Re: 16V Ram Air Setup

[Rich Deede <rdeed@UDel.Edu>]

>>So here's the question (finally).  If the point of a Ram Air setup
is to get as much cool air flowing into the air box, why not remove the
plastic contraption, cap the heater hose, cap that little white hose,
and connect a 4" diameter flexible hose with a scoop underneath the air
dam directly to the air box.  Seems this set up would get more air and
all fresh, cool air into the system.  Any thoughts?  Will it work?
Would this be an improvement over my current setup?  I realize water
could be an issue.  But here in So Cal, it's not a problem.<<

I did exactly what you are talking about to my old car and it seemed to
work rather nicely. I took off that plastic piece and ran aluminum dryer
tubing straight down and used a screw to hold it in to the air dam. I
never had a problem with water getting in during the 9 months that I had
it like this, but since it was aluminum and my car was lowered, sometimes
the tube would hit the ground and get all mashed up. So periodic switching
of the tube was needed.





Rich Deede
University Of Delaware (Communications)
1988 Scirocco 2.0 16v
1987 Scirocco 16v - R.I.P.





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