Cold air intakes
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The main difference between a cold air intake and a shortram is that a shortram is simpler, and the filter is in the engine compartment, drawing in warmer air. A cold air intake is more complicated and the filter is usually in the fender or otherwise isolated from engine compartment heat. | The main difference between a cold air intake and a shortram is that a shortram is simpler, and the filter is in the engine compartment, drawing in warmer air. A cold air intake is more complicated and the filter is usually in the fender or otherwise isolated from engine compartment heat. | ||
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| + | == Ram Air Systems == | ||
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| + | There some other methods used to achieve cold air to the engine. Now the major part of the horsepower gain to be had are from the egine seeing colder exterior air as opposed to hot underhood air. By looking at the aerodynamics of a moving car we can also pick up some ram air effect by careful placement of the air intake. There are basically two areas of high pressure found on a normal passenger car. The first is at the front of the car in the grille area and the other is at the intersection of the base of the windshield and the hood. By locating our air intake in either area we can show a gain. | ||
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| + | The simple way to do this is to use some of the aluminum dryer vent tube (the flexible kind) and route it from behind the grille to the existing air cleaner housing. This works on the older cars that did not have exterior air routed to the engine. A solution that is a bit more work is to cut some holes in the air intake vent inside the enigine compartment to access cold air from the base of the windshield. make some collars to be pop riveted in and run your dryer vent to the air cleaner. | ||
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