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home made ram air?
JohnathanB Offline
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#1
ive been wondering if anybody has made a way of getting good cold air to there air filter? ive thought about making a sheet metal wall from the passenger side strut tower to the radiator keeping the filter from sucking in the hot air from the engine bay then idk how to get air to the filter from there?
88tc 5spd new paint, cobra r rims, mods are :header back exhaust 3inc to 2.5 duals, jdm t3/t4 stage 3 turbo 20psi,jdm external wastegate, k&n filter on vam, fmic, new bottom end .422 lift cam, c4 trans being built
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Pete D Offline
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#2
You could build something like that. Another solution is to run the filter out in front of the radiator or into the inner fender.
Here is what I did years ago and I've seen a lot of better systems built by others over the years. This is one mod that you can be creative with the use of materials.
http://turbotbird.com/techinfo/PeteKN/PeteKN.htm
Pete Dunham
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JohnathanB Offline
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#3
I was just looking into that but I was looking at a scoop to put on the bottom of the bumper to force air up into the bumper better than the factory air dam I think someone made one for the mustangs a while back but not to sure I just don't see how the cars get a good air flow to the filters
88tc 5spd new paint, cobra r rims, mods are :header back exhaust 3inc to 2.5 duals, jdm t3/t4 stage 3 turbo 20psi,jdm external wastegate, k&n filter on vam, fmic, new bottom end .422 lift cam, c4 trans being built
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JohnathanB Offline
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#4
http://images.monstermarketplace.com/aut...47x182.jpg

not sure if this will come up but this is what im talking about
pete
88tc 5spd new paint, cobra r rims, mods are :header back exhaust 3inc to 2.5 duals, jdm t3/t4 stage 3 turbo 20psi,jdm external wastegate, k&n filter on vam, fmic, new bottom end .422 lift cam, c4 trans being built
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Pete D Offline
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#5
I see. The factory air dam is there to help cause air to flow through the radiator. You probably want to leave most of it in tact. I have seen someone make a system a lot like your picture but they did leave a fair amount of the dam in place
Pete Dunham
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JohnathanB Offline
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#6
I was hoping I wouldn't have to cut the dam but just put the scoop in front of it and I'm also wondering now if anybody has tryed to angle the dam forward to make more of a ramp to get more air to the inter cooler and radiator?
88tc 5spd new paint, cobra r rims, mods are :header back exhaust 3inc to 2.5 duals, jdm t3/t4 stage 3 turbo 20psi,jdm external wastegate, k&n filter on vam, fmic, new bottom end .422 lift cam, c4 trans being built
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JohnathanB Offline
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#7
Has anybody made a way to get cold air to there air filter?
88tc 5spd new paint, cobra r rims, mods are :header back exhaust 3inc to 2.5 duals, jdm t3/t4 stage 3 turbo 20psi,jdm external wastegate, k&n filter on vam, fmic, new bottom end .422 lift cam, c4 trans being built
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natmac3 Offline
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#8
I once used a spare RF headlap bucket, painted flat black, with a cutout to allow ducting to the filter, which sits where the VAM used to be.

works great during the daytime... Big Grin
1987tc
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