Ram air debate, anyone?
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| Author: | bcrowell [ Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | How to build a headlight cold-air intake? |
I hope you guys aren't going to think I'm sacreligious, but I've stuffed a 360-V8 into my '62 V-200. There's too much hot air under the hood, and I need a cold air intake. I would like to construct the kind of headlight cold air intake system that the old dragsters used back in the '60's. This is where, on the quad-headlight system, you just use the outer headlights for night driving and devote both of the inner ones to air intake funnels. Anybody have any suggestions, especially where I can get the parts, and what kind of parts to use? You can pretend I have a slant-6 if you want. I just need to figure out how to get started, and can probably take it from there. Thanks in advance |
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| Author: | sandy in BC [ Thu Sep 21, 2006 2:46 pm ] |
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If I pretend its a slant six .....then there is enough air under the hood/intake. Problem solved. |
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| Author: | Reed [ Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:08 pm ] |
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All you need to do is build a duct from the snorkle to the headlight bucket. Use fiberglass and clothes dryer exhaust hose. |
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| Author: | oldgoat83 [ Thu Sep 21, 2006 4:46 pm ] |
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I used a piece of plastic, flexible gutter downspout. The rectangular end that screws into the downspout is just big enough to go overtop the port on my truck. The round end however had to be folded to taper it down to fit the air box. It's held on with a large hose clamp. I did have to move the charcoal canister around to make it all fit. To be honest, I don't know if it's doing any good. |
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| Author: | sixpar [ Thu Sep 21, 2006 5:13 pm ] |
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GASP..... sorry, my pretender just broke. Paul |
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| Author: | Orange72 [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:21 am ] |
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Don't forget to enrich the fuel-air mixture a little after you do it; it will be slightly lean with all the extra air being forced in. |
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| Author: | slantvaliant [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 6:28 am ] |
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Ram air debate, anyone?
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| Author: | FrankRaso [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:01 am ] |
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I think you're looking for something like a Ram Air Box. Have a look at this site: http://www.ramairbox.com/product.html |
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:11 pm ] |
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Move the battery to the trunk, then use the nice 3" or 4" round rain-protected hole already present in the radiator support panel. Voila, easy and cheap cold ram air, and you get to keep all four headlamps. |
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| Author: | Reed [ Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:31 pm ] |
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Quote: Move the battery to the trunk, then use the nice 3" or 4" round rain-protected hole already present in the radiator support panel. Voila, easy and cheap cold ram air, and you get to keep all four headlamps.
Then you can buy some of Dan's Cibie H4 headlamps!
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| Author: | bcrowell [ Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:42 pm ] |
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Hi, Dan, how are you doing? Well, the battery is already in the trunk because there's no room in the engine compartment of an early-series ('60-'62) A-body for a battery when you install a V8. The heater box is history, too. And I've already lost that big hole in the radiator support panel because I had to re-work that panel extensively (removed a lot of it) in order to install the larger radiator that is necessary for the V8. I'm just going to have to figure out how to do it with the inner headlamps. I really liked that Ram Air site. I'll bet I could use their pieces. They're a little bit pricey, though, aren't they? Quote: Move the battery to the trunk, then use the nice 3" or 4" round rain-protected hole already present in the radiator support panel. Voila, easy and cheap cold ram air, and you get to keep all four headlamps.
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| Author: | SlantSixDan [ Sat Sep 23, 2006 9:22 pm ] |
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I still think you should try for a behind-the-grille air pickup rather than a headlamp-hole pickup. Headlamp-hole pickups suck up all kinds of trash (rain, rocks, snow, spiders, birds, small children...) |
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| Author: | VDART [ Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | ram air |
check ebay for dual snorkel mustangs or other ford products-- might be other manufacturers-- but I noticed more ford style-- they had a dual set up from the factory that you could modify & not pay the ram air price--- By the way have you ever taken your V8 down the 1/4 mile ? just curious,. Lawrence |
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| Author: | bcrowell [ Mon Sep 25, 2006 7:06 am ] |
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"Have you ever taken your V8 down the quarter mile?" No, I've been a slacker in that department. The only time I floored the car off the line, it popped a wheelie on me and just about scared the s**t out of me! For one thing, I need to learn to launch the car a lot better. Second, I had no idea how many things you have to sort out when you build your own car that you take for granted when you drive a stock vehicle. Also, I don't think I have it running as well as it should; for one reason, due to all the hot air under the hood. I did install a larger air cleaner, and it does seem to run somewhat better. And I'm thinking that maybe I want to install a roll cage before I go to the drags. Mostly I've just been too busy doing other stuff to prepare the car for the drags, but I would like to do it sometime in the not-too-distant future. In the meantime, it makes a really nifty driver. |
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| Author: | dakight [ Mon Sep 25, 2006 6:42 pm ] |
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If nothing else you can surprise a few ricers and the occasional Mustang. I do hope you have adequate floor pan and frame rail reinforcement; that little unibody was designed for about 1/3 the torque you're putting to it. |
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