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Old 08-30-2010, 11:47 PM   #7
Brownhornitt

 
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Drives: 2006 White Corvette Convertible
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My question wasn't meant to be taken sarcastically at all. It was a completely real question, "Is this real?"

From your response, I can tell that it is. I didn't mean anything personal by it. I am one of those helpful guys. To prove this, I will answer all of the questions that I can.

1. More air = more HP... to a point. I know some late 3rd generation Camaros had dual cold air intakes. I would imagine that's a good thing. But you would have to wire the new Camaros to do so, which I wouldn't think is a easy chore. So I think it's a great idea in theory, but you don't want to do it. Go with the Injen True CAI. I think it's the best.

2. It's possible, but see above response. The "ram" air, like the 4th generation Firebirds (if that is what you are referring to), has been proven to only work at ridiculous speeds. The ram air really acts as a cold air intake. So once again, I would just go with the Injen True CAI. If you are talking about short ram, then you need to think about heat soak. In which case you would get something that blocks the heat off from the rest of the engine bay. Of the current short ram set-ups, the Injen True CAI outperformed them all on the dyno.

3. Electric fan? Where? Don't these cars already have electric fans? I have a friend who has a '70 Vette where the fan is connected to the crank. I don't think they operate like that anymore, though.

3. The CAI is still worth it, even without an exhaust system. Although, I do recommend getting a sweet exhaust system. I'm going DT shorty headers to Flowmaster exhaust. I say both the Flowmaster AMT and MRT 1.0 sound awesome.

4. Does just converting to long headers dramatically increase HP? Yes. But you want to increase airflow with the CAI, axel/cat-back exhaust, and a TUNE if you are doing LT headers.

5. No. But the turbo will likely change the configuration of the intake set-up. Thus, making it useless.

6. The answer to this question starts wars here. I say Injen true CAI, and beyond that, I don't know. For performance, you would go LT headers, high flow cats, cat-back exhaust, and a necessary tune.

7. Yes, to a point. You still want backpressure. So don't open it too much.

8. They are. But no one has designed an intake/hood set-up, yet? I think? I haven't found one yet? Anyone do this, yet?

9. Because they want to keep things simple on a mass production level. It keeps cost down. Not all of the Camaro buyers want the sound, etc. Plus we want to be able to customize for personal preference, and because there is no definite "correct" answer.

10. Because she's my wife.
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