Ramair inlet for ccoooool air

[Whitmore]

Today I fired up the mig and built my Ramair inlet, I still need to build the butterfly so I can control the air temp at the horn. Before the Ramair I would run about 20* above ambient temp but now it runs same as ambient . I have a 30*-150* gauge in the A piller tapped into the airhorn.



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[Whitmore]

Her is a pic from the side, when done I will have it powder coated black .



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[Jim Fulmer]

The only thing I see with this I don't like for my use (1/4 mile stuff) is the air is already heated from the track, but it's a hole lot better than the air under the hood, good info!



Jim

 

[sdalton]

What are you going to do when you have to go through a water puddle??

 

[Whitmore]

I have a very nice PTO cable like what you see on a firetruck that will control the butterfly, I plan on keeping the butterfly closed during wet weather, the cable will screw open the butterfly and simply push the center buton to close.

 

[esommer2500]

Hmmm... . very interesting. Looks like it would do the job well, especially with the butterfly idea. Will you post more pics when it is all done?



Eric

 

[Whitmore]

I will do mor pics when done also if you want to see my new filter arangment look at the reader rigs under members name, great job Steve, the only under hood change I made is I now have an AFE conical filter instead of the BHAF, it fits in there betterand flows more air too!



cheers, Kevin



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[HoleshotHolset]

Whitmore: I dig the Kenworth badge on the grille guard!



Matt

 

[Turbo Horseman]

What about small birds, leaping lizards and hopping critters? Would they jam up your injectors etc?

 

[ToolManTimTaylor]

Originally posted by Turbo Horseman

leaping lizards

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[HoleshotHolset]

Horseman said: "What about small birds, leaping lizards and hopping critters? Would they jam up your injectors etc?"



:-laf LOL!



Matt - not a huge fan of critters in my air intake.

 

[ronco]

Originally posted by Turbo Horseman

What about small birds, leaping lizards and hopping critters? Would they jam up your injectors etc?

Critters would probably change the color of the smoke alot! Whether that is good or bad, depends on the color of the smoke!





ronco

 

[rholcom2]

Have a few questions: On the following website, yes thats my truck (the two tone one). I am hoping go turn this into a functional hood. My Ideas are to go and get some flat stainless steel, or aluminum to glue to the bottom of the hood (I am thinking with that glue that they use on new vehichiles at the factory to seal where body pannels meet, like the floor of the bed to the inner bedside, just an idea) to block off the underneith of the hood, then bend up a (Duct) under the hood to go to the airbox, I dont know if I am goign to use a AFE, K&N, or use the stock air box. Obviously, my main consern is the water, and mabye I am having a blonde moment but, how could you keep the rain out, if you were driving down the interstate, even a butterfly would allow some water to reach the air box, (mabye I am wrong).





http://www.stingerfiberglass.com/Hoods/dodge-ram/index.shtml



Now my :Questions: How do you keep water, bugs, (relatively low ammount of large dirt particels). Out of your air box and ultimately your motor. I have recently found where accel makes a conical filter which has a tube that connects to the end of it and allows users to fashion their own "ram air". Also, would this really gain me much, for the time, trouble, money, and maintainance that I am going to spend on this modification, is it goign to repay me with much benifit, ie: power, cooler temps, etc.



Thanks for any and all advice you can give me on this topic