Anybody ever fabricate a lower tray for the ram air intake that would feed sideways into the turbo intake?

I will eventually be going turbo with this car, but I've never seen a turbo setup that retains the ram air intake. Have I just not come across one or am I correct to say I'd be the first? (the latter seems HIGHLY unlikely)

I could easily make one out of fiberglass... Only thing I could think that would cause an issue is the actual routing to the turbo intake and the elbow still needed into the intake manifold... but I believe these are both doable.

 

Nobody has done it probably because all the Ram-air ducting would be restriction on the the intake side...

 

In stock form, yes but the hood hollowed out and the box remade with fiberglass would pose no more of a hinderance than anything else.

 

I would think that if you couldn't figure anything out using the hood, you could ditch a foglight or 2 and make that a ram air of sorts. If you could hook up to the ram air hood, that would really be sweet, but I think that it would be a tight fit under there.

 

Well doesn't the upright radiator make for a decent bit of room?? Somebody give me a built bottom end and their turbo kit and I'll make a ram air box out of fiberglass.

 

Still a restriction just because of the size of the holes in the hood. Trust me... I've looked into it.

Even with a custom box and debaffled hood you're still going to choke the airflow through the hood openings.