Just thought I would pass along a mod I did today. Take out your filter tray from your air box and you will see a 1-1/2 inch plastic bridge in the middle. This area could be used for more air coming inside the air box. Your air filter does not rest on this bridge (Holley Power Shot) and I went ahead and dremeled it out. The tray is still very sturdy without it.

Anybody else do this?

Another thought.... Those two holes on each side of the front grill in the bumper. There's black stirofoam in there and why couldn't you cut that out and make a duct to flow direclty to your CAI duct or to the airbox??

Comments welcomed!

 

I think you are talking about the FRA(Free Ram Air) mod.
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EDIT: cutting out that plastic flap between the radiator and the filter will make it dirtier, but if you have a reusable one, it shouldn't matter

 

Guess that would let a little tiny bit more flow.It kinda supports the filter a bit though.I left the bridge in on the the lower piece of box and tray for stuctural reasons. But hey what ever floats yer boat.

The foam removal thing I too have looked into that when I was planning brake cooling ducts for my v6.Wanted them to be the inlet for the ducting to the brakes. There's metal framing behind it some bracketry though.And to get enough room to get ducting in there w/some bends requires alot bein removed(black foam). But it could be done I abandoned the idea.The vents are funtional extra engine compartment cooling/air flow. I found you could go w/ a 2.5" or 3" ducting inside the exsiting coridoor and take a sharp turn cut some plastic walls to get to the brakes but still abandoned the idea. To get to the air supply would be some work.
The vent outlets come out to the left and right of hood latch.I have located my Power Steering cooler down in the vents high flow area.The 1/2" lines were easy to route to there,and the cooling effect for the PS is great.
T.

 

on stock cars i dont see it making any difference.. I will try the stealth air intake at the track shortly to see if its opening (same as free ram air, but on a larger scale) makes any difference..


See review in sig..

 

You may want to rethink locating the power steering cooler over those vents ... you got half the idea of what those vents are but not the whole picture.

They're not extra air ... they are the air. That's how the air is fed to the front of the air box, via those vents. Basically the air comes in through the "catfish" nostrils, through those openings in the bumper, splashes against the hood and then is directed right into the opening in the airbox.

By putting the power steering cooler directly in the air flow you will impact two things. First, of course you will disrupt the airflow to the hood and ultimately to airbox. Second, through the heat exchange with the power steering cooler, you will be heating up the air that is making it to the airbox.

In your specific case it is less of an issue since you are running the FTRA and especially if you have it sealed. Personally I like the FIPK since it takes advantage of the engineered air flow and you can enhance it's performance beyond that of the FTRA by dropping the washer reservior and the shroud underneath ... plus you don't have the radiator blocked the way you do with the FTRA or any other similiar CAI system.

 

Dont agree, And you havnt told me anything I dont already know. It does pass the air box not all air is directed to the air box some.Air box is in the compartment ehh? Believe I wrote cooling/air flow.
My ftra is sealed,and as a matter of fact have eliminated the plate for the reason of blocked radiator.That's not even an issue either b/c of the 160 thermo&Man. fan switch coolant additive purple ice.
The cooler being where it is has no effect whatsoever in your terms of a problem. It is a benifit being in a high flow area,and hardly enough to change the temp of the major air passing it at speed around the track.With great success,concidering I havnt lost my rack&pinion and pump again since the install. Road coarse tracks can be brutal on our PS systems
Remove the window washer reservior naw.
T.