Originally Posted by oledoc2u
Franc, you are a car guy, I know that, and as a car guy you know air has been taken from all sorts of locations, and certainly the side is doable...there have been cow vents, hood vents, spoiler vents, frontal vents in all sorts of locations, and certainly sucking air from the sides is doable...non of these were ever "RAM" air...we have beaten that dog before...lol...good luck, and I was actually shooting my comment at the OP...
Geez doc not you too. I said we gave up on the ram idea. It's 180 that keeps bringing it into the coversation. OKAY!!!!!!!!!!!! Reread my posts here. I am not advocating RAM AIR. But,when we did the tests I used a compound gauge and tested for positive and negative pressures,
all over the car.
What I would like is to drive in the rain without losing another engine.
What I would like is to retain the HP my engine now produces.
What I would like is for the CAI not to heat up when I am at idle in the summer heat.
What I would like is for the fake "gills" on the side of my Crossie to actually be functional
What I would like is to use my MB engine cover without major surgery
This mod may present those solutions.
What I would like most of all is for the nay sayers to give the idea a chance to breathe. Because there is nothing inherently wrong with any of those goals.