here is a straight steal for all you ls1 owners.

[LT1MAN]

im sure other people have done this before but for those of you who have an ls1 and you dont know, dont sleep on this.

i helped my brother make ram air on his 98 z28.

the two big nasty holes on the front underneith the grill, yeah, them things were put there for a reason.

hes got a wisper lid, underneith the filter we cut a big ass square hole through that cross section that goes across the front under the hood underneith the air filter, and under that we put some plastic adapters from square to round to adapt to 2 4" dryer vents and routed those to the holes on the front bumper after cutting out that styrofoam shit that is blocking the holes from the factory, and sealed it all up.

spent about $15.

gained about 30-40hp at 60+ mph.

i would do the same shit on my lt1 but theres really no room.

ill tell you what tho that ls1 LOVES ram air, it runs friggin awesome.

i can still beat him tho.

[89IROC&RS]

did you have it dyno'd, or are you guessing at power numbers???

[cooltc2004]

cant really have it dynoed if its ram air, for you need air going in

[korndogg]

Originally Posted by cooltc2004

cant really have it dynoed if its ram air, for you need air going in

they have fans that go infront of the car.....at least the one by me has a huge ass fan that they put in the front so the engine doesnt overheat.

[Savage Messiah]

i doubt 30-40

[LT1MAN]

no it was definately a guess, we'll say an educated camaro owners guess, based on performance before installation, and performance after installation: we beat a z06. im assuming is was the 370 hp z06 not the 405. other than the ram air all he has are the rest of the free mods, and k&n, wisper lid, 80 series flowmaster

[89IROC&RS]

Originally Posted by cooltc2004

cant really have it dynoed if its ram air, for you need air going in

its not ram air, its a cold air induction setup. there is no such thing as ram air on a piston engine. cold air works even if youre sitting still because it draws air from outside the engine bay into the engine.

as for the power esimate, if he beat a Z06, i would say it picked up a good ammount of power, however i would attribute a bit of it to other mods, cold air is worth maybe 10-20hp depending on your engine setup.

[cooltc2004]

Originally Posted by LT1MAN

i helped my brother make ram air on his 98 z28.

Sorry about that, i read this statement and realy didnt look into his post. Im here as a carmaro owner wannabe =)

[LT1MAN]

well whatever you want to call it, ram air cold air, or just how underrated ls1's are, that mug bounced on a z06

[89IROC&RS]

eh dont feel bad guys, GM confused alot of people by calling it that, weve had two very in depth debates on this forum about it lol.

[Savage Messiah]

you think i could fab up something to this effect on mine?

[92rs25th]

[quote=LT1MAN] about 30-40hp at 60+ mph. [quote]

That seems like a crap load of HP , I doubt it's even touching on 10 HP.
30 hp boost are from turbos and serious bore jobs and tiny super chargers. No way in hell can you gain 30 - 40 HP from just clearing up some air flow. I put a short ram on my 3rd ge ad I got maybe 4 - 7 Hp , 7 Tops. When I run it true CAI , 10 max. LT1 or LS1 , That's still a unreachable gain for such a puny mod.

How could you tell 30 - 40 hp gain at 60 mph anyways ? Doesn't make sense. Maybe when he's going 60 MPH + and getting massive air flow shooting up that tube and mashes it into the passing gear / power gear / WOT / whatever you want to call it , It jerks a bit more but only from slight Hp gain. Take it and dyno it and get some numbers and you'll see how the CAI actually boosts HP.

[92rs25th]

Originally Posted by korndogg

they have fans that go infront of the car.....at least the one by me has a huge ass fan that they put in the front so the engine doesnt overheat.

A company I found today has a dyno and they are set up with fans that blow 140 MPH.

[korndogg]

Originally Posted by 92rs25th

A company I found today has a dyno and they are set up with fans that blow 140 MPH.

holy shit..i never saw fans on a dyno like that.