Ram air

[Forkliftguy]

Ok, in a compromise with my wife who wants me to remove the front bumper I made (yeah, it is kinda rough) because she keeps bottoming it on her Grandmothers driveway, I'm going to install a hood scoop to retain my ram air and I'm gonna install my driving light in the factory fog light location. Here is a pic of what it will kind of look like with the new hood scoop (I just made it in MSpaint, it's not the real deal) which is on order. Any suggestions?

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[grfnkl]

that's too bad you are gonna take off the bottom driving lights... i guess it's for the best though... I have a curiosity question, how are you gonna hook up the ram air? are you gonna have enough clearance in the engine compartment...

[Forkliftguy]

I'll still have the driving lights, I'm going to put them where the factory fogs are. As far as the ram air goes, I modified the factory air/filter box to only be 4" deep when I had originally built my ram air conversion. And after playing around a bit I've been able to make it fit inbetween the engine and rad filter side up. All I need to do is build a bracket at work to hold the filter box in place and a some sort of seal for the scoop to feed the filter.

[skibum1111]

Use a piece of gasket that seals the hood off from the wiper cowl, it should be able to withstand the heat that builds up there, and you will probably have to get creative with some sheet metal at the bottom of the scoop, just remember to put in a baffle to avoid your engine ingesting water when it rains.

[Forkliftguy]

Originally Posted by skibum1111

Use a piece of gasket that seals the hood off from the wiper cowl, it should be able to withstand the heat that builds up there, and you will probably have to get creative with some sheet metal at the bottom of the scoop, just remember to put in a baffle to avoid your engine ingesting water when it rains.

That's a good idea, I never thought of that gasket and I know of a donor car where I could get it for this application. Sheet metal would make a good box for the gap, or I was also thinking of using a thermo plastic from one of my suppliers. There stuff is pretty easy to work with and they have equipment for "plastic welding". If I make the "gap box" removable I could remove it when it rains and have a cover for the opening of the scoop. That way there it draw air from under the hood in the wet stuff. I get the scoop next week, at the same time I think I'll build the header too

[skibum1111]

82-83 trans am's had a vacuum controlled scoop, maybe finding the control valve for one of those and a little creative plumbing and switching....

[mcbeefer]

i thought about creating a ram air set up for my 79 firebird, with a formula hood i think the best bet would be to look into a vacume or electic switch that you could open or close from inside your car also, maybe a one way valve before your filter that would close when the air was coming in through the ram air and open when you close the ram air. just a thought though