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Question: Cold Air Intake or Ram Air For The 99
I was just wondering, Which would you guys pick i cant decide on CAI or Ram Air for the 99 Cougar. They both have their positives and negatives.
cold air.
Ram air is just cold air induction with a scoop anyway.
ram air reminds me of those pontiac grand ams that say RAM AIR VEE SIX, as if it added 50hp... eugh
Our cars already have a CAI.I'd like to make the Turbo Coupe hood I have in the garage work with my 5.0 like a ram air hood should.
I'd say Ram Air, just because it's still a CAI, but with a little extra, and a little extra never hurt anything... cept maybe the wallet ;)
Haha, yeah I've actually driven home from the car wash and still had drops of water sitting in the scoops of my "Ram Air" hood. Makes me wonder on the functionality of it. F-bodies are bottom induction(forgot the technical term) cars anyhow, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's totally useless. Oh well, I bought it for the looks to begin with.
I would imagine,after thinking about it,that the hood wouldn't be that functional.It looks like the air,at speed,would actually be traveling from the nose over the hood and scoops.The old Challenger T/A had the scoop raised so that the air rolling over the hood would actually go into the scoop.Good point,Dakota.
im going to weld a tunnel on to the hood its self, hard to explain and run it over to a box. but for now ill stick with my almost free cold air i made
Not to mention the capped scoops on top! got to love those.
So what kind of ram air kit do they make for the New Edge cougars anyhow?
Injen has a few Both CAI's and ram airs, K&N is exuberantly priced at 239 dollars, They have to be F'in crazy.
K&N CAI (http://"http://www.4filters.com/Fuel-Injection-Performance-Kit-Gen2-FIPK-MERCURY-COUGAR-V6-25L-99-01_p_0-1073.html")
Injen Ram Air (http://"http://www.nolimitmotorsport.com/prod/IS5000")
Hmm coulda swore that i had seen an Injen CAI but cant seem to find it now.
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Found
Injen CAI (http://"http://www.car-stuff.com/performance/quote.php?make=17&year=1999&model=173&brand=2957&part_name=15&category=")
If the filter is open to the engine bay,that's not cold air.
I think you're confusing a "short ram" intake with ram air. I don't know where they originally got the "short ram" name from, but there's nothing ram air about it, it just has the filter inside the engine compartment.
Yeah, I've always hated the prices they charge for intakes. I think we have ricers to thank for that. K&N didn't use to be so bad I though. A buddy of mine was looking at intakes for his Cobalt SS and AEM makes a short ram one. It's like a 6" chrome tube with a filter on the end and they wanted like 190 for it.... He then got a used Injen one that can convert to be normal CAI or short ram for like 100 shipped from a forum. But he checked retail on it and it was pretty out there too. I only paid like 130 for my March Ram Air for the T-bird when I bought that.
I made my own cold air kit from two 3.5" mandrel bent aluminum pipes ($50) and a big 9" K&N I found on ebay for $12, along with two couplers (figure $15 or so).
I don't care what vehicle I had, I'd have a hard time justifying paying $200 for something I could build myself for less than half that price. And hell, it's not even hard to do!
I have ram air and I only see 0.6 psi added boost at > 100 MPH. This is only about 6 HP or so - I wouldn't bother unless you plan to go over 100 MPH often :D
I have been up to 115 in My new cougar because that is where they placed the governor.
I have been up to 115 in My new cougar because that is where they placed the governor. That was on US24 going Into Fort Wayne Indiana i was simply testing where they would limit me at.