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Ram Air System Redux [message #145654]

Wed, 05 October 2011 20:53

SThornbg

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I have seen a lot of comments in the archives re the ram air installations people have done, but I don't find any sketches or pictures to guide newbies along the way.

I am trying to put 4" water heater vent (flexible)on the stock air cleaner housing shorkle. The snorkle has the 4" flair at the end. I am not able to make the bend coming off of the snorkle due to the close proximity to a structural brace. I have tried a hard tin flex elbow and I have tried coming directly off the snorkle with the flexible vent. Neither way allows me to reset the air cleaner housing on the carburetor.

Any advice would be very much appreciated.......

Steve Thornburg
South Bend, IN
'77 Palm Beach 455

Steve Thornburg South Bend, IN 77 exPB 455 "Tinker Toy"

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Re: Ram Air System Redux [message #145658 is a reply to message #145654]

Wed, 05 October 2011 21:39

WD0AFQ

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Steve, I am using 3 inch John Deere planter hose. It is plastic and bends around the bracing of the floor, actually going between them and out to the grille where I have my breather. Ken H. is the one who told me what to use when I needed to replace my old tubing, that was tearing because it was some kind of cloth. Not cheap. I paid about 70 bux for an 8 ft section.
Dan

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Re: [GMCnet] Ram Air System Redux [message #145659 is a reply to message #145654]

Wed, 05 October 2011 21:40

Mr ERFisher

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how about this
http://goo.gl/s82I3

gene

On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:53 PM, SThornbg <SThornbg@aol.com> wrote:

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>
> I have seen a lot of comments in the archives re the ram air installations
> people have done, but I don't find any sketches or pictures to guide newbies
> along the way.
>
> I am trying to put 4" water heater vent (flexible)on the stock air cleaner
> housing shorkle. The snorkle has the 4" flair at the end. I am not able to
> make the bend coming off of the snorkle due to the close proximity to a
> structural brace. I have tried a hard tin flex elbow and I have tried
> coming directly off the snorkle with the flexible vent. Neither way allows
> me to reset the air cleaner housing on the carburetor.
>
> Any advice would be very much appreciated.......
>
> Steve Thornburg
> South Bend, IN
> '77 Palm Beach 455
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Re: [GMCnet] Ram Air System Redux [message #145679 is a reply to message #145659]

Thu, 06 October 2011 03:15

spiffycar

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Early 90's dodge trucks used 3" & 4" hard plastic flex air tubes that work well as replacements or for custom installs.

http://www.gmcmhphotos.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=41016&title=dodge-truck-snorkels-&cat=5915

Paul W L
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Re: Ram Air System Redux [message #145683 is a reply to message #145658]

Thu, 06 October 2011 06:12

John Sharpe

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Quote:

... I am using 3 inch John Deere planter hose....

Dan, What color is it? Green would clash with the blue on my olds! Laughing

John Sharpe
Humble,TX
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Re: Ram Air System Redux [message #145684 is a reply to message #145654]

Thu, 06 October 2011 07:10

Hardie Johnson

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SThornbg wrote on Wed, 05 October 2011 21:53

<>I am trying to put 4" water heater vent (flexible)on the stock air cleaner housing shorkle.<>Any advice would be very much appreciated.......
Steve Thornburg
South Bend, IN
'77 Palm Beach 455

If you are thinking that flexible dryer duct material or gas heater vent, it will likely collapse when you open the throttle.
The goal here is not so much ram air as getting a cool charge to the engine. The Jeep snorkle and a remote air cleaner seems to be the way to go.
Just ducting some cooler air to the area of the air intake would help.

Hardie Johnson "Crashj"
1973 26 foot Glacier, White Thing
Raleigh NC

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Re: Ram Air System Redux [message #145726 is a reply to message #145683]

Thu, 06 October 2011 13:45

WD0AFQ

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John Sharpe wrote on Thu, 06 October 2011 06:12

Quote:

... I am using 3 inch John Deere planter hose....

Dan, What color is it? Green would clash with the blue on my olds! Laughing

Chuckle, Chuckle.
dan

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