Reply to "Ram Air Box"

The air box is made by the company cited by "Panther" at the beginning of this topic in 4/30/05. www.ramairbox.com

I'm afraid people mix two issues when it comes to air for the Pantera's motor. Cold air is one issue, ram air is a separate issue. The Pantera runs just fine, as is, without ram air. It does not need ram air, or elephant ears, or any such contrivance. However, for every 10 degrees
F you drop the temperature of the intake air, you raise the power of the motor 1%. You do not need elephant ears to achieve this, just a duct that is flush with the body of the car, located anywhere where it will not be drawing in warm air heated by the engine compartment. It makes not one bit of difference if it is out of a high pressure zone. In fact, I'll guarantee you that any duct flush on the side of the body, will provide higher air pressure to feed the motor than the typical round air filter assembly drawing air from atop the motor, as the area of the Pantera behind the passenger compartment is a low pressure zone.

Ram air is a good thing, especially for a vehicle traveling over 100 mph. However it is far less important of a consideration compared to cold air.

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