Funny that you brought that up!!!
I am tossing around some plans on making a cold ram air induction that should kick
ass. This should bring the intake air temps way way down, which means a lot of
horse power gain.
Stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Colin H.
Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> I did my first "mod" yesterday, I installed a K&N airfilter in the standard
> "Box" (it was a 2018) and the truck seemed to breathe much better after that.
> I have a huge problem with something else I discovered though. I went to
> uncouple the box top and it was ENORMOUSLY hot. I can only imagine, that
> after the air goes through that hot box, what temperature it is when it enters
> the engine. If the intake system gets that hot just cruising around, I'd hate
> to see how hot it is when you really work the engine.
> I know many of you put the "open air" kits and K&N filters on the trucks,
> but those seem like they too would be pulling hot air off the engine. After
> reading about the other mods out there, (like ram air: that would solve the
> problem) I'm curious if anyone has ever thought of having an inexpensive
> custom intake system made. It seems to me like there's a ton of space there
> to work with if you remove the factory system.
>
> Here's some basic ideas that could be incorporated into a custom system:
>
> An intercooler
> Laminar Air Flow
> Ceramic or Fiberglass Heat shielding
>
> If anyone else has some interest in trying to develop a system like this,
> go ahead and e-mail me directly (no sense in burdening the list with a bunch
> of technical yak). I figure the above system could be done for about $200 (a
> guess) using over-the counter parts, which would be cheaper than a ram air
> system and would keep your Dak looking stock on the outside. Just some ideas
> rolling around in my brain.
>
> Shaun
> Tustin, CA
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