Navy David SS

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3 1/2" piping. The fan is just one of our duel stock fans. With my present engine I do need to step up in size of fan and poss bigger rad.

Sorry about hijacking your trend A.

David

SUX2BU

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Here's my sety up. Its a plate that i made at work that replaces the FTRA. it has two 4" holes in it that i ran dryer hose (yes as in clothes dryer) to two 4" to 6" funnels that i screwed into the front facia.
Don't have any dyno results but with the FTRA i ran 11.8 @ 117
I swapped the FTRA for my set up, ADDED 125 lbs in weight (added a bolt in 6 point cage and reinstalled my A/C) and left the A/C belt onn (forgot to take it off). Went back to the track and ran 11.7 @ 118 in a little bit WORSE weather. So i gained 1 mph and 1 tenth OVER the FTRA while adding the drag of the A/c compresser belt and adding 125 lbs in wrose weather. I'de say it works.

Dragaholic

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So you did away with the complete FTRA setup? I currently have the FTRA and was thinking about extending it or routing some of the same piping to it from the front holes in the front fascia.

Does anyone else have a similar setup with back to back dyno numbers or track results?

SUX2BU

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Yeah i took it completely off. At first i was going for what you want. i was building an adapter that had a long thin rectangle opening on one side (to mate with the bottom of the FTRA) and two four inch holes on the other end that was going to go to the front bumper. but it looked REALLY gay so i just put the two aluminum rings i had made on a flat piece of aluminum and boom my ram air plate was born.
Dyno numbers aren't gonna happen chief, unless you can get a HUGE fan to blow 100 mph wind at your car while your on the dyno.
I'm tellin you i had a HUGE improvement over the FTRA.

TS6

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SUX2BU that looks awesome. I can fabricate that pretty easily at work, but did you have to cut the core support there under the plate or what? I have my A/C still so I'm wondering why my car looks different in that area than yours?

SUX2BU

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yeah i had to cut it a little. i used to run it with my A/C and it would squeeze the two hoses but not too bad to where it would affect the flow much.
that support doesn't really support much and i've cut alot of it away just for weight savings.

96-speed

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You are not going to have any pressure in your setup. Its all vacuum at WOT. Less restrictive, possibly.

Ryan

Dragaholic

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96-speed, so you don't think by adding onto my FTRA from the front fascia or even doing a setup like SUX2BU is gonna be worth anything? I'm trying to squeeze every last bit out of the car.

stevemilz

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Whats your RPM thru the traps?

Dragaholic

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7000-7100.

gr8one99SS

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i tried the same thing that sux2bu did and i gained .2 in the 1/8 it definetaly works well especially on the freeway. thanks sux2bu for the great idea. hey sux what track do you go to would like to meet up and see you run

SUX2BU

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I'm going to be at redline this Sunday. All profits are going to my friends family. his wife had a really bad wreck out there in their fox body coupe. There will be a bucket to donate some $$$. it should be on Redlines front page. Sunday fun & grudge 1 PM till dark.

Dragaholic

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Wow, nice gains. Looks like I'm going to have to tyr something new!

gr8one99SS

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I'm going to be at redline this Sunday. All profits are going to my friends family. his wife had a really bad wreck out there in their fox body coupe. There will be a bucket to donate some $$$. it should be on Redlines front page. Sunday fun & grudge 1 PM till dark.
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ill try and make it out there , sorry about you friend hope it turn out well

gearheads78

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The ram-air set up looks real good Juan.

I will be out there in a slow white 01 SS with no exhaust. See ya out there.

LC

SUX's car has the "intake" holes in the center of the air filter, what if i do them where the FTRA would be? kinda more engine side..

SUX2BU

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Actually the rear of the holes are where the FTRA rear is. You can't go any farther back, it is almost up against the radiator. when i had my A/C in the hoses were actually on the condenser. now that i don't have a/c i have a HUGE tranny cooler and i have to clearence the right hose (squish it) a little bit.

LC

but, you had to cut the frame didn't you? those holes are too big..

SUX2BU

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yeah. it doesn't do anything but hold the lower air lid. and saves some weight.

LC

really? then what helds the car together on the front if we removed the front bumper support too?

i would do the same as you, but i would weld the plate on the sides to the frame to keep it like a replacement of what has been cut... unless you did that too...

too bad i have not learned to weld yet.. i'm doing it with fiber...