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Originally Posted by archemedes
yep ram air is looks only (gm even said the ram air gto was a looks thing) you want more power go cowl induction.
Explain in detail please.
"Cowl Intake" What will be modified? Body, Front spoiler, nose, hood, what?
Engine Mods? Manifold? Ignition Moduel?
dEtails? :banghead:
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check out chads 1994 Camaro Z28, he has a 3'' cowl hood.
http://www.projectcamaro.com/mycamaro.htm
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http://www.projectcamaro.com/mycamaro.htm
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Originally Posted by IcarusXP
Who is Aj, and were did he get that killer hood? 
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Originally Posted by IcarusXP
Explain in detail please.
"Cowl Intake" What will be modified? Body, Front spoiler, nose, hood, what?
Engine Mods? Manifold? Ignition Moduel?
dEtails? :banghead:
"Cowl Intake" What will be modified? Body, Front spoiler, nose, hood, what?
Engine Mods? Manifold? Ignition Moduel?
dEtails? :banghead:
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Originally Posted by archemedes
cowl induction is just a hood with a rise and opening at the base of the windshield if you watch any shows that show wind tunnels you can see the smoke turn at that point
I went to aviation school so I'm not really a car guy, but what you saying is this "Cowl Intake" opens a path for air to escape from under the car and uses that airflow for intake?
Seems a bit silly and extreem, but it would catch much less road debris than a ram air intake I guess. Nope, the more I read about this I have to agree that Ram air, and probably Cowl Intake too is more a cosmetic than performance enhancement.
One thing I notice about my car's 3.8 V-6 is that it produces allot of torque between 3500 and 4500 RPM, but it's takeing to long to get there. I think a 10 to 20 horse power boost would dramicaly reduce the time it takes to reach this performance.
1st gear is short as hell. mabey 3 secounds from 0 to 35 and then that shift to secound and it's a long 20 secounds or so to reach 55mph were I'm at max torque. Shifting to third at max torque is another long wait for RPMs to build up before I can go to 4th, and that 5th gear aint much help because I have no more power after that.
Personally, I am not tooled at this point to mount and paint a hood for ram air, cowl air, what ever. But this car is telling me, "I need more air". I can feel it when I drive it, it's sucking to hard. Some how If I can open it up I know I can get it to smoke tires in all gears.
To be Honest, all I want is that kick in the butt feeling one gets driving a hot car with power at your disposal. I think this 3.8 V-6 has awesome potential.
I think my plan should be to keep the car looking as stock as possible and simply unleash the horese in it.
I think I'll go old school. re-do the exaust with two strait ports out the rear with a couple of cherry bombs, and install a high pro header port and polished. Mabey 30 horses if I do all that. What do you think?
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Cowl Induction does work. It's not an intake in the sense of something like the K&N FIPK. It's just a hood with a basic opening in the back. Here's a pic:
Now, when driving, the air that travels over the top of your hood, and is sucked back down into the engine compartment through the back of the hood. It's a very good method, but if you want to get some more air into the car, just get something along these lines to help your car get air: http://www.ftpp.net/V6Induction.html . Check out this page, has some induction options for your car, and an idea of what they will cost.
Exhaust is the other good place to start with, too. A good exhaust set-up, some headers, that'll help for more HP. some headers: http://www.ftpp.net/V6/Exhaust/v6_headers.htm
Now, when driving, the air that travels over the top of your hood, and is sucked back down into the engine compartment through the back of the hood. It's a very good method, but if you want to get some more air into the car, just get something along these lines to help your car get air: http://www.ftpp.net/V6Induction.html . Check out this page, has some induction options for your car, and an idea of what they will cost.
Exhaust is the other good place to start with, too. A good exhaust set-up, some headers, that'll help for more HP. some headers: http://www.ftpp.net/V6/Exhaust/v6_headers.htm
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Good exhaust? Buy my SLP loudmouth 
I loved it and feel like crying getting rid of it. http://www.projectcamaro.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=3581
I loved it and feel like crying getting rid of it. http://www.projectcamaro.com/forum/s...ead.php?t=3581
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Originally Posted by NCamaro94
no, no cherry bombs. don't make a CAMARO sound close to a honda.
