Don't disagree with that at all.
As for the "Ram Air" effect, the Top Fuel Dragsters actually experience a
small "boost" in pressure due to the design of their air scoops creating
just a few more ponies. (I'll dig up the article but I believe it was
around .8psi boost...that's at 300+mph.) Marketing...those strange people
who come up with crazy terms that stick with us for the rest of our lives.
;)
- Bernd
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Marty Galyean
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 9:29 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: Re: DML: Cowl Induction Vs Ram Air Which Better/How?
I'm referring to both. No argument here, Bernd. The terms have become
fuzzy.
I'm not talking exact definitions, but the connotations that people have. I
have heard people use 'ram air' for both. Though usually they say 'ram
induction' when they mean 'tuning' if they don't say 'induction'. As you
point out, there are much better ways to increase psi than 'ram air'. 'Ram'
without any qualifiers refers to tuning and I'll stand by that. People have
been playing with ram tuning since the late 1800s, long before the 100+mph
'ram
air' effects were even dreamed of. I think 'ram air' was a marketroid term
playing off the tuning terminology, though it is a legitimate term for jet
engines and indy cars. Like calling a car a 'Mach I'.
If only things were so simple as two distinct terms.
"Bernd D. Ratsch" wrote:
> And that's the definition that most of the "Ram Air" hoods are using.
> You're referring to Ram Tuning.
>
> - Bernd
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