just curious. what kind of gains am i lookin at from an ss hood and air box for my z28? i want to make an ss clone. one other thing, what do you think of rachet shifters...do or dont?

 

Do a Search on this topic, it's been debated to death. My "read" is that a cold air induction from the bottom of the car will provide colder air than the SS hood. The SS hood is more about looks than function.

 

I agree. If you want the SS ram air set up go for it , but.............. I read the sam thing ...... That a cold air set up like the K&N or Moroso set up made more power than the SS set up. I think they said it was because of the heat with it being right on top of the intake.


I think the Firebirds made more power because the have the ram air nostrils in front on the car , thus away from the heat. If you want the hood and air box go for it, but if you want more power, from what I have read it would be better with the SS hood , to get the hood, but use a cold air induction setup.

I don't know about the power from the functional SS hood , but I have seen more than one dyno test where the cold air setup made about 19 rwhp.

 

To begin with it's not a "cold" air set up. The air is not going to be any cooler than the ambient temp or the temp based on any source of underhood heat that affects it. So when talking about SS Scam Air v. CAI, it all depends on the routing of the intake plenum. I don't believe there is any significant difference between the temp of the SS setup than most other CAIs (which should read FAI "fresh air intake".

And I seriously doubt that either setup will net you 19 ponies, at the engine or the wheels.

In a nut shell,l the intakes are "induction" i.e., the air is not "forced" but "pulled" in by the engine. JMHO

 

We call it that because that is what the manufacturers call it. Just like you refer to CAI. I don't think most people think it's going to drop the air below ambient temp. And It probably depends on the routing of the tubing more that the plenum (bread box lt1 intake). Thats why the the ram air firebird setup seems to be a bit better than the SS . The plenum (upper lt1 intake) is in the same place, but the SS air box sits above the intake , While the ram air is in front of the car and not over the hot plenum.

 

Ram air and CAI work the same and put out about the same power but the RAM AIR really helps above 80 or 90...you can def feel a difference!

 

TransAmGT... your 60 time seems a little high, you must be a badass shifter... because your 1/4 time is nice.