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Ok so far its all in my head but if I can confirm that its possible I'll post full specifications and pics with details as I have it built. (It shouldn't even look that bad, I hate to change the contours of our hood but this should fit niecely) Its so simple its genius. I just wonder why no one has thought of this setup yet, or maybe they have and there is a problem I haven't considered, thats why I'm posting this.
It came to me last night at 4am my usual blissful sleep was apparently on hold as I tossed and turned for hours, eventuall my mind drifted to, of all things, my car and after accidentally mashing my head off the headboard :crazy: it came to me, what appears to be the perfect setup for ram air on a 3.5L intrepid. :biggrin: (I know it sounds a little questionable but if a falling apple can do it for Newton maybe a good wack with a headboard is what I needed, that or I have a concussion)
I can't claim it to be completely original as I borrowed some info from the posts on this site. (The battery can be moved, to the trunk right??? this would be by far the hardest part)
For now I'll just say it involves quite a bit of custom fabrication but nothing that should be that expensive, some of you could probably do most it yourselves. It is very simplistic in its design but should be very efficient based on my somewhat limited knowledge of basic fluid dynamics.
Now here is the one problem that I can't work out on my own given the knowledge I know possess.(besides how to get rid of this headache that is) HOW MUCH WILL A GOOD RAMAIR RAISE THE PRESSURE AND CAN AN INTREPID HANDLE IT WITHOUT MODS SUCH AS A BOOST GUAGE AND CUSTOM PROGRAM ETC.
If I remember correctly a trep can handle pressures up to 14psi or 1 bar or something like that(I will look it up again soon, its in a post somewhere, assuming that the original post was accurate) Anyway does anyone know if this is the pressure a trep regularly runs at or if this is just what an intrpeid could run at if it could somehow get it.
Please if anyone knows anything for 100% certain it would be great, educated guesses are also welcome as long as knowone says they are absolute fact. I'd hate to find out the hard way that someone was off a bit on thier guess, and that I just cooked the best car I've ever owned.
It came to me last night at 4am my usual blissful sleep was apparently on hold as I tossed and turned for hours, eventuall my mind drifted to, of all things, my car and after accidentally mashing my head off the headboard :crazy: it came to me, what appears to be the perfect setup for ram air on a 3.5L intrepid. :biggrin: (I know it sounds a little questionable but if a falling apple can do it for Newton maybe a good wack with a headboard is what I needed, that or I have a concussion)
I can't claim it to be completely original as I borrowed some info from the posts on this site. (The battery can be moved, to the trunk right??? this would be by far the hardest part)
For now I'll just say it involves quite a bit of custom fabrication but nothing that should be that expensive, some of you could probably do most it yourselves. It is very simplistic in its design but should be very efficient based on my somewhat limited knowledge of basic fluid dynamics.
Now here is the one problem that I can't work out on my own given the knowledge I know possess.(besides how to get rid of this headache that is) HOW MUCH WILL A GOOD RAMAIR RAISE THE PRESSURE AND CAN AN INTREPID HANDLE IT WITHOUT MODS SUCH AS A BOOST GUAGE AND CUSTOM PROGRAM ETC.
If I remember correctly a trep can handle pressures up to 14psi or 1 bar or something like that(I will look it up again soon, its in a post somewhere, assuming that the original post was accurate) Anyway does anyone know if this is the pressure a trep regularly runs at or if this is just what an intrpeid could run at if it could somehow get it.
Please if anyone knows anything for 100% certain it would be great, educated guesses are also welcome as long as knowone says they are absolute fact. I'd hate to find out the hard way that someone was off a bit on thier guess, and that I just cooked the best car I've ever owned.