Ram Air

[CamBoy]

I have a BigBlock hood from RK Sport and i am wanting to make it functional. The hood has all the duct work in it already. What would it take and how much moola would it take to make this happen.

[4onFloor]

what are you putting this on?

[CamBoy]

its going on a 94 z28 camaro

[89IROC&RS]

i had the same idea for my third gen. probly gonna take cutting out the scoop hole, that isnt really there for some reason. and putting the TPI airbox under it, and adding foam insulation to the edges untill you create a seal all the way around. now the trick is to find out how to make it, so you can drive it in the rain without hydro locking your engine

[CamBoy]

how is it all set up in the ss's? I need to look at an ss and see, cuase they have the ram air......

[96CamaroSS]

YearOne sells ram air boxes for aftermarket hoods. Here are some underhood pictures of my 96 SS.

[Joseph1082]

I have nver heard that Ram Air actually works... it is a form of Cold air so you see gains fron that, but as to actual "Ram Air", I believe the engine sucks air at a speed so much greater than the speed of the air, that there is no "Ram Air" effect.

[96CamaroSS]

Originally Posted by Joseph1082

I have nver heard that Ram Air actually works... it is a form of Cold air so you see gains fron that, but as to actual "Ram Air", I believe the engine sucks air at a speed so much greater than the speed of the air, that there is no "Ram Air" effect.

But the way they have it set up the air is forced into the intake. So you can say it is ramed in.

[Joseph1082]

But not realy, because the intake sucks in air at a speed much greater... if I am inhaling at 200+mph you can't really "Ram" air down my throat my blowing 60mph, see my point, so I think wasting the extra money to make it function isn't worth it, just for looks. The SS's quoted 15hp extra is even attributed by Chevy to be from an exhaust upgrade.

[96CamaroSS]

I would have to dis-agree. The SS air induction is way better than a stock. It is functional in the way that it pulls in way more air than a stock air intake. The stock intake on any 93 - 97 Zs8 only has a hole about 6 inches in diameter from where it pulls the air from inside the front bumper. The 96 and 97 SS area is twice as much as stock 12" x 6". I would have to agree that only so much air is allowed in, but twice as much as stock. Also the air it pulls in has to be way cooler than the air stuck in the front bumper area that is getting heated up by the engine compartment. According to my SLP brochure from 96 on the Z28 SS it says a stock SS without exhaust is 305 hp. The performance exhaust if ordered adds 5 hp. So lets do some math. 285 hp is the HP of a stock Z28 in 96. So lets add 5 hp to that. 290 Hp... So the rest (20 hp) has to made up in the air intake, because the SS car was not reprogrammed or had the throttle body changed. It still had the stock Z28 48mm one. Then look at the 96 Firehawk. It was rated at 315 hp that's because the air cleaner design is so much better than the SS. It had 2 times the area of the SS and better flow.

[Joseph1082]

Everyone knows that GM numbers are S*it, you should know that. I said it does function as a Cold-air set-up, drawing in cold outside air, good for a few ponies... as to the "Ram Air" effect, it doesn't exist, as per my two previous posts.

[CamBoy]

Joseph, you can't actualy tell me that a bigger opening will not force more air into your engine at 60 mph than a smaller one. Physics shows that when you have a large opening with air being forced into it, which would be a larger volume, then it speeds up when it is pushed into a smaller area. Thus the car is pushing more air into the engine at a higher speed.

Simple fact is, "MORE AIR INTO THE ENGINE = MORE HORSEPOWER".

[Chevyracincamaro]

god not this again...lol

[CamBoy]

what do you mean?

[Chevyracincamaro]

sift back through the older threads and find the one on the ram air working or not working. we had a nice eight page discussion on the matter filled with theories and physics equations, and i still dont think we resolved the issue. kindof funny when you think about it...lol