Believe me, unless you had someone else do the work (expensive)
installing a hoodscoop and getting it to look GOOD is no piece of cake.
Not terribly hard, but much, much more painstaking than the FABM. Anyone
disagree? No, you wouldn't have to get rid of the FIPK with a cowl
induction hood. ANY hood scoop will work to vent heat from and feshair
to the engine compartment. Varying designs and varying means of
directing fresh air to the intake have varying degrees of efficiency,
aerodynamic drag, esthetics, ect.
Good luck,
Tate
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>From: Robert Trottmann[SMTP:rotrottmann@davidson.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 1997 9:41 PM
>To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
>Subject: Re: DML: New to List
>
>Thanks for the info. I looked at the FABM: way over my head. If I get the
>FIPK now, will I have to upgrade later if I get cowl induction? I don't want
>to spend $100 now, to throw it away with a hood upgrade. Also, do I have to
>get a whole new hood, or do those fiberglass hood scoops out of J.C. Whitney
>work, or are they crap? Are there any cons to cowl air induction?
>
>JT McBride wrote:
>
>> First, welcome!
>> > Finally to my question. I want to upgrade my intake, but I want
>> >more than just an FIPK. Can I get ram- air w/o a whole new hood? If I
>> >do end up with just an FIPK, is installation that tough? Thanks in
>> >advance for any information you can give,
>>
>> Lot's of listmembers have FIPK. You might look into FABM (Fresh Air By
>> Meldrum) - involves some metal bending of your own, but results are
>> superior to the K&N setup because you're drawing outside air, instead of
>> underhood air.
>>
>> There are aftermarket hoods available. Personally, I'd go for a cowl-
>> induction setup, as they're more effective at getting pressurized air.
>>
>> There's also an outfit that makes a plastic part that cleans up the
>> airflow into the throttle body - even in the stock airbox. You can
>> get the throttle body ported and polished, you can pay about $600 and
>> get the intake manifold ExtrudeHone'd, or you can pay in the neighborhood
>> of $4000 and get a blower for the Dakota from Vortech or Paxton.
>>
>> Choices.
>>
>> Jim
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