NO LAUGHING.

[gearheadnate]

Looks good, I've thought of doing somthing similar. I don't know how much benifit the drivers side one is doing, cause when the two pipes intersect there is going to be a good amount of turbulance, one may be better that two and it may allow to get a smoother more straight through air flow. The smoother and staighter the better. As for the collector I think I've seen a/c registers at Home Depot about that size or so close it will easly trim down. I would think that some matching grill inserts would not only look good, but work to keep out the big stuff.

[DamnYankee]

Yeah I thought of doing some kind of curved diverter on the passengers side so when the drivers side supply gets to it, they're both going the same direction. Which is why I had contemplated doing a final version in PVC since they have some fittings that would accomplish that.

I scoured Home Depot and Lowes for something to use as a collector, and the pieces I have are about the only thing that would fit in there and accomplish the purpose.

Wish I had those round fog lights like you have - they would work pretty well.

[Weird_guy]

I've seen something similar done with a Mustang.

http://www.corral.net/tech/powerplant/ram-cold-air.html

[DamnYankee]

Yep, same exact concept.

If I can utlize both collectors and have the air merge smoothly, I think that would really help. Wish there was some way to measure airspeed. Anyone know of any gauges or anything?

I should be able to stomp Virgil now too...

[txarkitekt]

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Looks good, I&#39;ve thought of doing somthing similar. I don&#39;t know how much benifit the drivers side one is doing, cause when the two pipes intersect there is going to be a good amount of turbulance, one may be better that two and it may allow to get a smoother more straight through air flow. The smoother and staighter the better.
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Yes, very good point. Now that I think about it, the one on the passenger side should only be needed. The driver&#39;s side port may be canceling out some of the smooth air flow that the passenger side is receiving. Makes me wonder why Volant didn&#39;t do both ports... Maybe they already figured that out in their testing???

[DamnYankee]

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Yes, very good point. Now that I think about it, the one on the passenger side should only be needed. The driver&#39;s side port may be canceling out some of the smooth air flow that the passenger side is receiving. Makes me wonder why Volant didn&#39;t do both ports... Maybe they already figured that out in their testing???
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I think two would definitely be better than one (the more air the better), the trick is to merge the two airflows together smoothly. If the passengers side had a partial bend directing the air to be in line with the incoming air from the drivers side, I think it would work really well.

[twobit]

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Just Times Square? Around there there&#39;s a lot to see I guess. But I would branch out. Go into Manhattan and go to Central Station, The Chrysler Building (amazing architecture), and the Empire State Building (bring your camera obviously and there may be a line unless you buy the tickets in advance). Just park in one of the garages (around &#036;32) and hoof it to all three places. It&#39;s a fun time. And get a hot dog from one of the corner vendors - they&#39;re gooood. That stuff is kind of central Manhattan area.

Then head south and check out Chinatown while you&#39;re there - it&#39;s pretty crazy.

From there you should go further south to Lombardi&#39;s - it&#39;s NY&#39;s first licensed pizzeria. Been there since 1905 and their pizza is fresh and good. And they have a couple of local beers on tap. Then you could go over and see where the Twin Towers were.

Those are some of the things I would recommend doing - makes for a fun day.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I say Time Square b/c that is where we are staying and im not sure if we will be renting a car or not. May just have to I definately want to see some of those places. Can&#39;t wait to try some pizza, yum.

[RedHeartbeat]

Should have run two pipes up to the air box. Think of it as your exhaust... two 2.25 pipes merged into one 3" pipe, not two 2.25" pipes merged into one 2.25" pipe.. :cough: :gasp: :choke: For best results we usually go to a larger merged pipe or duals to keep the best flow.

Just looked again and it looks like two 3" merged into a 4".

[DamnYankee]

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Should have run two pipes up to the air box. Think of it as your exhaust... two 2.25 pipes merged into one 3" pipe, not two 2.25" pipes merged into one 2.25" pipe.. :cough: :gasp: :choke: For best results we usually go to a larger merged pipe or duals to keep the best flow.

Just looked again and it looks like two 3" merged into a 4".
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Very good point...lots of little stuff I didn&#39;t think all the way through. There&#39;s some perfecting to do on it fo&#39; sho&#39;.

[DamnYankee]

No, you&#39;re right, I used all 4". My initial thinking was it would be fine because I wasn&#39;t sure if I would be maximizing the available flow potential of the pipe - so combining the two into one would maybe create a small &#39;forced induction&#39; effect through the filter. I could be way off in that though.