RAM pipe idea

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:49 pm

hi guys

i was thinking of this idea for some kinda ram pipe for my stock intake setup.

i had the intake resonator removed, removed the fog light cover and kept the Y shaped pipe attached to the OEM box... now i am thinking of making an extension pipe from the bottom of the air box to the fog llight hole using 2.5" PVC pipes so that when you are going fast (100 km/h or higher) the air flow through the fog hole is kinda forced into the air box and cause a mild pressure that helps the engine breathing.

is that a good idea? i mean is it worth the effort? i know air is beeng blowen hard at such speeds and can make some difference... OK it won't add some 10HP pr so but still for the money and effort spent for the expected gain i see it is going to pay off.

what do you think guys? should i go for it or is it not worth the effort??

MMamdouh

lanos2001 · Post by **lanos2001** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 2:55 pm

go for it dude. not really any money wasted and if it doesn't work (it should) just time wasted.

nick

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:44 pm

What could it hurt? Just make sure when you connect it to the fog lamp hole it looks good there too. Might even want to color the interior of the pipe on it so it doesn't stand out too much.

Joso · Post by **Joso** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:27 pm

I think the pipe outstanging there would look good

It's the evidence of some tuning. For me it's better than a NOS sticker in a non-nitroed car.

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:29 pm

chad from unique did it, in fact, he routed tubing from both fog-lights

ubuyau · Post by **ubuyau** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:36 pm

I did that.

Left the Y pipe attached to the bottom of the airbox and hooked a tube to the bottom of the Y pipe where the resonator used to be.

I did each stage of the intake mods seperately and drove around for a while and I thought each mod made a difference....
- K&N Panel Filter
- Remove resonator
- Ram hose to the bottom of the Y pipe

Made a noticeable difference especially in second gear between say 40 and 75km/h and again in third, It started to pick up and go quite nicely.

I'd highly recommend it (especially since you can do it REALY cheaply), i used some bright blue bendy vacuum cleaner hose for that

and clamped it with a hose clamp to the bottom of the Y pipe and zip ties to the front bar.

--Tim

JohnnyC · Post by **JohnnyC** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 9:53 pm

I've been thinking of removing the intake resonator and doing something similar... I might have to go ahead and do this myself as well

jorge · Post by **jorge** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 12:14 am

My friend have that on his car.

RichieOzzie · Post by **RichieOzzie** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:28 pm

Is a good move, 'cos the coolest air is about 4 inches above the tarmac surface with respect ot a car height.... on the track anyway, or so i have been told by techies at track days etc.
My Lanos has been done, and no real harm done, probably there is a positive effect, but VERY hard to appreciate, any cool air assistance makes for better volumetric efficiency, even though it could be a fraction of a percent increase, it all adds up overall.

Only one problem, hit a deep patch of water, and you get a good charge of water slapped up the pipe.

When i stripped out the excess inlet air tubing on her, I semi-sealed the area in front of the wheel arch, and the air is taken from there via the intake tube to the Filter, and i hope it will act as a water trap in case it does.... No news though, not really had bad flooding yet!!!

This water problem happened to a friend of mine with a Volvo turbo, and he got hydrualic lock on one cyl, and bent a rod!!.

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:47 pm

we hardly get any rain in here so i am almost covered against that threat... also the pipe will be facing forward rather than downward so it is hard to suck water from under the car.

MMamdouh

RichieOzzie · Post by **RichieOzzie** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 3:09 pm

yes, you gonna route it to where the Fog lights are, or might be. This is the inlet I use as well. It is a good place to take air in from. You may catch a few bugs though!!

Mark K · Post by **Mark K** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:59 pm

So are you keeping the original airbox inside the engine bay for this mod?

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:26 pm

yes i am... in fact when i get a cone filter i am going to shorten the ram pipe and fit the filter in the wheel well as well and will throw way the OEM filter but will keep the OEM air box.

this way the "under the hood" view is 100% stock but underneth its a real CAI.

MMamdouh

Audacity Racing · Post by **Audacity Racing** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:29 pm

you ought to do a stealth cai with the system that ubuayu did for his turbo piping

MMamdouh · Post by **MMamdouh** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:39 pm

it is the cleanest setup i ever saw... probably that will be phase 2 for me.

MMamdouh