C32 Quad Ram Air Intake!!
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Viper you are exactly right! And all the factory intake system is still working just as normal, and as I stated that a lot cannot understand, ALL THE FACTORY INTAKE IS STILL WORKING! with K&N's in them, PLUS the 2 EXTRA cold ram air lines coming in!
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I dont think that bypassing the filters is a good idea. 
If you dont mind going ghetto you should try a Hood Scoop and customize your intake for a huge increase of air!
If you dont mind going ghetto you should try a Hood Scoop and customize your intake for a huge increase of air!
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NO FILTERS HAVE BEEN BYPASSED!!! LOOK!!
Wow, is the factory intake that hard to see? there still there working properly with K&N's in them, plus a 3rd filter is on the back with 2 extra lines running to it..
Wow, is the factory intake that hard to see? there still there working properly with K&N's in them, plus a 3rd filter is on the back with 2 extra lines running to it..
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2 extra lines
That was the whole point to this, to try and leave the OEM stuff there, the only thing that's different is the 2 extra lines going to the back, and they can be changed to black water lines to blend even more!! The inspection station wouldn't blink an eye with this as opposed to it being all hacked up with Big aftermarket tubes and covers missing.
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Lenin, How is it going to create Turbulence, it seams with a little air coming through the middle of the Y it would help direct the air coming through the sides towards the center of the throttle body,( that's what the stock baffle does that's on the Y) have you took the back off a stock Y? Anyways as far as Turbulence goes what would it matter to have turbulence before a SUPERCHARGER! A SC just needs available air to grab, so just cramming as much air to it is all it needs, any little bit of so called turbulence doesn't mean squat after its processed through the SC!
Regarding how ugly my intake looks vs. your creation, I think the forum made their opinion known in this thread. Yes, it's not as cheap, but it's 100% bolt on and does not require hacking any OEM parts. BTW, what's your 1/4 mile time?
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I didn't realize you was the guy that made them, didn't mean to be bashing what you created, it performs and a lot of people seem to like the flashy looks, I know your stuff works great!! I don't like the flashy stuff and was trying to make something that was effective and not have all the BLING to see when I opened the hood, just trying to keep it as MERCEDES as possible, I like the wolf in sheep clothing approach. I was wondering if having 900 CFM's to the SC would make a difference, what I'm trying to get at is I know your system flows great, but was just wondering, if you was able to get more CFM's than what you have now would it even matter,, the throttle body is only so big, if you had 10000 CFM's going to it it's still only going to be able to process so much through it no matter what. So do you think our throttle body is able to process ALL the massive amount of air you have been able to get to it, I really don't believe so, I believe its way overkill for our 6 cylinder engines. Though I believe what I created will be able process more than what is needed also, Though I can't see to much air hurting anything..
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I didn't realize you was the guy that made them, didn't mean to be bashing what you created, it performs and a lot of people seem to like the flashy looks, I know your stuff works great!! I don't like the flashy stuff and was trying to make something that was effective and not have all the BLING to see when I opened the hood, just trying to keep it as MERCEDES as possible, I like the wolf in sheep clothing approach. I was wondering if having 900 CFM's to the SC would make a difference, what I'm trying to get at is I know your system flows great, but was just wondering, if you was able to get more CFM's than what you have now would it even matter,, the throttle body is only so big, if you had 10000 CFM's going to it it's still only going to be able to process so much through it no matter what. So do you think our throttle body is able to process ALL the massive amount of air you have been able to get to it, I really don't believe so, I believe its way overkill for our 6 cylinder engines. Though I believe what I created will be able process more than what is needed also, Though I can't see to much air hurting anything..
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Aesthetics aside....even though the factory intake/filters are intact, the air from your additional tubes is coming into the intake behind the filters. So what is coming through the original tubes is cleaned by the filers, but any additional air that you are picking up is unfiltered and dirty. Trace the path from the opening in the grill, it never passes through the filters....the y pipe is behind the filters, not in front of them.
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Aesthetics aside....even though the factory intake/filters are intact, the air from your additional tubes is coming into the intake behind the filters. So what is coming through the original tubes is cleaned by the filers, but any additional air that you are picking up is unfiltered and dirty. Trace the path from the opening in the grill, it never passes through the filters....the y pipe is behind the filters, not in front of them.
Another blind or stupid? There is filter material in y-pipe(gray material behind grill), so those small tubes are filtered also. I dont know good that filter is, but there is somekind filter anyway.
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A very simple mod to understand how that works and clear pictures. Have to wonder these comments, and to draw conclusions...If this was offended by someone's mind, then I'm sorry
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Hi James,
I saw the filter "material" in the y- pipe. I just think its not the same as a Green or K&N filters with oil or some advantage over to use your son´s soccer sock as a filter.
I saw the filter "material" in the y- pipe. I just think its not the same as a Green or K&N filters with oil or some advantage over to use your son´s soccer sock as a filter.
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First of all.
An 1" hose add paralel to std 2" is not an 50% increase.
1x1x3,14(area) = 3,14
2x2x3.14 = 12,56
3x3x3.14 = 28,26
You´ve got 15.7 inches of area.
A bit over the half of an 3" pipe.
I dunno how to calculate squareinch area, so i just calculated the inches in the metric way.
The answer is talking for itself.
However, adding hoses to inject air is not a bad idea, but just adding them in an random place could be devastating, not saying you did.
But saying it to open peoples mind.
Where do i want to add them then?
Well, in an tight radiusbend, on the inner-radius. if one got an 'release' of the boundarylayer (of the air) one can inject air to equalize the airpressure, and the air will follow the bend better.
You gain flow at high speeds in this way, where normally the turbulence gets out of control and actually restrics the pipe.
sorry.. got technical there
An 1" hose add paralel to std 2" is not an 50% increase.
1x1x3,14(area) = 3,14
2x2x3.14 = 12,56
3x3x3.14 = 28,26
You´ve got 15.7 inches of area.
A bit over the half of an 3" pipe.
I dunno how to calculate squareinch area, so i just calculated the inches in the metric way.
The answer is talking for itself.
However, adding hoses to inject air is not a bad idea, but just adding them in an random place could be devastating, not saying you did.
But saying it to open peoples mind.
Where do i want to add them then?
Well, in an tight radiusbend, on the inner-radius. if one got an 'release' of the boundarylayer (of the air) one can inject air to equalize the airpressure, and the air will follow the bend better.
You gain flow at high speeds in this way, where normally the turbulence gets out of control and actually restrics the pipe.
sorry.. got technical there
