Re: Ram air
- From: Gezellig <geezellig@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:06:50 -0400
It happens that Dan_Thomas_nospam@xxxxxxxxx formulated :
In the 1970's Ford sold some cars with "Ram-Air Induction"
systems. A scoop mounted on the carb that stuck out above the hood, to
ram vast volumes of air into the carb and get way more horsepower.
That's what they wanted you to believe. At 60 mph the pressure
recovery would have been laughably tiny, but Ford's profits were
impressive.
Had a Trans Am, scoop was reversed, facing the windshield, had a flap that opened when MP increased. They claimd that the reversed position was at the low pressure point at the base of the windshield hence enhancing the rammed air effect. I don't know, it was cool, the scoop assembly was attached to the engine so that on acceleration you could see the engine sitting down on its mounts as the scopp popped open and lowere ever so slightly.
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