedtips and tweaks sticky touches on this.....On many vehicles the spacer provides a performance boost but due to the magnums more inefficient manifold design there was no benefits found with them on our engines....this was dyno tested for both HP and torque....now this was tested on a stock manifold I'm assuming so maybe the hughes reatcts different
 

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Old 09-29-2009, 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgeram07
it may be time to remove the rubber thing between the rad and the core support to get more cold air coming in when drivin
I've got the same ebay CAI and have already removed those rubberlike covers with no ill effects so far.
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:19 PM
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Originally Posted by dodgeram07
it may be time to remove the rubber thing between the rad and the core support to get more cold air coming in when drivin
huh???
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:22 PM
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hes talking about the rubberlike covers that block cold air from coming in on each side of the radiator supports....
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:28 PM
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oh ok...does it really make that big a difference?
 
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Old 09-29-2009, 01:35 PM
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well it does add a lot of cold air flow under the hood....I was concerned it would allow a lot of crap and water too but what little moisture it does allow to get to the air filter would just add in performance if anything....(redneck water injection lol) either way ran great yesterday in the pouring rain...
 


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