Re: Air Intake Temp

From: Vanderburg (vanderbu@silk.net)
Date: Sun Aug 09 1998 - 12:27:14 EDT


I believe I'm getting lots more air with my dual ram air (twice ?) as
compare to the single ram air. Stock single 3.5" Vs Dual 3.5" intakes.
Stock one plumbed to collect the air up front between the radiator air
intake and Passenger head light, the other is again between the radiator air
intake and the Driver side head light.

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Crumley <mcrumley@airmail.net>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Saturday, August 08, 1998 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Air Intake Temp

>At 10:51 PM 8/7/98 , you wrote:
>
>>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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>I am hardly an expert in this area so I may be way off in my thinking (most
>likely explanation), but it seem to me that all this talk about cold air
>induction using dryer vent tube etc. is a big step backwards. After all,
>the whole idea of going the open face filter route was to increase the
>volume of the air flow into the TB. Now everyone seems so concerned with
>the temperature of the air. So they use these dryer vent tubes, etc. to get
>cold outside air. But doesn't that cut down the volume of the air getting
>to the TB? You're trading volume for temperature. Doesn't that put you
>right back where you started before you did any mods at all. Along with all
>these experiments trying to figure out the temperature of the air getting
>into the TB, I would like to see some numbers for the volume of air flowing
>through these home brew intakes. Especially compared to the stock air box.
>I still think you are better off with great big gulps of hot air rather
>than little bitty sips of cold air. Please have mercy in your responses.
>I'm trying to learn :)
>
>--
>Mike Crumley mcrumley@airmail.net
>97 Dakota RC 3.9L V6 3.55 Auto Rhino Liner
>Bug Shield Mud Flaps DDBC
>
>Everyone has the right to be stupid.
>Some people just abuse the privilege.
>



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