What is ram air?
Ive always wondered what ram air is and what its good for.
Can anyone help?:dunno: |
Re: What is ram air?
Originally posted by NOS_is_4_cheat Ive always wondered what ram air is and what its good for. Can anyone help?:dunno: |
I think i get it:dunno:
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ram air is when the air is forced into the intake, generally it's used with hood scoops that ram the air down into the engine and into the intake. Thats the easiest explanation I was told.
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Thanks 4 the help.:thumb:
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Serves the same purpose as a turbo would just at a lower level. You're trying to RAM air into your intake, thus providing more air for your engine, which when used efficiently, provides more horsepower. Typically it's induced through a ram air hood scoop or through ducting on an open vent in your front end that that goes to your intake.
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ooooooohh...thats sounds alot cleareer than the others...:thumb:
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Originally posted by Romeyo07 Serves the same purpose as a turbo would just at a lower level. You're trying to RAM air into your intake, thus providing more air for your engine, which when used efficiently, provides more horsepower. Typically it's induced through a ram air hood scoop or through ducting on an open vent in your front end that that goes to your intake. Dr. |
Turbo blower...?
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right but that would only be functional when the car is moving at a higher speed,unlike turbo cars when u can build boost off the line with an auto.but i guess when ur going fast it probaly works pretty well,the same principle can be apdoted on 240s get a ricer cowl hood and custom intake,so the car is still considered N/A
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oh...:eek:
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ram air doesn't classify your car as a FI car, although the name implies it. once you reach anything beyond a few mph, you're shoving more air into your intake than you would without it.
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"Ram Air" is given the name because of how it works. Your in effect directing the air through a smaller space, inline directly with your intake filter. The purpose for the ram air is for air velocity.
For example: Take a landscaping backpack blower, and use a 10 inch plastic hose to balst your friends with. Pretty powerful. Now minimize that opening to what you normally see on a backpack blower, roughly 3-4 inches. Now the same amount of air is being forced through a smaller opening, in effect increasing the air velocity. The same idea holds true with Ram Air setups, only the air is flowing into the engine rather then being blown out. |
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