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Is ram air lower box worth any hp gain?

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Old 07-29-2011, 10:22 PM
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Default Is ram air lower box worth any hp gain?

I have a 98 non ws6 trans am with ram air hood and slp lid. Will I gain any hp if I switch to a ram air box from ws6 car. Will the box be a direct bolt on?

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It is a direct bolton. The reason WS6 cars got them was because the slots in the hood were a little above where the original airbox opening was. It might be a very small gain.

I tried to use one on my car with a Firehawk hood but that caused the hood to rub on the lid. I don't think it made all that much difference for the short time it was installed. It might be slightly different with a WS6 hood because of the difference in where the slots are. I doubt it would be substantial though.
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Running one on my Firehawk..fwiw.
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i had one on my stock WS6 ram air, but wet with a 98mm lid and had clearence issues, switched to a stock Z28 version, no issues



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