candymancan wrote:These types of air intakes are ram air intakes.. The air goes directly from the grill when driving to the engine. ZJs have this as well right by the headlight.
Stuka are you sure a round air filter on top of the engine without a ram tube by the battery gives you more power ?
I mean even sports cars have a tube to get cold air from the grill area or lower from the ground. My brothers camaro in the signature runs like BEEP on the track if it sucks in warm air. But i know a LS engine is diff from a amc 360 lol.
Also how do you get around not being able to use the emission junk thats all over the stock intake ? There are like 4 vacuume lines in various solenoids on it. Did you just plug them or what ? and where would you put the oil cap breather tube ?
The factory setup is not ram air. It does get air from outside the engine compartment, but thats it.
And yes, an open element 14" gives WAY more power because the factory air cleaner system is incredibly restrictive. Yes, if the under hood temps are very high, it can cause issues, which I mentioned above.
Newer vehicles use snorkels that probably flow 10x more air than what 60's and 70's vehicles came with. Even if the air is cooler, if you can't get enough of it, you will be limiting power. The intake on my '16 Mustang was like 4.5" in diameter (guestimating here), the one on each of my FSJ's is about 1.25".
Now if somebody went with a more modern intake system which was much larger and got air from outside the engine compartment,t his would be the best setup.
Here is the video: