im glad you two were able to help the tread starter so much with your bickering.
as for ricekiller congrats youll love your new bird!

 

i thought ram air was 305 but im not sure im leaving to pick it up now so thanks for the help. keep sending it and ill get back to u guys later.

 

Yeah ,the rating is 305 according to the original window sticker.

My wife refers to me as her little man....

 

My understanding is that the factory ramair setup (or aftermarket ones for that matter) don't help diddly squat on a chassis dyno, so ramair cars and CAI cars typically dyno about the same. On the track I hear ramair can knock off .05 or so (depending on air quality) so they do edge out a little bit.

Now, shake hands and let's have a beer!

What, it's 9:30 AM here, isn't it Miller time where you're at? Sheesh!

 

I think it's pretty much already been proven that there is no ram-air effect worth noting until triple digit speeds.

What is more important than that is location and design of the intake. Obviously, stock vs. stock, the ram-air is more efficient at what it does, but adding a cai to the non-ram air car neutralizes that. Both vehicles will be pulling air from outside the engine bay, and the cai intake "piping" is significantly better than stock. In fact, since adding a k&n filter to a stock intake has been shown to do basically squat, I'm betting that on an LT1 the biggest gains on a CAI are from smoothing and enlarging that one bend around the radiator where things squeeze down real tight, and on an LS1 it would be the "mouth" where the lid leads to the MAF.

And BTW LT1s may be underrated, but on an average it would probably be only 5-10 hp, nothing compared to LS1s. What is more important to consider and the reason why an LT1 can take down a lot of 300+ hp cars is because of the nice, fat power band.

And another reason a WS6/SS would be a bit faster is the extra 6cm of tread that comes stock.

 

please correct me if i'm wrong here (politely), but wasnt there more of a difference between the ws6 and standard TA than ram air and bigger rims?

edit: nevermind, found my answer:

: The package was available starting in 1996 on Formulas Trans Ams only. Included in the package were:

Ram Air hood and air intake (like that of the Firehawk)
The 1998s and up WS6s have a completely new hood with 2 functional intakes right above the standard non functional nostrils
Freer flowing exhaust system
Higher rate front springs (360 lbs/in)
Variable rate rear springs (130-180 lbs/in)
Stiffer front and rear shocks
Harder bushings
Larger diameter front anti-sway bar (32mm)
Increased cooling
17 inch wheels with 275/40ZR/17 tires