REAL cold air intake. Call me crazy

[jas142]

Being bored, I do what I normally do, and tinker with my car. I had an idea. What if you took a rubber insulation hose or flexable metal pipe and ran it from the gaps next to the foglights in the bumper up the location of where the air silencer normally goes (must remove it for this idea.)

So basicly, when you're moving fast, air is forced into the open end of the hose or tube thats located towards the bottom of your bumper. this cold rush of air goes through the tube and is "let out" right in front of the filter.

To see if it would flow well, I twisted up a very small diamater (I would use bigger for the car) rubber insualation hose thats just about the length you would need for this mod. I put a hair dryer on one end and put it on low. I put my hand on the end of the tube and could feel the air rushing out. It flows pretty well.

Now imagine that with a BIGGER diamater hose, while traveling 50 MPH with it pointed right out the front of the car.

 

[Snarf]

Sounds like it could work well. But even if it DID work really well and flowed tons, Im not sure it would really help a whole lot. Besides, you'd just be asking to suck some water up that hose if you hit a puddle or something.

Worth a shot though, definetly.

 

[decoy562]

They already make this, you can buy it online.

 

[007]

Unfortunately they all look like pieces of crap

The idea is of course sound. A shaker is the best way to go.

 

[DarkHorse02GT]

I think there's something called a March Ram Air kit or something that is similar but I'm not sure if its the same as your talking about - Mark

 

[007]

I think there's something called a March Ram Air kit or something that is similar but I'm not sure if its the same as your talking about - Mark

Its a piece of crap.

 

[COramprat]

I did this on my 92 Probe but there was alot more room to work with running the hose. I looked at my Stang (96) but there just isn't any place with enough room to route anything of sufficient size. BTW, the one on my Probe worked pretty good. Throttle response is better and power (what little there is on a 2.0 4-banger) was increase in the 50-80mph range.

For the Stang I'll just wait till the Mach 1 kit drops a little in price and go with that.

 

[PEWTERPONY]

Did you know that the ram air on the mach is only effective after 80mph

 

[Monkie]

Don't waste your time and money

 

[Modular2v]

i tried this on my 98 gt and noticed NO difference at all track or sotp

 

[Monkie]

Infact you would do better taking out your passenger side headlight.

 

[Wikkdgt]

If you were worried about sucking in water, you could always get some kind of cap for the end of the hose and let it suck in air like it normally did until it stopped raining.

 

[GinoGT]

It won't do crap, CAI's don't do crap.

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[COramprat]

Did you know that the ram air on the mach is only effective after 80mph

Ram air on anything is only effective with speed. But I'd be willing to bet with two identically modded cars and drivers but one car with a ram air set up and the other without, you would see a nominal gain on the ram air.

 

[triggz]

short of removing the headlight and looking kinda ghetto (or desperate for power)..i like a ram-air headlight.

 

[GinoGT]

The only time you would pull the light is for the track..........what's the point of that shield?

 

[billyfe390]

Ram air is absolutely worthless unless you are going mach 1 instead of being in it. In order for a ram air set up to actually provide any performance gain other than colder air you would have to going fast enough for the air that is funneled into your intake to actually be compressed. It is just another sales tool.

 

[Orange04BOSS]

yea good idea but i'm afraid of water gettin up in there, also kenny bell makes something like this but it is under the front bumper and only on one side not on both fog lights. but good idea. carry out the idea and then dyno. well dyno first and then change it up and then dyno again, lol, good luck. i don't think you will get crazy results but maybe 3-5 horses. don't know.

 

[GinoGT]

Assuming this system would even work:

1. Why would it need to be on both sides? There's only one intake tube, throttle body, etc.

2. How would a ram air system show anything on a dyno where the car is sitting still?

 

[mogs01gt]

You mean something like this.

http://www.corral.net/tech/powerplant/hmramair.htm