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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 06:32 PM
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i took out my ram air baffles awile ago i left the front ones in to keep the rain out, yesterday i sealed my ram air with a gasket to the box, is it safe to remove these final 2 baffles from the nostrals and use some epoxy putty to smooth out the walls of the ram air for a nice smooth ram air intake, or is this a bad idea? (i do still drive in rain...and snow, for app 2 more years)

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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 05:22 PM
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nobody can answer this? o.o
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 05:32 PM
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never heard of anyone havin problems.
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i took my baffles out for the bg ram air kit and have no problems with the rain
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:00 PM
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i have had both of my baffles out for over a year. no problems. and i would see something on the inside of my clear lid and nothing. if its raining that hard, you are not going to be driving that fast to get water in there. haha. ive lost my horns before i got water in the intake
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i have had both of my baffles out for over a year. no problems. and i would see something on the inside of my clear lid and nothing. if its raining that hard, you are not going to be driving that fast to get water in there. haha. ive lost my horns before i got water in the intake
thank you, this was the kind of answer i was looking for somone who could verify first hand, there good as gone now
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Cephiros
i took out my ram air baffles awile ago i left the front ones in to keep the rain out, yesterday i sealed my ram air with a gasket to the box, is it safe to remove these final 2 baffles from the nostrals and use some epoxy putty to smooth out the walls of the ram air for a nice smooth ram air intake, or is this a bad idea? (i do still drive in rain...and snow, for app 2 more years)
I bought the BG Ram Air, but with putty. I guess it is worth a try, go for it!
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Old Jul 28, 2005 | 11:06 PM
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I bought the BG Ram Air, but with putty. I guess it is worth a try, go for it!
yeah i was seriously considering that but then after alot of thinking its not really worth 250...if i can make the same thing by hand for like $25
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