ram air intakes?
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Nope...well, it depends on a lot of things. I saw one example where someone crunched all the numbers and for (I think it was) a chevy 350 to benefit from a ram-air setup it would need to go 185mph. I saw another page where a motorcycle would benefit from some ram-air system at something like 130mph. The motorcycle one actually tested it using huge fans blowing air to replicate driving speed and put it on a dyno. Anyway IMO, no they don't "ram air" but they will pull in cool air from outside the hood and thats a benefit. Plus they generally do it with less turns than something like a FWI so it has that as an added benefit.
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Yes, it does work. But it depends on what you're trying to do with it:
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...am+air+ambient
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...am+air+ambient
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Originally Posted by willwren
Yes, it does work. But it depends on what you're trying to do with it:
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...am+air+ambient
http://www.bonnevilleclub.com/forum/...am+air+ambient
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Ramming doesn't make much sense with a Supercharger already pulling all it can take, so that'* well said.
The cooling worked out better than I hoped or expected. Both for the intake charge and the external supercharger cooling.
The cooling worked out better than I hoped or expected. Both for the intake charge and the external supercharger cooling.
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heh yeah, but naturally aspirated too. For cooling, you're dang right its good at its job, I've seen your low *** IAT readings
..but it doesn't actually 'ram air' if that makes sense.
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ok in nascar they have the intake between the hood and the winshield where the high pressure is at, and in nascar applications they can get positive boost
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Originally Posted by dblack1
ok in nascar they have the intake between the hood and the winshield where the high pressure is at, and in nascar applications they can get positive boost
Now all that technical stuff asside. I assume that given a large enough scoop and the fact that your car could overcome the wind resistance generated, that you could make more power with 'ram air'. But that just isn't practical by any stretch of the imagination.
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