Check it out: My junkyard electric fan install and homemade intake tubing
03-24-2005, 05:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Qwik03
Looks good but you need to loose the factory air box.
My 4" "Oxidizer" Home Depot intake worked great and cost me less than $30.00.
My 4" "Oxidizer" Home Depot intake worked great and cost me less than $30.00.
Also, on my 2000 GMC removing the little flap in front of the airbox, near the grill. I think that was dyno'd to be worth 1hp. Ill take 1hp
03-24-2005, 09:01 PM
#13
Well, I've decided to do something a little unique. I didn't like the quality of the el-cheapo ebay heatshields. Plus, they were all made of metal - NOT GOOD! After researching ebay, I came across this picture of a Dakota airbox by VOLANT:
What I am going to do, is cut a hole in the bottom of the stock airbox to accept a dryer duct ramair setup. I am also going to cut the metal plate under the stock airbox as well.
In addition to the ramair setup, I'm going to drill small 5/16" holes in the bottom of the stock airbox to give the motor something to breathe out of when the car is not moving (ie. when the ramair is not functioning).
I have read several negative accounts of ram air setups. NO WONDER!! Around town, or at a standstill, the motor simply cannot breathe. It has to breathe through several feat of dryer ducting. I will solve this by drilling 5/16" holes in the airbox in addition to running a ramair setup!!
What I am going to do, is cut a hole in the bottom of the stock airbox to accept a dryer duct ramair setup. I am also going to cut the metal plate under the stock airbox as well.
In addition to the ramair setup, I'm going to drill small 5/16" holes in the bottom of the stock airbox to give the motor something to breathe out of when the car is not moving (ie. when the ramair is not functioning).
I have read several negative accounts of ram air setups. NO WONDER!! Around town, or at a standstill, the motor simply cannot breathe. It has to breathe through several feat of dryer ducting. I will solve this by drilling 5/16" holes in the airbox in addition to running a ramair setup!!
03-25-2005, 08:41 AM
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Over time that upper fan mount will rub through the radiator from the vibration of the fan and truck. It looks like it is resting on the fins already. What I do is open up a small section of the fins and put in a piece of vacuum line that is the right size, that isolates the hard plastic tie from the radiator.
Also, is that a Taurus fan? It looks like the one I got for my S10, and that thing flows a lot of air.
Also, is that a Taurus fan? It looks like the one I got for my S10, and that thing flows a lot of air.
03-28-2005, 05:17 AM
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Ram Air Is Only Effective @ 100+ MPH.
Unless you are going 100mph or more, all you are getting is cooler air. I learned this many years ago having a 1970 Road Runner 440 6 pack with the pop up air scoop and from a Mopar performance engineer.
The Road Runner was a heavily breathed on by the dealership as a State Trooper Interceptor. 1/4 mile in 13.9 @ 106 mph and would keep climbing. A real fast stump puller she was.
The Road Runner was a heavily breathed on by the dealership as a State Trooper Interceptor. 1/4 mile in 13.9 @ 106 mph and would keep climbing. A real fast stump puller she was.
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