Idea crossed my mind
King Jackass
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Aurora, CO
I beg to differ with thought that ducting and a couple bends will negate the effect. Last time I checked, my dryer still blows pretty firmly after more than a few feet and a few bends, and driving down the road at anything over 30mph with a scoop being funneled into a smaller diameter duct is going to create a substantial increase in air velocity through the ducting. Will it be as efficient as smooth tubing, probably not, but it will increase the air velocity in the and overall air pressure inside the airbox and going to the manifold which is idea.
If bends negate ram air effect, then how does it work post throttle body/ carb? Now, granted, the least amount of bends will help with turbulence, but certainly don't remove the overall effect. Pressure is pressure. Flow is flow.
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Just did a little googling and found a nifty little home project by some guy from roughly 10 years ago, its old, but the guy was very detailed in his testing of making a ram air for his car. Ill just let everyone read for themselves, but his article has me completely convinced, Im doing this next week.
http://www.karlsnet.com/mopar/ramair.shtml
http://www.karlsnet.com/mopar/ramair.shtml
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Well I completed it, looks good, definitely flows a lot more air to the airbox (pretested with a leaf blower lol) and was a cheap mod, only cost $45 at Lowes. I will post pictures tom. of the setup and how I did it.
Grand Champion
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Kekaha, HI
Before the blower I had a ram air system and I was very happy with it. I made a functional hood scoop with ram air box.
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