Re: Vortech& Ram-Air hood question

From: Elmer Hanhart (hanharte@SWBell.net)
Date: Thu Sep 17 1998 - 00:49:35 EDT


You can say that again I have a friend w/ a vorteched rustang and you
can hear him coming off the highway even w/ his quiet borlas. It is a
big intimidator to those who know the sound, to those who dont they
think it is fixin' to break. Probably cause it is!

Erich 98 ext. cab v8 5spd(remembered that time)

Holloway,Frank T wrote:
>
> Jim,
> A Vortech doesn't just whistle, it screams and can be heard for blocks away.
> A better bet would be just duct cold air from the side of the radiator to
> the K&N
> cone air filter. Additionally, I ran the oil feed for the Vortech through an
> Oil cooler before feeding the supercharger. A lot cheaper and easier to
> fabricate.
> Frank
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael DuBose [SMTP:mdubose@vt.edu]
> > Sent: Monday, September 14, 1998 8:57 PM
> > To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> > Subject: Re: DML: Vortech& Ram-Air hood question
> >
> > Everything that you said sounds really feasable. You probalbly won't have
> > enought clearance to put the air to air intercooler ontop on the engine.
> > You
> > might be able to get the right side nostrile. All you can do is
> > exsperiment and
> > take measurements and see what intercoolers you could use. I wouldn't run
> > the
> > intake for the supercharger through the stock box beause I would be afraid
> > of
> > starving the supercharger of its valuable air thus decreasing the power
> > gains.
> > Good luck.
> > Michael DuBose
> >
> > jim miller wrote:
> >
> > > What I want to do is use the ram air hood to cool a air to air
> > intercooler
> > > located in the duct between the supercharger and the throttle body
> > input.
> > > Looks possible to me if there is a ram air hood which can give enough
> > > clearance for the intercooler. Perhaps the dual nostril type. Then you
> > would
> > > gain from using the hood and the SC. I do believe, however, that the
> > K&N
> > > cone filter on the SC input could be ducted to the opening on the left
> > of the
> > > radiator on 97-99 models. Also I haven't heard a SC running but I hear
> > they
> > > "whistle while they work". If that whistle is heard at the input
> > filter, and
> > > one didn't want it to be heard, (as in sleeper) maybe run the input
> > through
> > > the stock filter box to quiet it down?
> > > Jim in Waco.
> > >
> > > > Is having a Vortech SC and a functional Ram-Air Hood on the same
> > truck
> > > > > possible?
> > > >
> > > > Don't think that it is possible since the supercharger takes air from
> > the
> > > > left side of the engine compartment. I truly don't think that you
> > would
> > > > notice that big of a difference if you could get it to work anyway.
> > >



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