Ram air
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Joined: 10-23-2008
Posts: 69
From: Delafield, WI
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Joined: 06-26-2008
Posts: 4,152
From: N.W. Burbs Chicago
I'll bite !
rocketbus
Easy Capt. cheddar
If i thought for a min. that glueing a fake plastic scoop on my car would add hp. , I'd have 50 scoops glued all over the car.
I say to each his own ! If i want to glue plastic rocket engines on my doors, and Glue plastic army men to my roof , then thats my thing , and thats what i'll do. Get over it.
My "gay" plastic hood scoop is one of a kind. I did the work and i'm happy with it, I think it works with the body style very well , and i've had nothing but compliments about it. Notice last sentence , There's no how do YOU like it ? , What do YOU think ? , What would YOU have done ? It's not about you.
I have a freind, Who has Dragraced pro stock for 35 years.
His take on what hp. results i would see if i made the scoop functional
are 2-4 hp I trust his thoughts.
There's a ---- load of HHR's on this site, That i Think look like crap, however i have a bit more class than to say so. Alot of guys have put alot of work and cash into there rides, For themselfs and i can appreciate that...... To each his own !
Just my opinion , Not a fact !
But i must say your ss looks very much like every other silver ss, nice.
Oh ya,
GO BEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easy Capt. cheddar If i thought for a min. that glueing a fake plastic scoop on my car would add hp. , I'd have 50 scoops glued all over the car.
I say to each his own ! If i want to glue plastic rocket engines on my doors, and Glue plastic army men to my roof , then thats my thing , and thats what i'll do. Get over it.
My "gay" plastic hood scoop is one of a kind. I did the work and i'm happy with it, I think it works with the body style very well , and i've had nothing but compliments about it. Notice last sentence , There's no how do YOU like it ? , What do YOU think ? , What would YOU have done ? It's not about you.
I have a freind, Who has Dragraced pro stock for 35 years.
His take on what hp. results i would see if i made the scoop functional
are 2-4 hp I trust his thoughts.
There's a ---- load of HHR's on this site, That i Think look like crap, however i have a bit more class than to say so. Alot of guys have put alot of work and cash into there rides, For themselfs and i can appreciate that...... To each his own !
Just my opinion , Not a fact !
But i must say your ss looks very much like every other silver ss, nice.
Oh ya,
GO BEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Joined: 03-16-2008
Posts: 662
From: Cleveland, Ohio
Thanks for the BOOK LEARNIN! A Rocket Doctor I am not. But isn't it safe to assume that the air from a scoop would qualify as "cold air" thus increasing the overall volume of air introduced to the engine, even though the O2 sensors will negate that volume during combustion? I can remember the days when coolder meant more HP, thanks to our computers, as I found out this winter, the ECM pulls back power under dense atmosphere, and without a tune to by-pass certain codes. It seems to me that a scoop would be strictly cosmetic, now for RAM-AIR I know a couple of draggers that actually pump compressed air from SCUBA Tanks through the plenum mixed with washer fluid, and there is a method for shooting acholol into an Intercooler, which because of the chemical atomizing of the alcahol, up the compression in the intake thus "ramming" more air! So our HHR's are not an X-Plane, and Ram tech only works past 2,500 MPH but so what. Denser air than ambient entering the intake is still considered RAM, science aside. But, I'm no rocket doctor, just a guy who likes cold air at 2-3 atmospheres less than whats comming through my window!
The conventional perception of ram air is that air captured by the scoop or headlight inlet or whatever on a moving car will allow more intake air induction than it would in a car at rest. This is the myth that needs to be debunked.
Beautiful!... x2
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Joined: 06-02-2008
Posts: 30
From: DFW Texas
In the old days we used to also have what is called a cool can that we used to put ice in to help cool the fuel while racing. The fuel entered the can at one end and came out the other much cooler than when in the tank. But again we all had carbs.
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Joined: 07-05-2008
Posts: 5,464
From: Akron Ohio
We still sell a lot of these as they kill vapor lock on hot days at the track. Fuel will vaporize in the line and the ice will help prevent it.
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Joined: 10-23-2008
Posts: 69
From: Delafield, WI
rocketbus
Easy Capt. cheddar
If i thought for a min. that glueing a fake plastic scoop on my car would add hp. , I'd have 50 scoops glued all over the car.
I say to each his own ! If i want to glue plastic rocket engines on my doors, and Glue plastic army men to my roof , then thats my thing , and thats what i'll do. Get over it.
My "gay" plastic hood scoop is one of a kind. I did the work and i'm happy with it, I think it works with the body style very well , and i've had nothing but compliments about it. Notice last sentence , There's no how do YOU like it ? , What do YOU think ? , What would YOU have done ? It's not about you.
I have a freind, Who has Dragraced pro stock for 35 years.
His take on what hp. results i would see if i made the scoop functional
are 2-4 hp I trust his thoughts.
There's a ---- load of HHR's on this site, That i Think look like crap, however i have a bit more class than to say so. Alot of guys have put alot of work and cash into there rides, For themselfs and i can appreciate that...... To each his own !
Just my opinion , Not a fact !
But i must say your ss looks very much like every other silver ss, nice.
Oh ya,
GO BEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Easy Capt. cheddar If i thought for a min. that glueing a fake plastic scoop on my car would add hp. , I'd have 50 scoops glued all over the car.
I say to each his own ! If i want to glue plastic rocket engines on my doors, and Glue plastic army men to my roof , then thats my thing , and thats what i'll do. Get over it.
My "gay" plastic hood scoop is one of a kind. I did the work and i'm happy with it, I think it works with the body style very well , and i've had nothing but compliments about it. Notice last sentence , There's no how do YOU like it ? , What do YOU think ? , What would YOU have done ? It's not about you.
I have a freind, Who has Dragraced pro stock for 35 years.
His take on what hp. results i would see if i made the scoop functional
are 2-4 hp I trust his thoughts.
There's a ---- load of HHR's on this site, That i Think look like crap, however i have a bit more class than to say so. Alot of guys have put alot of work and cash into there rides, For themselfs and i can appreciate that...... To each his own !
Just my opinion , Not a fact !
But i must say your ss looks very much like every other silver ss, nice.
Oh ya,
GO BEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But all joking aside. I guess I'm not a classy guy... but then again, never claimed to be. I speak my mind n dont apologize for it....
And as a side note, since you felt it was necessary to mention the bears... thats not even worth the effort to comment on.
PS wanna watch the Brewers spank the Cubs again? ... and again and again
