http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...item=594304244

I know i can probably fabricate these, but do they look like it would be worth it? It says that they can make like 12hp and 19 ft/lbs. seems like it might be worth it. opinions???

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*1989 RS
*Red, Daytona Turbo fiberglass hood, chrome 16x8 IROC wheels
*355 CID
*TPI ported plenum, SLP siamesed runners, Edelbrock high flow intake
*Edelbrock TES Headers (getting SLP 1 3/4 this summer)
*Richmond 3.73, Auburn Posi
*Modded 700-R4, 2800 stall converter
*NO recent time slips.

 

IMHO, I think ram air on a street car just plain sucks. It turned my car into a steet sweeper. I found things ranging from dragon flies, to leaves and acorns lodged in my K&N's. I also took it off for a while, then made passes at the track on the same night to verify it's performance gain. I went from a 13.26 avg. to a 13.28 avg. - it seemed to MPH better w/o the ram air. I've seen it work for other people, but it wasn't worth a damn to me.

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1986 IROC, fully loaded, Mini Ram'd 383, Art Carr 700R4, Accel DFI, 12 bolt rear, etc, etc......

[This message has been edited by 86 IROC (edited August 19, 2001).]

 

how can you show accurate gains from a chassis dyno on a ram air kit? you have to be driving (actually moving at higher speeds) to get a ram air effect. they might have just taken out the air filter or something cuz it just doesn't sound right
just do what i did. cut out the bottom of the air box so that when you look up from the ground you can see the air filters. that may be the difference they noticed. i doubt that much of a gain from what i did but you really can't tell from the sotp dyno
Andrew

 

I don't know about performance gains, but after I did the homemade ram-air my MAT sensor read under 100 degrees. Before the ram-air I was at 117ish. This is with the TB bypass as well.

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1988 L98
Vette Heads/no EGR
SLP Headers/Y-Pipe
ARAP bin