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04-10-2009, 01:03 AM
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ram air ?
do they make a ram air kit for a 79 c10 ? if so were can i find one at ?
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04-10-2009, 01:06 AM
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Re: ram air ?
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04-14-2009, 10:27 PM
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Re: ram air ?
I made mine its an 88 crew cab and yes thats 4" pipe
  on the 81-91 core support they have 4" holes on each side of the radiator. I went and looked at a 70 somethings core support and it looks like you could blow a hole in it.
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04-15-2009, 03:16 PM
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Re: ram air ?
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 do you have a small filter in the Plenum on top of the carb 
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04-14-2009, 10:46 PM
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Re: ram air ?
I'm the first as far as I know to adapt a ram air box to a 88-91 grill setup.
I use a 81-82 bumper as the inlet.  
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04-15-2009, 01:30 AM
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Re: ram air ?
where do you guys buy your air box ?
my c10 has 1 hole on one side of the radiator the other is cover .
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04-15-2009, 08:40 AM
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Re: ram air ?
Look at Philatruck's post. It is a pretty inexpensive route, and it looks good too!
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04-15-2009, 09:55 AM
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04-15-2009, 10:40 AM
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Re: ram air ?
Mine have had holes on both sides. I've cut/ or removed the cover from the front part on the factory setup and the baffle in the air cleaner in the past. Technically, that is ram air--and nothing is cheaper.
gchemist--I likey.
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04-16-2009, 09:07 PM
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04-15-2009, 10:48 AM
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Re: ram air ?
My truck has the RamAir air cleaner box....the ducting and mounts at the core support are from the local hardware store. Dryer ducting.
 
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04-15-2009, 10:52 AM
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Sorry it's a shameless plug for me being a local hardware store manager!
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04-15-2009, 10:57 AM
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Right in front of you.
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04-15-2009, 04:36 PM
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04-15-2009, 04:53 PM
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Re: ram air ?
malo83 yes that has a filter in it there I'M thinking about reenginering it
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04-17-2009, 01:35 AM
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Re: ram air ?
It may look nice, but I've always thought that actual power from this was something of a myth.
Not just the ram part (insinuating that there's some sort of turbo effect) but the colder outside air on a street engine won't produce a noticeable difference in power. I'm not much for adding things that could fall off w/o a real advantage. Then again, mine's a 4x4, so not much can help in performance. Any thoughts? |
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04-17-2009, 08:25 PM
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Right on the line, baby!
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Re: ram air ?
Who said I'm running a street engine? Okay, just kidding.
The ram effect only happens at inconveniently high speeds, but the increased density of colder air, the increased mass of a given volume, increases engine output. If you want proof, look a drag times at high altitude. Heck, I noticed a difference in higher RPM power when I flipped air box lid.
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