 Are the $25 short ram intakes on ebay any good ?, OK or crap ? |
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 Mar 16, 2004 - 12:05 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%)  |
There are a bunch of $25-$30 short ram intakes on ebay. Are they any good or are the crap ? are they legal like the K&N ones ?
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Mar 16, 2004 - 12:27 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 16, '03 From Bay area Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
cough* crap *cough
cough* build your own cough* cough* cough* uch ummmm oh man, i'm sorry i need some water or something. cough* but really, all those short ram intakes is just a metal pipe with a cheap filter. You can easily build your own. |
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Mar 16, 2004 - 4:30 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
an intake is an intake.... can't really screw up short mandrel bend tubing with a universal filter on it.....
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Mar 16, 2004 - 6:54 AM
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werd if you even want it just for the pipe go for it, then buy your own filter. -------------------- |
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Mar 20, 2004 - 5:48 PM
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Yup. BUT, I highly suggest against a short ram. I've dynoed them....they'll make less power than the stock intake. Unless you live in alaska or siberia, then it probably doesn't matter. |
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Mar 20, 2004 - 9:10 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
that doesn't make sense because when you dyno a car you have the hood open and a very large fan pointing right at the front end..... there's giong to be little excess heat "trapped" in the engine bay (which is the purpose of having it open and fan)..... |
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Mar 20, 2004 - 10:24 PM
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i dunno but from what i know, evilspeed knows what he's talkin about...lol 
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Mar 20, 2004 - 10:26 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
it makes sences cause your pulling hot air right from the engine ... fans don't cool air the just move hot air around. -------------------- |
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Mar 20, 2004 - 11:06 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 5, '03 From South TX. Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Hey everyone, remember that I make Short rams........Injen style......and for those of you that want some more kick....look what ive been working on!
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Mar 21, 2004 - 10:25 AM
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I am think of making my own but dude that looks damn good
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Mar 22, 2004 - 2:52 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 10, '04 From Shoreline, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 4 (100%) |
The ebay ones are crap, just talking in hot air, get one like mine, where the "point of entery" is up frunt, sucking in cold air, well actualy at higher speed's the air is pushed right in giving a little boost on the freeway. back to the ebay intakes, you would just be spending $25 on a peace of tube, and a worthless filter, I dont recomend them at all.
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Mar 22, 2004 - 7:06 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jan 22, '04 From bellingham, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
here's the problem with CAI's that EVERYONE seems to forget..... moving air is going to cause friction to the intake tubing.... it will warm up (and so will the air as it continues to move through a long pipe at a high velocity). And the air is not "boosted" in. There is no way that there is any kind of force of air enough to compress the air while it travels through 1-2 feet of piping and having to go through corners if anything, the biggest problem with all aftermarket intakes is their size. The TB inlets are no more that around 2.5" wide. You hook up a 3" intake tube and use a reducer. What do you think when all the air at th reducer travels from 3" to 2.5" (a smaller pipe). It WON'T speed up, if anything it slows down and the TB only picks up what the engine needs. the best way a CAI i've seen done is in an ae102 corolla. (racer25) he used 2.5" mandrel bent tubing, relocated the battery to the trunk, and ran it to through a hole into the fender, and use as little turns as possible. |
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