You better be sure as hell that she doesn't have to wash her favorite dres
or anything until you get another one !
At 10:20 PM 6/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>> BKB wrote:
>> Cold air inductors,
>> Great big gulps of cool air is best! The jiffy pop system is a definite
>> step in the right direction! Dont let those "goofy" comments affect your
>> development. Form follows function.
>> At 5500 rpm the 360 v8 should require about 580 CFM of air. At 70F the
>> density and sea level assume a density of 1. As the air heats up, density
>> drops. At 125F density (very approx) is around .7 of what it was at 70 F.
>> Your CFM requirements go up to 750 CFM @ 5500rpm. Add pressure drops
due to
>> routing and air cleaners etc. and the number keeps rising. OUch... Dont
>> think the little throttle body can cope without those mods ive been hearing
>> about. Additionally, your power output drops 1% for every 300ft of
>> elevation over sea level ( approx rule of thumb). Your computor can only
>> compensate so much. Bottom line, the more cold air you give your motor,
the
>> less you punish your ET. Sizing the ducts for the ram/cold air system
>> requires a lot of fluid dynamics/duct flow calcs and would be specific to
>> the implementation of the system. Open air systems (FABM etc.) may flow
>> (and probably do) the CFM, but the throttle body without mods may not.
With
>> cold air, you dont need to do as many mods to get the same output. Add
>> altitude and it becomes clear that cold air is key! Pretty obvious rules
>> of thumb say short routing, smooth large diameter tubes and large plenum
for
>> the air box will all help. Seems like the ram air hoods are the best bet
>> from a routing standpoint, but they have too small of an opening (like the
>> Challenger "sport" hoods, great looking, but not very functional). The
>> jiffy pop cold air system (JPCAS?) may need a larger dia "popper" or
>> possibly two inlets, one on either side to really flow at the limit.
>> my .02
>> BKB
>
>
>All right you convinced me I'll be taking the last 4' section
>of hose off the wife's dryer to make a "SJPCASCOK" (Super Jiffy Pop
>Cold Air System Courtesy of Kenmore). So what if the laundry
>room has reached nuclear core meltdown temperature I may have
>gained a tenth in the quarter mile :~).
>
>Mike Catlin
>
W . Jack Hilton III
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