Ram-Air Intake Modification

[The_Blur]

I was trying to figure out what it would take to make the mail slot functional. It looks like it would be nothing short of an involved customization job, requiring the removal of the hood latch and a good portion of the space around it.

Despite this, I would like to see some discussion of how we could implement a functional scoop at the front of the Camaro.



Obviously, the hood latch is a necessary feature, so hood pins or a new latch would be necessary. Is anything else in the vicinity as necessary? What kind of body work would we need to do to make this happen without destroying the otherwise attractive appearance of the engine bay?

[Hylton]

If I were to do it, I would relocate the hood latch mechanism over a foot and then put a second latch on the other side so that you would actually have 2 hood latches working off the same hood release cable. Once you've done that, you are free to go nuts with the sawzall.

[5th_GEN_SS]

to much work..
plus for the amount of destruction to the car vs power gain...
wld b useless
i wldnt b able 2 do that 2 my baby.

[Hylton]

Originally Posted by 5th_GEN_SS

to much work..
plus for the amount of destruction to the car vs power gain...

I agree but somebody is definitely going to do it.

[5th_GEN_SS]

o i no they will..

or try, lol

i wish it was functional as well but there is no room there for a air intake.. the intake wld b so narrow and restrictive that it wld only be a minimal intake amount anyway...
if they wanted a well functioning ram air the mail slot shld b moved onto the begining of the hood and made larger.. kinda similar to the trans am style, then @ least you would be able to put in a larger intake (tubing and what not), with the larger openings on the hood you could move more air and @ the same time with nearly no alteration to the car

[CamaroSpike23]

blur I cant believe you didnt do a search.... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8348&highlight=mail+slot








edit with real link

[radz28]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

blur I cant believe you didnt do a search.... http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8348&highlight=mail+slot .

I am so going to Eagle Claw you, right now

[CamaroSpike23]

Originally Posted by radz282003

I am so going to Eagle Claw you, right now

did you click the period?

[Sizzox]

Haha nice spike haha but you people do know if you click the x to close the tab then it comes up saying the lyrics just hold in enter and it will go through a lot of lyrics and then close the tab

[radz28]

I'd be worried about taking away from or changing the crash protection properties of that area. Being the hood is aluminum, it'll fold pretty easy, but that vertical latch support is bolted/welded to the upper tie bar on the radiator support, and all of that ties together to hold the sheetmetal together, and also ties the front unibody rails. I think it's worth considering keeping some sort of vertical support for the latch and find some way to funnel the airflow around the support and channel it to the throttle body. If someone were to be able to engineer a tubular vertical support, it wouldn't need to be as wide and gangly as a lot of stamped supports are, and air would flow around it easier/smoother. Given this idea, what does the back side of the upper tiebar look like? Does the radiator go all the way up to the bottom of the tie bar? If so, there won't be a way to channel the air like I'm thinking without major surgery of the tie bar and replacing the radiator with a shorter unit. That would leave trying to funnel the air above the tie bar, but then we would have to deal with probably trimming the catch on the hood to some degree which might weaken it. To my eye, the hood sits pretty flush with the top of the upper tie bar, and unless there is a way to channel the air under the tie bar, I don't think it's going to be feasible to route the air above it without major cutting on the underside of the hood. Given I haven't seen the car yet, or pictures in the area I'm talking about, I'm only guessing and throwing that out there. Perhaps, it'll be best to see what aftermarket hoods come out and if they will be equipped with CAI or something. Maybe SLP or Suncoast will come up with something.

As far as the post about any benefits, I don't disagree, IMVHO. Although I think it would be so cool to make it functional, I know it isn't going to add much more power than a more traditional CAI system. I am totally interested in seeing what can be done to make it functional though. Maybe a company like Vararam will be able to come up with something - that would totally be cool.

I like this topic

[radz28]

Originally Posted by CamaroSpike23

did you click the period?

No - now I'm paranoid

[Mr_Draco]

Originally Posted by The_Blur

I was trying to figure out what it would take to make the mail slot functional. It looks like it would be nothing short of an involved customization job, requiring the removal of the hood latch and a good portion of the space around it.

Despite this, I would like to see some discussion of how we could implement a functional scoop at the front of the Camaro.

Obviously, the hood latch is a necessary feature, so hood pins or a new latch would be necessary. Is anything else in the vicinity as necessary? What kind of body work would we need to do to make this happen without destroying the otherwise attractive appearance of the engine bay?

If you look at better pics of the engine compartment, you'll see that the radiator is directly behind the hood latch and the radiator takes up almost all of the room near it so getting around it without restricting air flow would require not only moving the radiator but also getting a smaller one as well.

[Mr_Draco]

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...ight=mail+slot

That's the link that the period sends you.

[Hesh]

Yeah love the Vararam idea. Very good looking product and makes great numbers for a CAI. Hope they can come up with something for the Camaro.