the other day i saw a teg with its passenger side high beam out and the intake cone filter in its place on the inside of the hood. is there ANY benefit from this? the guy said " its ram air yo" but i just dont know

 

anyone?

 

ya i think rally drivers and draggers use that to get more air into their intake, but thats just my theory

 

i just dont see the performance value of this

 

When traveling fast with a filter or some sort of pipe/passage that leads to a filter is more direct rather than having the filter sitting behind the headlight/lower rigt bumper.

 

exactly what i was just about to say

 

It isnt ram air, technically, but it is just placing the filter where it has direct contact with airflow. I could definitely see a benefit.

 

good luck when it rains. i was thinking about setting up my intake like that but the thought the thought of driving down the highway with an inch of rain bouncing off my hood and windshield led me to place it behind the turn signal.

 

sorry to dissapoint everyone, but the benefits are very minimal. Ram Air is a joke anyway since you have to go over 400 MPH to actually shove enough air into the intake to make a difference in pressure.

Cold air intake is good because the air sucked in is a lot cooler then from the engine bay , but the longer piping isn't good for top end power.

Short air intake is good becuase the pipe distance is short making for good top end power , but the air is taken from the engine bay which has slightly higher temps (the engine bay gets a little cooler when moving, but when stopped it's hot again).

You can now see the advantage of pulling out the headlight and sticking the air filter their. it's cold AND short travelling, but forget about "shoving" air into the intake.....it's just not physically possible (goddamn physics always getting in the way ).

 

the other day i sent a guy $500 for a set of wheels, then he dissappeared. WHERES MY WHEELS?

 

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hows this related to this thread&gt;?

 

CAI and SRI are just for different powerbands.. all the tests show abient air temp under the hood while driving is the same but they will have different heatsoak since one is longer it will disperse heat easier

 

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hows this related to this thread&gt;?</TD></TR></TABLE>

hes calling the guy a scammer

 

Thats the correct answer. 1quickls has $500 of mine and promised to have a set of Rota Slipstreams at my house three days ago.....now, phone disconnected, email comes back and non-existent, and he wont reply to pm's so Im trying to get his attention on his posts. Where ya at Josh?

 

 

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I'm just going to post something so he gets an anwer.

 

 

uh oh, bump for a potential scandal

 

bump all day and night, total scammer

 

hopefully its a misunderstanding and the shipment got lost in the hurricane!

 

hmmm, Utah to Colorado....No hurricanes up in here. Seriously though Im with you, there is nothing I would like to see more than a set of rotas on my doorstep, but someone doesnt change their email disconnect their phone and fall off the face of the planet if their not scamming ya.

 

yeah thats a lot of things to go bad to consider it a coincidense!!! i also hate loosing money!!! lost almost $300 on ebay ******* theives!!! these days they dont have to steal your car all they have to do is **** you over on the internet. my deepest condolances!! GOOD LUCK!!!!

 

I PMd 1quickLS...lets hope this situations gets resolved easily.

 

Dont do the headlight blackout thing.

I went to a Honda-tech meet at shine street about a year ago, and the Hondata guy was there giving us a seminar about various mods, and this subject came up. He said because of the shape of the bumper/headlights, putting a hole there with a intake tube wont do much since the air that is flowing in that area is going OVER the headlight/bumper, directing air up and over, away from the hole. It's better to put the tube where the mouth opening is in the bumper. Sorry if it sounds confusing, if you want more info contact Hondata... Im sure others that went to the meet remember him talking about this.

BTW about that ram air thing, i forget where i read this from, but i heard if you had a tube with a airhorn at the end of it, at 70 mph it creates the equivilent of 1psi of boost...dunno if thats true, but whatever

 

thanks grsdriver, thats the intention I have by doing this is to get more people involved. Much appreciation!