Thats ok for a street mod, but I wouldn't attempt to use on an off road setup. The air box adapter looks great, now if you could set something up to capture the entire back of the fog light opening, you'll get a more true ram air effect. I would also loose the dryer hose setup and go with an internal smooth surface hose. They are used as higher end type hoses, and are often found in industrial applications for the same reasons as you would want, to avoid friction and turbulence. Try to make the tubing as large as possible to carry as much pressurized air flow as possible, and try to avoid trunnucated cones unless they are being applied to the exhaust exits.

 

any machine shop with a madrel bender will be able to custom bend some pipe to fit that opening, they'll be much smoother and improve the look of the system. Nothing says nice truck like a clean design, if you could find some tubing and then have it chromed then you would have a nice looking system and i bet it would help out a little bit on the performance side.

 

I value your opinion. But please do not come out and say that the mod is plain bad. It does not matter that I have the small ridges in the flexible aluminum pipe. Air being slowed down? I didn't care to much for the temperature of the air but the velocity in which it enters the tube, when I'm driving fast. You have to admit It's still a functional ram air setup, the faster I go the more air is being forced in. Let me say again, air is being forced in. I just hope that no one says "A turbo or supercharger is slowing down the air from all the extra piping and the actual unit." The two ( my ram air and forced induction) are theoretically similar. There is no way the air is being slowed down unless maybe if I'm at a red light. Let me just add that I put ram air on my 2001 V6 Honda Accord and I felt more pulling power on the freeway. I am a little dissapointed with your response, as it is not very accurate. Sure I could improve upon the setup, I just wanted to show you guys another possible mod. It just seems like someone speaks their mind and everyone jumps on the bandwagon. Thanks for your opinions though. Plus I don't think the tube is all that visible from the outside, I will paint it flat black so it looks better.

 

Its a nice design that no doubt works well. I would however look at other options as far as the tube is concerned. The smoother the inside of the tube is the smoother the flow will be. Nice job.


kgdb

 

Not to say it was bad, a different style tubing may have been a better choice. That is what I was saying, and yes the ridges will slow down the air because the air will first need to get through or around the ridge to eventually proceed to your filter. Think of it like if you were driving over a dip, your truck is not going to just magically go over the dip, it is going to have to go through it. Yes, I will admit at high speeds you may get a decent air flow, but not as good it it were tubing without ridges. And that is my opinion, sorry it may no be what you want to hear.

 

What I was saying was the air was not going to be moving slower than it was when it was stock. Sure it could go a little faster if it was a smooth pipe, but all my comparisions were to the stock truck. I reduced the engines pumping losses because of the air being forced in at higher speeds. It is a little easier for the engine to breathe. This is why I was saying the air did not slow down. I now think that you were simply comparing my flexible tube to a smoother one, which in that case I would agree with you.

 

P.S. The ram air is now flat black and is very hard to see behind the fog light hole.

 

This is what I think.....................http://www.jaron95.com/ot/ghetto.jpg

Just kidding man, try some tubing that doesnt cause heat transfer, I would look into adding some mesh or a screen as stated before (if you havent done so already) If there is room, you may want to ditch the air box and drop a K&N cone in the spot where the airbox was and just use the tubing to have the air hit the filter directly. This setup works well, I have used it before on my previous vehicle.

 

Ha, Ha... That's funny. Anyway, I thought about the cone shape air filter but there were 3 things holding me back: It wouldn't look stock. Second, I thought this was more functional, the air is being contained in the icebox. Third, what would I do with the PCV hose? It has it's seperate plastic pocket on the inside of the top lid of the icebox.

 

I have a different system... https://dodgeforum.com/m_329957/mpag.../tm.htm#342839

The benefits are little, although are better in the hot summer months when temps under the hood get insane.