RAM air intake

[pointaudio]

now in theory this sounds great. As it is the same as a supercharger but on a much smaller scale, so who has tried it or know of someone that has?





http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ELECT...item3cb825c0c2

[ExplodingCake]

It will do more harm than good.

[CRX Toad]

That is basically a blower from a boat. Used to exhaust the engine area before start up. I did one just to see if it would do anything and it did! It used up more amps than it was worth. In short...it is junk.

[pointaudio]

That is basically a blower from a boat. Used to exhaust the engine area before start up. I did one just to see if it would do anything and it did! It used up more amps than it was worth. In short...it is junk.

thanks so back to the turbo supercharger route jk

[deevergote]

That thing will never spin fast enough to make a difference. It will just be a massive restriction in your intake... until it breaks and sends chunks of plastic into your engine.

turbo supercharger? Are you trying to be clever because you are ignorant of the concept of twincharging? Or the fact that a turbo really IS a supercharger? Or am I just not getting your joke?

[visualpoet]

That thing will never spin fast enough to make a difference. It will just be a massive restriction in your intake... until it breaks and sends chunks of plastic into your engine.

turbo supercharger? Are you trying to be clever because you are ignorant of the concept of twincharging? Or the fact that a turbo really IS a supercharger? Or am I just not getting your joke?

Kinda...
turbocharger = exhaust gas driven
supercharger = belt driven

Both are forced induction though

http://www.importtuner.com/tech/0609...ger/index.html

[deevergote]

Yes, but a turbo is a supercharger by definition... the "exhaust driven" attribute is what we use to differentiate it, but it is still essentially a supercharger.

[visualpoet]

I guess I'm used to considering a SC the ROOTS style supercharger or blower like you see on old dommies, which works differently then a centrifugal SC. It's not really compressing the air, it just helps push it in faster (PSI for turbo and centrifugal SC vs. CFM for a ROOTS style SC) (I'm simplifying things, but it's a total difference in power delivery).

I can't believe that people are still considering these bilge pump fans. you'd think word would have spread that they don't work. I guess Hannum was right, though.

[deevergote]

Make the price cheap enough, the claims appealing enough, and the picture intriguing enough... and people will buy it. Just as fish will never learn that worms don't swim in place, people will never learn that there's no cheap, easy, reliable way to bolt on significant horsepower.

[visualpoet]

...people will never learn that there's no cheap, easy, reliable way to bolt on significant horsepower.

AH, but we can always wish...

[deevergote]

If I post a universal "add 25hp!" part on ebay, and sell it for $20 shipped, with a $5 overhead (cost to me, and shipping), and 1000 suckers say "it might not work, but for $20, I'll give it a try!"... I walk away with $15,000.

[DarkHusk11]

If I post a universal "add 25hp!" part on ebay, and sell it for $20 shipped, with a $5 overhead (cost to me, and shipping), and 1000 suckers say "it might not work, but for $20, I'll give it a try!"... I walk away with $15,000.

Im in the wrong business then..