LT1 Ram Air box w/ vortech supercharger... possible???
04-26-2007, 08:34 PM
#1
LT1 Ram Air box w/ vortech supercharger... possible??? I have a ram air setup and I am installing an s-trim kit. I wondered if anyone has made different bends with pipe and ran the ram air box down to the supercharger inlet and then just used the vortech discharge tube to go back up to the throttle body? My MAIN concern is will it all fit??? Anyone try this or see it done? VERY CURIOUS!!!
04-27-2007, 11:23 AM
#3
Do you want it for looks or performance? Any source of cold air will do for the blower setup. Ram Air on these cars is simply a marketing term for cold air induction - there's no real value to ram air under maybe 180mph.
Jim
Jim
04-27-2007, 02:00 PM
#4
Originally Posted by DeltaT
Do you want it for looks or performance? Any source of cold air will do for the blower setup. Ram Air on these cars is simply a marketing term for cold air induction - there's no real value to ram air under maybe 180mph.
Jim
Jim
04-27-2007, 05:39 PM
#6
When I get the head unit put on I am going to take some measurement, maybe use some cheap tubing to make a prototype to see if it is going to work out before I purchase aluminum tube. I will take pics... I have a lot going on with the engine bay right now, painting intake, polishing fins and fuel rails, whole engine bay makeover plug holes/sand/prime/paint plus a super charger installation.
04-27-2007, 05:43 PM
#7
If you have the room for the right size tubing, it would be a cool custom project, as long as the filter in your ram air is large enough to not be a restriction with forced induction. Otherwise you need to scrap it for a properly sized filter, because a restriction before the blower affects your entire boost curve and peak.
Jim
Jim
