hey fellas...I recently got a new Volant CAI w/o the ram air to replace my K&N CAI and finally got it on the other day. So seeing today was a slow day I took a trip to home depot and pick up some stuff to make a ram air rather than spend lots of $. So heres what I came up with...now dont laugh as this is temporary until I get some further ideas...

I got a sewer pipe reducer from 3" to 4" to hook up to the air box. I had been doing some reading and then had said it would be best to have a larger intake and outlet for the best 'volume' of air if you will and it made sense so I used 4" dryer duct for the tubing reason being its very very flexible.




I simply just bent it down to my fog light hole(seeing I dont have one)and carefully squished it until it fit.





It sure doesnt look pretty but hey it works and it doesnt have any sharps bends to it and I did it right in the parking lot. I went about 85 down the highway with no problems. I need to figure out a way to make some sort of collector rather than having it just squished. what would be a good way of doing this. Ive never done anything with fiberglass so I dont know how that would turn out but Im open to ideas!...


For now I was just thinkin of painting it black so it doesnt stand out so much until I finish the scoop.

Now Im sure you all are wonderin what I think of it compared to my K&N...some people would say there is minimal difference or they are the same. I really think the Volant out performs the K&N hands down. Im not sayin the K&N is a bad product at all but I was very pleased with the way everything fit together and performs. I drove it for about 2 days without my little ram air set up and noticed great improvements.

Now this is where it gets a little weird. While the MAF was off I cleaned it but I never had cleaned it from the backside and after my install, my SES light went off and the truck ran like a champ, so I dont know if that had anything to do with it. Once the ram air was on it seemed to gain just a wisker bit more towards top end.

And some people ask about noise difference, and I think this is just as loud as my K&N, little different sounding but I like this one better. seeing my truck is a standard I can lug it out and floor it and really make it bark loud.

Are the Volant filters pre-oiled when u get them?...doesnt seem like it so I just cleaned my K&N filter and stuck it on there until I asked you guys.

Also here is a question for you guys running volant ram air, do you guys have the window by the fender blocked off or open. I was wondering if all the air would be pushed out the window but then again it still would be cooler air entering the box...just a thought

Sorry for the length but I know I had a lot of CAI questions before so maybe this will help someone make a decision in the future.

Thanks for lookin guys

Pete

 

clean your engine man!!!

 

buy a fog light housing and gut it out and modify it to accpet the dryer hose, then paint it black

 

geez take it easy...shes a workin girl not no show truck whats the best way to clean the engine bay???

Never thought of that...excellent idea...now the hunt begins thanks

 

Simple green will clean it. To keep it clean, I use that foam tire dressing. I wipe off the excess. Stays new looking. People always say how clean it is and say I must spend hours cleaning it, it takes 5 minutes at the most.

 

haha was just giving you a hard time man. i just hate seeing dirty engines lol

but ya just use some sort of a degreaser and let it sit for a couple of minutes and then rinse it off. just dont spray electrial times directly if you know what i mean

 

the fog light would work. take the glass cover off, cut the backside to fit the hose, paint it black so its not noticable. the ram air system i got on mine works great, way better than stock, but if i didn't live close to Houston i wouldn't have had it done. great thinkin on ur part tho.....hats off.