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09-22-2003, 08:05 PM
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Making a functional ram air.
Alright heres the deal... I've got an '82 Z28 Camaro which has the small scoop pieces on the front. But with black aluminum covers over them.. I've been wanting to take these aluminum blockoffs out and make a cylindrical bowl out of sheet metal.. And put on an edelbrock air cleaner.. The type with mesh all the way around. But I don't know of a sure way to keep water out of it when it rains.. Anyone got any ideas?
Last edited by Silver_Camaro; 09-22-2003 at 08:10 PM. 
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09-22-2003, 11:29 PM
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Come on.. Surely some one has an idea out there... Another thaught I've been thinkin of is maybe using those aluminum flaps.. But make them seal under normal driving conditions.. But when the secondaries open then the flaps would open... This way when its raining I don't have to worry about it because I can just keep my foot out of the accelerator. But I don't know how dificult it would be to wire it to the secondaries.
Or another idea is maybe run a pull switch into the cab area and just mount it under the dash... So that if i pull the switch then the flaps open, and when i push the switch back in the flaps close and seal... This idea came from looking into the switches for switching between muffler and wide open headers on those exhaust selector setups. Please, if you got an idea on this post it.. I'm open to any and all ideas!
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09-23-2003, 08:26 PM
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Well if you tried to mechanically hook it to your carb. it wouldn't work without a huge amount of effort. I'm not even sure if the extra weight of trying to open up some hood flaps would be able to be activated with the secondaries. A small electrical motor would work or like you said maybe a mechanical pull cable. Overall unless you wanted to just use the ones on the hood it would be a lot easier , cheaper to just route it behind a headlight , under the front bumper. I believe they even sell kits for these.
Eric
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09-23-2003, 09:32 PM
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I recently seen something on that "Trucks" show, where the guy bolted on a hood that had flaps that open when you gas it. It tied into the vacuum on the carb, maybe it was a simple vacuum motor that ran on the flaps.
In any event, I'm wondering how much of an impact rain water would have on a K&N type filter. I couldn't imagine it getting totally saturated unless you were driving in really harsh weather. Just an idea...what about making a cover of some sort for these ports you want to open up? Similar to the covers racers put on their scoops when they're not in use. Maybe held in by pins or something in incliment weather.
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11-03-2003, 10:25 AM
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Did you figure it out yet? Just curious because I'm about to do the same to my '69 Mustang.
Is there any way to measure my hood clearance between the hood and the top of the air cleaner? Do they make a compressable ruler or something to measure this? I have a bolt-on hood scoop that I'd like to make functional by cutting out a 15 in. hole so I can raise the carb enough to poke the air cleaner (summit 14 in. open) out high enough to be inside the scoop and above the hood. The scoop is only about 2 inches tall, so I know I can't get the whole air cleaner to fill the scoop, but the more surface of the air cleaner I have above the hood, the better. I have already made a custom scoop-block that will seal it in bad weather and sealed the scoop airtight. I have not cut the hood yet because I want to make sure that this air cleaner will work for it and how high I need to raise it. Any ideas? MoocH
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11-03-2003, 10:36 AM
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I used that stuff for cleaning typewriter keys,like putty.Just put
a lump on the aircleaner and gently close the hood.
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11-03-2003, 11:21 PM
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Got any kids? Playdough works good. Just roll up a ball and put it on top of the air cleaner and close the hood.. then measure from flat spot to flat spot.. Just like malc said..
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11-04-2003, 04:55 AM
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Check that the aircleaner is centered in the engine bay.
See my gallery for cut hood pics.
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11-04-2003, 10:09 AM
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ROCK ON. Thanks guys, I was thinking too 'solid' for a measuring device. I need to start thinking 'gushy gushy'. Thanks again.
Malc, I see what you mean about the centering. Thanks. MoocH
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11-05-2003, 07:28 AM
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I installed Vacuum operated flaps in the Shaker thats on my S10 and used a Chevy spark advance to actuate the flaps.
 More pictures at http://www.v8s10.org/gallery/view_al...umName=album14 and in my hotrodders gallery.
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11-05-2003, 07:38 AM
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I put flaps in the opening of my hood scoop,as you go faster they open more.The air from the windshield area goes into the engine
bay,not out as you would imagine.
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