Shaun,
Ill burden the list. For 20.00 I put ram air on my R/T as an
experiment. 3" schedule 40 PVC, one 45 elbow smoothed inside with a
grinder, + a couple of 3" rubber couplings + a 3" to 4.5" transisiton
rubber coupling for the bell and presto! Its not as smooth internally
as it could be and the "Bell" behind my grill is only 4.5" dia, but it
seems to work well. Ive got some aluminized silica cloth/silicone foam
sheet that I am going to insulate the box with. Cheap and effective so
far! Also, you can "flip" the hat hold down on the throttle body to
eliminate the big blockage at the venturis! Just remove the short hold
down screw and replace it with one about 1/2" longer, run a nut on it,
and create a 1/4" spacer under the hat (I used thick walled tubing
connected in a circle) and viola, no more blockage at the venturis!
Bruce
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com
[mailto:Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 6:00 PM
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
Subject: DML: Air Intake Temp
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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