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Originally posted by dcsports413@May 22 2003, 12:57 PM
The filter will be located outside of the engine bay behind your wheel well,
Originally posted by dohcvtec_accord@May 22 2003, 01:01 PM
True, you can get a short ram (i.e., filter on a stick), but you're sucking up air heated by the engine bay. I think the formula is, for every 10 degree Fahrenheit you lower the intake charge, you gain 1% in power (anyone back me up on this?). So, if it's 70 degrees outside, 100 (average) under your hood, you're losing 3% power while using a short ram. That's only 3 horses with a typical 100-horsepower engine, but it can be close to ten if you're getting close to 300 horses. I'm pretty sure under-hood temps get above 100, especially on hot days and hard driving conditions, but this is just an example.
Hey, power is power.
Originally posted by dohcvtec_accord@May 22 2003, 01:08 PM
Hey, don't get me wrong, I'm still using a short ram till I get some $$$ to get a CAI.
Thanks for the anal correction to my statement. My anal-ness consists of triple-checking my posts for spelling/grammar errors before I hit "add reply".
And I'm going to mod my intake to make it a glove box-mounted filter.
Originally posted by rsaeini@May 22 2003, 02:15 PM
i bet you that if someone did make a glove-box mounted intake it would probably perform better that a CAI cuz the air inside the cabin is a lot calmer and it can be sucked in better. there's an idea for ya. and this is one of those ideas that make you go hmmmm... <_<
if i ever decide to make my civic just a straight project car and i didn't care what happened to it i just might test that theory but it wouldn't be a very fair test because i would require dyno pulls to prove it and on a dyno you're in a stationary position so the air is calm already. the only place to test this theory is on the 1320.
B)
Originally posted by rsaeini+May 22 2003, 04:03 PM-->dcsports413@May 22 2003, 12:57 PM
The filter will be located outside of the engine bay behind your wheel well,
it's in front of the wheel. there is no place to put the filter behind the wheel. if they did that the filter would be sitting in your glove box. not trying to be a disk but just pointing that out.
Originally posted by dcsports413@May 22 2003, 02:33 PM
BTW, You're not a disk.
Originally posted by pissedoffsol@May 23 2003, 08:21 AM
Personally, I prefer the hot air ram intake, commonly known as a compressor wheel