riddle me this why not duel intake on the grabber hood

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  1. darren

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    Its not just tuners that have intake air problems. How many V8 guys run open element air breathers under the hood? A huge percentage. They suck all that nice hot air off the top of the engine right into the carb. :hmmm: Never been a fan of it.
     
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    wait a minute! what old fords have that intake that has a pipe that come's off it stock???
    like this?
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    Most of the old factory breathers have the snorkel. Used for fresh air and the lower opening for hot air from the exhaust manifold to prevent carb icing. Thats what the diapragm controls. The early ones have a manual lever for summer and winter. Man do I feel old.LOL.
     
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    wouldnt i want to ditch the box idea it wouldnt get as much air? i was thinking about taking out the front turn signals and cutting 2 hole's through the front wall that the radiator sits on and running the air pipe's to those hole's.... i kinda want the sleepr look so no hood mods basically
     
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    wow... I was been thinking about the same thing recently.
     
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    See post #19. That is a homemade setup using rain gutter down spouts in the radiator support and flexable duct. If you wanted to spend more money then get the AFX style ram air. http://home.bresnan.net/~dazed/RamAir
     
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    how did i miss that pic!!!!!!! ahhh some many ideas lol well first how does this method work does ti really improve performance?
     
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    The lugs on my 05 F-150 torque to 150 lbs. So probably quite a few.
     
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    so i have decided to try and mock up a ram air intake for my car the pics bellow are what the prototype looks like (yes thats a freakin gutter pipe)
    beleive it or not im way more torqy with this its making a huge diff. when im going above like 20 it does great! remember im still workin gon the actual spout that comes out of the hood so chill out everyone

    https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/myalbum/photos/photo07/ce/0d/9885ee0035f5__1285174772000.jpeg

    https://www.t-mobilepictures.com/myalbum/photos/photo07/ce/0d/05d75a66c00c__1285174772000.jpeg
     
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