bad2000z

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I'm a newb, what is ssra, how much is it, is it gonna make my car faster, and where do I get one?

GR33N GoblinM6

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Super Sucker Ram Air.. basically its a metal rectangular device that goes below your air box, sits in front of your radiator and channels air up into the air box utilizing the air dam under the car.

if search is working.. look up "SSRA". A number of venders on this site sell one form or another.

here is a link to a previous thread SSRA thread

Brian2006

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It's plastic not metal.

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I thought about getting it a few of years ago when I bought my car, never got it. I don't think it helps, but maybe someone else knows a little bit about it.

SmokeySS

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I have one on my car. Be advised during the fall/winter time it will literally suck up leaves and debris and get caught between the filter and lid. Since it's also my daily driver rain or not, I've noticed that it also will bring water UP into the airbox. I checked after a typical rainfall ... note NOT a storm and NOT raining hard but I was on the freeway. I felt the filter and it didn't seem wet. At that time it was a K&N which I've since changed to paper. So, now I should be able to easily look at it and tell if it's wet.

What I'm going to do though is try to craft some window screen repair patches onto the lower scoop to void the leaves. As for rain, I'm not sure, but if I notice the filter is wet any time I'll disconnect the lower half.

And yes, it's all plastic now. The upper half used to be made of sheetmetal.

RrCoX22

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cutting your airbox known as FRA will do just as good

00cls1camaross

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i hope your joking


as for the person on here who said his sucks up leaves and water... your unlucky

i have driven through rain on my trip for 2 hours and when i looked down into the rectangular tubing, i saw nothing... just a bit of water at the very front of the scoop under the bumper. Teke on cz28.com said eh has driven through near hurricane weather and his car is cool

dont be alarmed... it would never ever suck up enough water to mess your car up unless you submerged your 1/2 front end and then gave it throttle

remember when you install it there is a gap where the 2 pieces meet and even if you submerged the whole front scoop it would still suck air out of the gap where the 2 pieces of plastic meet

RrCoX22

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im not....

i would rather pick up just as much rwhp doin the "free" FRA mod instead of paying $130 for something just as good that needs the FRA mod either ways. who cares if its directing airflow and cooling it passing my fans. not enough to sway me away from just doing FRA

00cls1camaross

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ssra = to fra?

you cant say that... when your going 75+ you doing think the scoop on the ssra yields more air than the fra?

i think that it does

btw, what h/c are you running... sweet numbers

RrCoX22

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im not saying that they are equal
it may duct it more but to me its not worth it and would like to see some timed runs to see how much of a difference
TR224/224-112 and Stg. 2 Pat. Perf. 243's... but not for long

bad2000z

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Where can I get one for $130? I have already done FRA, I'm just looking for other cheap stuff to make me a little faster.

Ls1CamaroGuy87

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^^ this guy makes them on this site, just go to the search and type his user name, which is SS1LE02 I got mine from him for about $80 shipped I think.

SmokeySS

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You got the 2 piece plastic kit for 80 bucks new?!?

Brian2006

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It's way more than $80 new. I paid $180 shipped after talking to the designer and talking down the price.

00cls1camaross is right on everything he has said. I've driven my car with the SSRA as a daily driver now for 2 years or nearly 15k miles. Not a damn problem yet. Still haven't even seen a problem. I drive it on road trips to and from college and in the pouring *** rain the filter is still bone dry. It all depends on the driver. If you're not careful it could harm some things.

To me it's well worth the money:

ChocoTaco369

a hole in your airbox next to the radiator is going to pick up as much gains as a scoop underneath the car? i guess you're right, a hole in your airbox next to the hot radiator is going to pick up the same gains as an actual scoop underneath your car forcing cold air into the motor. makes sense



you, sir, are delusional.



the FRA "mod", if you can call it that, isn't worth the cost of the dirty filters IMO.

i have the FTRA and really like it. it's stainless steel and very high quality. the stainless steel is actually beneficial when it gets cool out since the intake scoop gets cold from the outside air and cools the incoming air even more

Brian2006

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^^^

RrCoX22

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till you guys come up with numbers and facts i will stay with my own opinion

ChocoTaco369

so just to clarify:

you believe that a hole in your airbox next to the radiator will produce the same horsepower as an actual scoop underneath the car bringing in fresh air instead of radiator air?

Tainted

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dude yur cool and all, no problems with you and I'm not gonna start getting on your badside but that has go to be the dumbest ******* idea ever since the square wheel. a hole in the airbox, is by a hot radiator. this is a scoop, 15 inches long, and like a foot wide. its gonna force air thats not hot into the airbox. its better period. want proof? lmperformance.com has the whole thing. a fan in front of the car to simulate 60mph picked up over 10rwhp. a hole where air cant get to will be lucky to see 1 hp

RrCoX22

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no... im not saying it will match the FRA in rwhp

just saying that i feel for the amount of gains compared to $$$ i would rather go the free route... as i would like to see some either graphs or times to prove how much these gains are. i know basically what it comes down to is every little bit helps. but personally i feel the FRA and ported tb are one of the smarter choices of the "free mods"