'ram air' idea... need input
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'ram air' idea... need input
i had an epiphany at work, probably very stupid, but an idea nonetheless...
is it possible to use a gutted TMIC on an NA (with a TII hood) as a ramair? gut the ic (remove the fins) and fab a bottom to it that goes to the intake piping? for a true ramair with the vented hood?
like i said, probably stupid, but worth an ask, right
-tj
is it possible to use a gutted TMIC on an NA (with a TII hood) as a ramair? gut the ic (remove the fins) and fab a bottom to it that goes to the intake piping? for a true ramair with the vented hood?
like i said, probably stupid, but worth an ask, right
-tj
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Originally Posted by Karack
sure it's possible but most people are not creative enough to even bother and try it,
with the bends that are necessary though i don't know how much velocity the air will actually have by the time it actually gets through the airbox and MAF to be worth it though...
with the bends that are necessary though i don't know how much velocity the air will actually have by the time it actually gets through the airbox and MAF to be worth it though...
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well most of us just vent the RF headlamp cover and use an open element filter and box it in, i would tend to think this would be easier to do up and net better results but this could do it one up but would be tough unless you used the stock airbox as an inlet for the filter or you could make the TMIC fit a filter cartridge but it would get dirty fast...
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The whole point of ram air is to place the air inlet in a high pressure zone. Air doesn't actually "ram" itself in due to velocity but rather the boost created by higher pressure. The air inlet on the center of the hood, besides being directly above the engine where the heat is, is in a low pressure zone of the car. This will not ram in any air at all but will actually breathe less air ultimately even though some air seems to be flowing directly into the inlet. The highest pressure zones at the front of the car are the grille opening and at the base of the windshield. Keep the intake piping openings in these areas for best results. The low pressure zones on the front of the car are on the hood and the upper half of the windshield. What appears to work from a visual standpoint and would seem logical doesn't always work that way. Air is funny stuff.
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Originally Posted by sleejay
ok nm i dumb. i really dumb. i so dumb.
No your not, your creative, you just didnt happen to know the high/low flow zones and ****, not really common knowledge.
Anyway in reference to the grill being a high presure zone. I have this thing from weapon r . i know its a bit of a ricer company but the product makes sense. The filter sits in the stock location and ha a thick plactic sheild around it, the sheild had a 2.5" flexing pipe attached which leads to a rectangular inlet which is placed into the grill. People laughed when i called it RAM air, may not be perfect but better than sitting lonely in the hot engine bay.
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I was thinking of fabing a big pipe to go from the stock airbox to the front grill, lots of cool air there, and hig pressure, but you would need to cut a bit of metal.
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