Ram Air!

[Dagabond]

In the imortal words of Sheriff Buford T. Justice...Hooooom Hooom Hoooommmm....

Calm down dude it's an open forum and people are free to express whatever they like.

MILES asked a fairly pertinent question really when it comes down to it and one which would shut the nay sayers up once and for all....

Personally I think it's a good cheap mod for someone who wants to go that way to gain a couple of KW's.

[TUR-BO6]

thanks bud and I do apologise, it was a bad day and I had just heard enough whining for one day so I came here for some comforting and I walked straight into what is seen here...

[XF Falcon]

Like mentioned previously, it won't really help to ram more air into the turbo. When our cars are sucking in air, it will suck in as much as it can regardless of where its coming from (a NA car is totally different), but this ram air snorkel will ensure it draws in the coldest possible air it can. So in that respect its a very effective way of doing this.

I'd be very curious to see what effect this has on the quarter mile, as that's where its biggest effect would be, especially on a nice cold night

[Guest XR09]

I am over fog lights. I'm going to get a bucket of bog and yesterdays papers and fill the suckers in.

I start work at 5am so when I am coming out of my garage and down my street I run on parkers and fog lights so I don't annoy or wake the neighbors. I only work about two k's from where I live, and it's only 500m from out of my estate to the roundabout where I turn off to work. I just completely forgot to turn my lights on, probably because I could see quite well. And guess who sees me going around the round about. Mr plod. And he could not just leave it alone. End result is he let me go on the fog lights and made me 20 minutes late for work. What makes me laugh is I did not indicate for the roundabout and he never saw it. Go figure ha ha

Edited 19/05/10 06:34 AM by XR09

[TUR-BO6]

haha stupid damn cops, well I do have a bit of good news guys.the comments so far from friends locally have been about the cable ties (but I still cant think of something good to fasten the 2 together as glue will probly fail due to flex...) but that's only amongst the people I have pointed it out to. if you check the front of it out you can see that there is reo showing on the drivers side with the 2 hoses to the auto cooler( my main reason for no foggies and the afore mentioned police dramas up this way) and on the passenger side...nothing, it is just viewing the funnel, mainly I think because there is a white cable tie on the white paint area and black on the black area so it really isnt noticeable unless its stationary and the car have a big black cooler(what looks like a radiator unless you pick up on the psteer cooler not being in front of the rardiator) looks like a non turbo so no one takes a second look and I guess no one can be assed bendin down that low so I feel a success in the mix

also I took it for a drive out to a "private road" and gave it a kick on the go pedal and it now starts to step out when flattening it at 80 kmph! impressed owner here. it used to do that at 50-60kmph.I think on a tuning side though it is only really giving a cold air supply so its not a power adder as such, its something that gives the opportunity for power when tuned.like a cooler, you dont gain power but a tuned car having a cooler fitted then retuned would "at a guess" make more power, but untill such time, probly just cause lag. it does however after much thought help my situation a bit as I fitted the hdi 580x210x100 cooler which doesnt alow for the factory o.t.r. c.a.I.t. but you can run an f6 one still, that refering back to my original goal has been, I think, a success. the f6 c.a.I.t. picks up neutral lingering air from the bumper area, now being that the air is being delivered to the headilight it is as if the f6 c.a.I.t. is plumbed up to the foglight.

[Brendan XR6-T]

Steppin out at 80km/ph without a being a tuned car is fairly impressive mate the result sounds unreal

[Brendan XR6-T]

stoopid thing wouldnt let me edit didnt realise ya had a generic tune oops but none the less good stuff with ya mod mate sounds like your a happy chappy

[TUR-BO6]

yeah happy as, glad I didnt try to suss out the piping to make brake ducts.this is more enjoyable too, I have seen a .1 decrease on the average fuel gauge too!I like that I have found function for that foggy hole, I have as previously mentioned the auto cooler in the other, so being that the washer bottle doesnt need cooling I have put it to use.