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Old Mar 30, 2006 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by HPP
This is why the flat hoods make the same power as the WS6 hoods. The difference is marketing.
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Old Apr 13, 2006 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Cumbias
A guy named Brian Green made a kit to replace the baffles with smooth tunnels that connected dirrectly to the air box with no gap in between. You could order the tunnels black or color match your car. But he stoopped making it and only sells the gasket and a feew other pieces last time I checked. Maybe you can find one on ebay.
It was called the BG Ram Air.
I have this "BG Ram Air" it was on my car when I got it. I actually just removed all of it from the old hood and I need a new gasket, do you have a link to his current site? I'm transferring this very same funnel system to a new factory hood (had a fender bender and broke part of the old hood)
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 02:51 AM
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You can still puchase certain parts at ls1 speed
and at afterthought auto
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Raven97
not true the LT-1 ramair hood DOES have baffles and therefore is NOT a "straight through" design
That is true, even the stock ones do. The baffles for a S- curve and then come out on top and go into the air box. I drilled a few holes to make some straight through flow, but it rains alot down here and the TA is my daily driver, so I dont want to suck a puddle
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by WhiteBird00
Maybe I'm wrong here and someone who knows the physics of fluid dynamics would know better, but isn't removing the baffles rather pointless? If a certain volume of air is entering the nostrils doesn't the same volume have to come out the other end regardless of how many bends there are in the path? Or am I missing the point?
Yes its true, but the baffles themselves have at least some cross sectional area this therefore takes away from the crosssectional area of the intake ports or nostrils, plus without the baffles it lowers the intake air velocity meaning cooler air(probably hardly a difference) and it would be a higher density. Man my head hurts, remembering all that from Thermodynamics and Fluid mechanics brought back some bad memories.
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Cumbias
You can still puchase certain parts at ls1 speed
and at afterthought auto
Thanks!
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 12:14 PM
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This was just covered yesterday in the external forum...
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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 05:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Coy
This was just covered yesterday in the external forum...
Maybe so, but this thread has been going on since March 9th.
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Old Jul 30, 2024 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by BBATCAR
I've had mine debaffles 3 years, no problems, even in heavy rain. Barely any drops the air box, for insurance I got some rain shields.. I do believe you get high speed performance and I get 25 miles more per tankful ever since I did this mod..
Where did you get the rain shields from with the foam gasket?
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