Functional hood scoop "99-02" 4Runner?
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Originally Posted by heckler
the real purpose of a hood scoop is to produce a ram air effect if i am correct. I dont think that you would get this effect because the air is not being blwon directly in the air box. Since the air has to travel through those hideous looking hoses it would lose the all its force and it still has to pass through the filter. I bet a snorkel would have more powerr gains and lok better than that.
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That looks like the bastard child of "hick-nology" and "ricer-technology"......
That guy has NOTHING on my home-made snorkle....
and not to be outdone.....recently I've DOUBLED the airflow
That guy has NOTHING on my home-made snorkle....
and not to be outdone.....recently I've DOUBLED the airflow
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Ontos, word on the street is there are bigger straws out there ... lol
and that hood scoop mod is pointless, if you really want the ram air effect take out that headlight and run like that.
and that hood scoop mod is pointless, if you really want the ram air effect take out that headlight and run like that.
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Originally Posted by MTL_4runner
The link doesn't work.
http://www.geocities.com/sailbop/PICS.html
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Dude,
I can see what every one else can, the gians from your snorkle mod are clear and the pics are great. What we need now is for you to provide the parts list and source, plus a tech write up on how to. Is this some thing that I could do in the drive or should I consider taking it to a pro shop and have them do it for me.
I can see what every one else can, the gians from your snorkle mod are clear and the pics are great. What we need now is for you to provide the parts list and source, plus a tech write up on how to. Is this some thing that I could do in the drive or should I consider taking it to a pro shop and have them do it for me.
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Originally Posted by dragon564
Dude,
I can see what every one else can, the gians from your snorkle mod are clear and the pics are great. What we need now is for you to provide the parts list and source, plus a tech write up on how to. Is this some thing that I could do in the drive or should I consider taking it to a pro shop and have them do it for me.
I can see what every one else can, the gians from your snorkle mod are clear and the pics are great. What we need now is for you to provide the parts list and source, plus a tech write up on how to. Is this some thing that I could do in the drive or should I consider taking it to a pro shop and have them do it for me.
#36
Originally Posted by Ontos
That looks like the bastard child of "hick-nology" and "ricer-technology"......
That guy has NOTHING on my home-made snorkle....
and not to be outdone.....recently I've DOUBLED the airflow
That guy has NOTHING on my home-made snorkle....
and not to be outdone.....recently I've DOUBLED the airflow
HAHAHA! THAT IS HILARious!
#37
On the other hand, I think he'd get similar results with the deckplate mod. Not only that, there'd be no water getting into the air intake, the deckplate mod is reversable, the air isn't heated before it gets into the intake, he probably would have spent less money, AND IT LOOKS BETTER!
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Props to Ontos, I have'nt had almost as good a laugh since I saw the bit about the "LOG" subwoofer setup.
Now on that one I did piss myself.
Seriously though, there is not now, nor has there ever been any such thing as a "ram air intake", irregardless of what manufacturers or street modders may have called such a setup..., it's simply mechanically impossible.
You see, an engine is designed and machined to take in only so much air for it to function with the only real way of increasing air flow being either by remachining the internals, (e.g., porting, polishing, camming, valving, etc.) or installing a super charger or turbo which actually do not increase air flow, but rather air compression so that more cubits of air are squeezed into the same amount of space.
It sounds good or cool and even almost feasible, but it's simply not possible with the only real attributes being the potential intake of cooler air minus the heat of the engine compartment.
Now on that one I did piss myself.
Seriously though, there is not now, nor has there ever been any such thing as a "ram air intake", irregardless of what manufacturers or street modders may have called such a setup..., it's simply mechanically impossible.
You see, an engine is designed and machined to take in only so much air for it to function with the only real way of increasing air flow being either by remachining the internals, (e.g., porting, polishing, camming, valving, etc.) or installing a super charger or turbo which actually do not increase air flow, but rather air compression so that more cubits of air are squeezed into the same amount of space.
It sounds good or cool and even almost feasible, but it's simply not possible with the only real attributes being the potential intake of cooler air minus the heat of the engine compartment.
Last edited by 94x4; 08-25-2005 at 07:14 PM.