Interior/Exterior Ram intake project
#1
Ram intake project
JS and I (mostly him) have been working on this little project for the past month. We've got the prototype fitted to my Mini yesterday and I've taken some data to share. It's still a little crude and will undergo some finess before we go to finished pieces. We want to change the angle of attack and other "designer" issues. However, it's good enough for testing. We've taped the snot out of it in the last photo to ensure that it doesn't fly off during testing and to ward off pesky spy photographers
Caveat.....we are not advertising a product for sale. We just wanted to share our ongoing project(s) with your guys. If things goes well, plans may change
Conditions were identical as I could make it and the change of intake took place within 10 minutes of testing.
Here are my results with the prototype vs. OEM intake following the same stretch of level road for 10 miles. All the data were taken from the Auterra/Palm OBD reader in real time:
-Ambient temperature...72 fahrenheit
-Motor temperature...178 fahrenheit
-Intake pressure...18.6 inHg
-Speed...75 mph
-Gear...5th
-RPM...3900 +-10
OEM intake=96 fahrenheit
Prototype intake=88 fahrenheit
Not bad...about what I expected. We have opened up the vertical height nearly 5/8" and a little at the sides over stock dimentions to add intake volume. I wonder what the benifits will be at higher boost/speed:smile: Not that the numbers were paramount to us as long as it was an improvement over OEM and more importantly, visually appealling...which we're very happy with at this stage
Sid
PS...I appologise to those of you finding missing images in my old "winter projects" thread as many of them have been deleted to make room in my gallery for this thread. Please ask the moderators to enlarge my gallery
Caveat.....we are not advertising a product for sale. We just wanted to share our ongoing project(s) with your guys. If things goes well, plans may change
Conditions were identical as I could make it and the change of intake took place within 10 minutes of testing.
Here are my results with the prototype vs. OEM intake following the same stretch of level road for 10 miles. All the data were taken from the Auterra/Palm OBD reader in real time:
-Ambient temperature...72 fahrenheit
-Motor temperature...178 fahrenheit
-Intake pressure...18.6 inHg
-Speed...75 mph
-Gear...5th
-RPM...3900 +-10
OEM intake=96 fahrenheit
Prototype intake=88 fahrenheit
Not bad...about what I expected. We have opened up the vertical height nearly 5/8" and a little at the sides over stock dimentions to add intake volume. I wonder what the benifits will be at higher boost/speed:smile: Not that the numbers were paramount to us as long as it was an improvement over OEM and more importantly, visually appealling...which we're very happy with at this stage
Sid
PS...I appologise to those of you finding missing images in my old "winter projects" thread as many of them have been deleted to make room in my gallery for this thread. Please ask the moderators to enlarge my gallery
#2
looks very...very good when is it available the sides look like they R' alot squarer, if thats a word? but d' opening looks to be key! i see a few other things but not sure if u' want it all out or not... know what i mean
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
JS and I (mostly him) have been working on this little project for the past month. We've got the prototype fitted to my Mini yesterday and I've taken some data to share. It's still a little crude and will undergo some finess before we go to finished pieces. We want to change the angle of attack and other "designer" issues. However, it's good enough for testing. We've taped the snot out of it in the last photo to ensure that it doesn't fly off during testing and to ward off pesky spy photographers
Caveat.....we are not advertising a product for sale. We just wanted to share our ongoing project(s) with your guys. If things goes well, plans may change
Conditions were identical as I could make it and the change of intake took place within 10 minutes of testing.
Here are my results with the prototype vs. OEM intake following the same stretch of level road for 10 miles. All the data were taken from the Auterra/Palm OBD reader in real time:
-Ambient temperature...72 fahrenheit
-Motor temperature...178 fahrenheit
-Intake pressure...18.6 inHg
-Speed...75 mph
-Gear...5th
-RPM...3900 +-10
OEM intake=96 fahrenheit
Prototype intake=88 fahrenheit
Not bad...about what I expected. We have opened up the vertical height nearly 5/8" and a little at the sides over stock dimentions to add intake volume. I wonder what the benifits will be at higher boost/speed:smile: Not that the numbers were paramount to us as long as it was an improvement over OEM and more importantly, visually appealling...which we're very happy with at this stage
Sid
PS...I appologise to those of you finding missing images in my old "winter projects" thread as many of them have been deleted to make room in my gallery for this thread. Please ask the moderators to enlarge my gallery
Caveat.....we are not advertising a product for sale. We just wanted to share our ongoing project(s) with your guys. If things goes well, plans may change
Conditions were identical as I could make it and the change of intake took place within 10 minutes of testing.
Here are my results with the prototype vs. OEM intake following the same stretch of level road for 10 miles. All the data were taken from the Auterra/Palm OBD reader in real time:
-Ambient temperature...72 fahrenheit
-Motor temperature...178 fahrenheit
-Intake pressure...18.6 inHg
-Speed...75 mph
-Gear...5th
-RPM...3900 +-10
OEM intake=96 fahrenheit
Prototype intake=88 fahrenheit
Not bad...about what I expected. We have opened up the vertical height nearly 5/8" and a little at the sides over stock dimentions to add intake volume. I wonder what the benifits will be at higher boost/speed:smile: Not that the numbers were paramount to us as long as it was an improvement over OEM and more importantly, visually appealling...which we're very happy with at this stage
Sid
PS...I appologise to those of you finding missing images in my old "winter projects" thread as many of them have been deleted to make room in my gallery for this thread. Please ask the moderators to enlarge my gallery
#3
The clip you see will not be as visible when we're done. For expediency, we left the stock clip in place. The changes we want to make are to lower the angle of attack and fill the the gap exposing the metal flange. That, undoubtedly, didn't help my first readings as it creates much turbulance. Trust me...or maybe not
Trust no one...:smile:
Trust no one...:smile:
#4
.....indeed.......... so when do U' expect it ready.....kool wiper blades!! what r' they?
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
The clip you see will not be as visible when we're done. For expediency, we left the stock clip in place. The changes we want to make are to lower the angle of attack and fill the the gap exposing the metal flange. That, undoubtedly, didn't help my first readings as it creates much turbulance. Trust me...or maybe not
Trust no one...:smile:
Trust no one...:smile:
#6
#7
Our prototype intake was modeled ontop of what was left of Wraith's scoop after his dissasterous mishap enroute to MOTD05. It had only one stud left to attach to. The finished piece will have the four mounting studs that attaches to the hood like all other scoops. With all due respect to El Diablito, I don't know much about the Squidworth scoop
The blades are Valeo:smile:
The blades are Valeo:smile:
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#8
Valeo...
Valeo huh...looks like i'll have 2dump my piaa's....does it sit off the glass on passengers side?
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Our prototype intake was modeled ontop of what was left of Wraith's scoop after his dissasterous mishap enroute to MOTD5. It had only one stud left to attach to. The finished piece will have the four mounting studs that mounts to the hood.
The blades are Valeo:smile:
The blades are Valeo:smile:
#17
Originally Posted by jlm
looks interesting...I wonder what would happen if you ran it with no scoop at all, just the hole?
JS
#22
Originally Posted by MSFITOY
Please guys...we'd love to have YOU make it in CF for US. But as we're making this ourselves and don't know howto in CF, we'll settle for FG
#24
Looks great! I have a dumb question though - would having a bigger scoop be an issue driving in heavy rain and through puddles and the waves of cast-off water from other cars/trucks? I have been through some bad weather like that in the winter and I just wonder if the larger opening might cause some sort of issue.
#25