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My first real mod
I got my Bonny to drive back and forth to work and in the winter so ultimate performance is not my goal. That being said having a little bit more passing power isn't a bad thing. So I did a ram air on it a few days ago. I had a K&N filtercharger tube from my Camaro just sitting in my garage, so I thought this would flow way better then the stock airbox. The K&N cone filter I got for it sits just behind the headlight and the tube curves into the MAF where I also took out the MAF screen. It pulls a little harder now and I don't need to use as much throttle to maintain speed or go up hills etc. If I had to rate the HP I'd say around 10, maybe a couple shy. Haven't had any idle or other problems as I've heard of a few people having after they took out the MAF screen. Anyways just thought I'd share...L8r...Andru.
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AAAAh....Imitation is the greatest form of flattery....I do believe that i *cough* MURDOCK has started something here... :P
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Ok smartasses. Looks like another MAF winner. Near as I can figure, those of us with stock airboxes or modified stock airboxes can't take the screen out without affecting the idle, but those running a cone or a CAI can. Mine is a modified stock box, breathes a TON better, too, but I'm still waiting to see what Ty or angry duck can come up with for a CAI.
Adru, unless you've got a scoop somewhere you didn't tell us about, you don't have Ram Air, but if you do, I wanna know where you put it! I don't have room to route ANYTHING out of the airbox area, as you can see from this photo (no laughing at the web page, I'm in the process of gutting it):
http://home.attbi.com/~bill.wren/
BTW for all you guys waiting for info on my water injection system, look at my pic. You'll see the top of a little water bottle with a breather in the lid right behind the driver'* side strut, and a little 5/32" tube running to the intake. That was prototype #1, and gained 2 pounds of boost on the gauge.
Eat my steam, non-believers
Adru, unless you've got a scoop somewhere you didn't tell us about, you don't have Ram Air, but if you do, I wanna know where you put it! I don't have room to route ANYTHING out of the airbox area, as you can see from this photo (no laughing at the web page, I'm in the process of gutting it):
http://home.attbi.com/~bill.wren/
BTW for all you guys waiting for info on my water injection system, look at my pic. You'll see the top of a little water bottle with a breather in the lid right behind the driver'* side strut, and a little 5/32" tube running to the intake. That was prototype #1, and gained 2 pounds of boost on the gauge.
Eat my steam, non-believers
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Originally Posted by willwren
Ok smartasses. Looks like another MAF winner. Near as I can figure, those of us with stock airboxes or modified stock airboxes can't take the screen out without affecting the idle, but those running a cone or a CAI can. Mine is a modified stock box, breathes a TON better, too, but I'm still waiting to see what Ty or angry duck can come up with for a CAI.
Adru, unless you've got a scoop somewhere you didn't tell us about, you don't have Ram Air, but if you do, I wanna know where you put it! I don't have room to route ANYTHING out of the airbox area, as you can see from this photo (no laughing at the web page, I'm in the process of gutting it):
http://home.attbi.com/~bill.wren/
BTW for all you guys waiting for info on my water injection system, look at my pic. You'll see the top of a little water bottle with a breather in the lid right behind the driver'* side strut, and a little 5/32" tube running to the intake. That was prototype #1, and gained 2 pounds of boost on the gauge.
Eat my steam, non-believers
Adru, unless you've got a scoop somewhere you didn't tell us about, you don't have Ram Air, but if you do, I wanna know where you put it! I don't have room to route ANYTHING out of the airbox area, as you can see from this photo (no laughing at the web page, I'm in the process of gutting it):
http://home.attbi.com/~bill.wren/
BTW for all you guys waiting for info on my water injection system, look at my pic. You'll see the top of a little water bottle with a breather in the lid right behind the driver'* side strut, and a little 5/32" tube running to the intake. That was prototype #1, and gained 2 pounds of boost on the gauge.
Eat my steam, non-believers
Holy HOSES batman!! That'* a strange looking air box
alrighty...so you have a '93 SSEi. I can't see in your picture, but I am going to assume that the fog lights are in the middle and close together. Which sucks. However, you can still work with that. Bring a hose down behind the grill and headlights and set it just through your fog light. Not enough so that it'* sticking out, but enough that it is still pulling air. Does that work?
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O.K. it may not be a true ram air, I just called it that. My next goal is to put a scoop/hose to run cold air to the cone. I'll take a closer look to see where the best spot to do that is.
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I have also seen baffles used to grab and force air up. This is also a great way to get air and requires no hoses just don’t block the holes already in place. I have a few ideas but haven’t tested them all. So wherever you can get alot of air you are set. Personally I am building a baffle system that will flood the area with more air while reducing visible changes and hoses..
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That'* kinda my thoughts. A true ram air with a hood scoop would be great, second would be a hidden scoop somewhere below. I was actually hoping Blk_Bonneville had done some design work for us! Maybe I'm being a little nitpicky, but I've also considered a cooling duct to direct air over the top of the blower. I don't need a barbecue under the hood.
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That'* kinda my thoughts. A true ram air with a hood scoop would be great, second would be a hidden scoop somewhere below. I was actually hoping Blk_Bonneville had done some design work for us! Maybe I'm being a little nitpicky, but I've also considered a cooling duct to direct air over the top of the blower. I don't need a barbecue under the hood.
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Hmmmm....how much room....or how tall is it? I may have to go to the junkyard, or have Deathrat look it up for me.
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