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Old Jul 10, 2006 | 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
At least paint all that black!
haha, I was gonna paint the gutter elbows black but I've since trimmed up and reinstalled the plastic that directs the air to the radiator so now all you can see is the white pvc, doesn't look THAT bad now
I'll try to get a pic up later.
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Old Jul 10, 2006 | 06:33 PM
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Originally Posted by mike c.
well mr poor man....that dont look too bad. will do the job,nice work.
A man that appreciates abstract art, Thank you Mike!
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Old Jul 10, 2006 | 08:03 PM
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Newest pic.
Attached Thumbnails Poor man's Ram Air pics-intake4.jpg  
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 01:54 AM
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Wow...all i can say is wow... haha
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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SO I am guessing no AC? I was thinking of doing something similar with exhaust pipe to look cleaner. It may be a little heavy but once all welded and painted it will look nice. I need to find lighter tubing though I think.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by BADSZ28
SO I am guessing no AC? I was thinking of doing something similar with exhaust pipe to look cleaner. It may be a little heavy but once all welded and painted it will look nice. I need to find lighter tubing though I think.
Sounds good to me, there's not too much length of tubing so maybe it won't be too heavy.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Maybe I can make a mokup doing what you did.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Use shop vac hose and attachments they are already black and just look like really big wire loom.
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Old Jul 11, 2006 | 09:11 PM
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I will look into it.
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by px33transam
Use shop vac hose and attachments they are already black and just look like really big wire loom.
Any pics?
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Old Jul 12, 2006 | 06:53 PM
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Check out the ram air hood my room mate built for his car...

http://www.gmhightechrides.com/cgi-b...?m-1152735940/
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Originally Posted by tektrans
Any pics?
I will try to get some pics on soon as I figure out how to get them on here.
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by ThaLS1KidII
Check out the ram air hood my room mate built for his car...

http://www.gmhightechrides.com/cgi-b...?m-1152735940/

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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by px33transam
I will try to get some pics on soon as I figure out how to get them on here.
Trick with a digital camera is to take it a little far away and then crop it down so you can attach it as a thumbnail cause the space you can use is limited.
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Old Jul 15, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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Ur nuts. you have a Ram Air hood. Now I know the air pressure is higher on the bumper then at the front of the hood, but sheesh!
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Old Jul 16, 2006 | 12:13 PM
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Ur nuts. you have a Ram Air hood. Now I know the air pressure is higher on the bumper then at the front of the hood, but sheesh!

hehe, I figure the more the better. Now I have Ram Air top and bottom.
I had to find a use for those open foglight holes.
When I get back to the track in some cooler weather I'm gonna run it open then plugged (taped) up and see if there's a difference. If not I'll pull it, but I really think it should help on the top end and count for a little more mph.
we'll see.
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Old Jul 24, 2006 | 01:19 PM
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hehe, I figure the more the better. Now I have Ram Air top and bottom.
I had to find a use for those open foglight holes.
When I get back to the track in some cooler weather I'm gonna run it open then plugged (taped) up and see if there's a difference. If not I'll pull it, but I really think it should help on the top end and count for a little more mph.
we'll see.
Those are the results that I want to hear about.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 12:58 AM
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SO have you gone to the track yet please post on this thread if you do.
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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 04:26 AM
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No track yet, just put on a new set of kooks 1 7/8's LT's and the true dual exhaust is coming in today, then I gotta get it up to Cartek for a dyno session so I figure a couple more weeks before I get to the track, I'll post up times then.
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BWahjahahaha that is awesome
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