he has a hood scoop
he has a hood scoop
-Aaron-
"I play russian roulette everyday, a man's sport, with a bullet called life"
yeah but it still needs to be cleaned before it gets into the engine.
Alex.
What about when it rains?
86 accord dx wrecked
What performace gains have you noticed with the ram air setup?
No projects. Life consumes my time and money.
It helps dramatically at night... and in the morning it just maintains good performance.
The coolest part is you can hear a loud noise from the scoop when the second barrel opens to suck air from outside the car, then if I snap the trottle closed real fast. it makes a sound simmilar to a blow off vlave, I try and pass by civics and do this just to make em wonder what I've got.
- llia
you are awesome. did you know that?
what about a front-mounted cold air system, would it work and if so how?
stainless steel custom 2.5" magnaflow catback exhaust,K&N air filter, NGK spark plugs, MSD spark plug wires, and MSD ignition, flipped air lid and removed wall in air intake :badass:
how about explaining in a little more detail what you mean? Thanks.Originally posted by Flyguy125
what about a front-mounted cold air system, would it work and if so how?
-Aaron-
"I play russian roulette everyday, a man's sport, with a bullet called life"
there was a company that made them for civics, they look almost like a intercooler. I am not sure if it would fit but you probably could get some custom pipe work done and a little internal bumper work. But it probably wont fit i couldnt say.
hmm and you thought the reverse polarity of the sun made you loose to a 3rd gen accord
actually a front mount filter is a good base for a ram air in EFI setups.
only problem is... you'd have little mounting area infront of the radiator because of the a/c condensor.
you could use a half sized radiator... install the front mount vertically but the a/c condensor would still be in the way.
hmm.
maybe the condensor won't be that much of a problem... I dunno I'd have top see how thick the damn front mounts are first... all the images I've got show it with from the front with a plexiglass sheild.
hmm...
see with my engine bay the sky is the limit for mounting places... for stock engine bays you'd still have the emissions clutter. and accessories to contend with.
scratch the front mount and just build a custom cold air... you could use a short ram and make a box like I did... but it would have to be bigger... stick a scoop up top and cut a decent sized hole in your beautiful hood.
remember the box for the filter has to be big enough for the filter so the filter can breath from 360 degrees.
but the hole in the hood doesn't have to be the size of the box...
but the size of the scoop should be the size of the box or bigger.
does that make sense?
- llia
sure....the whole idea is to go from bigger to smaller I guess.
-Aaron-
"I play russian roulette everyday, a man's sport, with a bullet called life"
Ya'll are too advanced for me.
Canman. Reppin for the VI till the day I die.
i understand what you are doing here, and i like it, the only thing i am wondering is wether or not this project would be exactly the same for FI models... i cant see why not, but i also dont know much about cars! lol
if i could benefit from a project like this, i might just have to attempt it!!! also, i would kill for a sound like that! hehe
It would work for FI....you would have to fabricate some sort of system similar to what A20A1 has, it would definetly be more efficient than a typical CAI.
-Aaron-
"I play russian roulette everyday, a man's sport, with a bullet called life"
hmm, thats a good excuse to get a new hood! lol. mine is all dented and scratched to shit!
i could build it all up and paint it pretty!!!
would it be easiest to buy a "hood scoop" and intall it? or would it be easier to make your own? i am up for some work, but i have no tools. so i think it might be smartest for me to just buy a kit and have it put on!
any links to different styles of scoop?
A&A hood scoops... I'll get a link up when i locate it in my favorites list
- llia
I have/had that same idea with the FI accords. But my idea involved cutting a hole in the hood, making it so your air filer comes out of the hood (doesn't need to be alot really) and has a hard protective sheild around it. my ideal one would be having the cone facing the front of the car, so air gets shoved into it.
don't let air run past the filter at high speeds... it would take more work to suck in air if it's moving in any direction other than directly into the filter?
I've seen a civic stick the filter way out into the open air and I could imagine the small percentage of air actually being rammed into the filter versus the turbulence behind the filter and the high speed air on the sides, plus the added drag from having a filter sticking outside the car body.
- llia
Always get the N/X intercooler cooling thing, and modify it to fit...
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Here's my idea (i know its not a great picture). We could have the air being rammed right through the grill and routed to the tb! You'd have to somehow keep the header/exhaust manifold heat out of it by wrapping it or spraying with the ceramic paint but I think it would work well. I don't know quite where the filter element would be, but take a look:
just lay down some fibre glass... problem is the grill hits the radiator brace I think
- llia
well i am wondering about this setup, it sounds like a really good idea, and i will prolly do a front mount setup until i can get a good hood scoop on my car! but i have a question, would we need to have a box (opening) for all the air to be forced into, and THEN a filter someplace inside the box, or would we need the filter on the front of the box (seems less efficient to me) OR, is the filter way back in the system IN the piping somewhere... but i like this idea, and i would love to help perfect it and try to make it for my car!
you don't want the filter to block the air coming into the scoop because you won't collect as much air as if you were to use the scoop to increase air pressure around the filter inside a box.
- llia
so what exactly would you propose be done about the filter element mike? Even if the grill hits the radiator brace I'm pretty sure a lot of air goes through that little opening (especially at high speeds). I think this could really work but i'll go look at my car and see how much clearance we would have.
ps. look at the new pic (in same spot) does the filter element look to be in a good place there?
hey A20A1, did you make your hood scoop?
-Aaron-
"I play russian roulette everyday, a man's sport, with a bullet called life"
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