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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 11:59 PM
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wondering if anyone has ever thought of doing this, or if it would even be worth the trouble, what about completely ditching the lid on a trans am, and just adding a tube that runs to a cone filter that would be placed behind the bumper? just bored and thought of this, thinking that it could really open up the engine bay, any thoughts?
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Old Mar 24, 2006 | 08:15 AM
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Has anyone tried this, sounds like it might work well?
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Never heard of it but it sounds feasible.
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i think a cone filter would restrict the air as oppossed to ram air with an aftermarket lid.

but I have seen dual cone filters inside the ram air box without the lid, looks different, kinda cool, but not worth the change if u already have ram air

if it's a stock box, rip it out and burn it
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it would be hard to route piping an adequate (sp?) diameter down to the fender without cutting something.
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FIPK uses a short duct, no reason you couldn't extend
it with Baker hose and 3" (3.5"?) elbows. But finding an
"almost as good", but closer position might be better
all-in-all. Which the stock lid is, kinda, but could use a
little baffling between engine compartment and nose
space, a little black tape and a little work with the
steak knife to remove some styrofoam.
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