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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 01:44 AM
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DIY Ram Air

seeing as its very difficult to find any CAI's for these trucks i figured i would make my own...it is an 86 250. Anyone have any ideas for me?
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 02:09 AM
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somthin liek that would be good.




 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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Here is a site that has all the info. It aint pretty but its functional http://www.members.shaw.ca/k2pilot/
 
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Old Aug 13, 2006 | 10:15 PM
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Yes,

 
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 09:21 AM
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Dave,

What do you do to keep water and such out?

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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 10:22 PM
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I drive it as fast as I can.

Rain is not a problem at all, the pipe does go up a good bit before it turns into the air box.

Snow however will cake on the bottom of the filter and eventaully block off the airflow.
When I am plowing, I just unhook the stock plastic duct from the scoop and the air box. So the ram air just blows in the engine compartment.

Under hood shot of the ducting from the scoop to the ATS air filter box.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 07:03 PM
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hey dave what kind piping is that thats coming out of your airbox hose? that looks like piping for rain, no?
 
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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http://www.ramairbox.com/index.htmlheres the solution to your problem dave lol.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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wow, spendy
 
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 09:55 PM
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maybe someone could tell me which on of these would be the correct on e to use?

http://www.ramairbox.com/price_list.html

this list pretty much shows all the options. Somewhere else on the page there is something that tells you which one you need but it applies to pretty much muscle cars only.
 
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Old Oct 5, 2006 | 11:41 PM
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That will not work with my turbo very well.

The plastic pipe going into my air cleaner is the stock pipe on an 86, I just built my own air scoop and then used a couple HVAC duct fittings to connect the scoop to my air cleaner.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:45 AM
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I wonder if one could rig a small scoop on each side of the radiator. Also, for people that are worried about water, you could always cut a small hole or passageway at the bottom so the water doesn't carry into the aircleaner.

or for those that want water injection....

these are pretty sweet intake setups.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 12:53 AM
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Go here http://www.ramairbox.com/models.html and look at this Part #14x4SC

Maybe this could work with the bottom-of-windshield idea of ram air
 
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 04:07 PM
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ahh what a great contribution I've made for us IDI users haha.
 
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Old Oct 6, 2006 | 05:17 PM
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ahh what a great contribution I've made for us IDI users haha.
Not to burst your bubble there, dude, but this has been discussed a lot. There are available ways to do it that will cost a whole lot less, and will bolt right onto the IDI motors.

From what I saw of that dual intake setup on the page you linked, it is questionable whether that expensive air cleaner would even fit an IDI without modification. I sure wouldn't be spending that kind of money on something that I'd have to hack and chop on in order to make it fit.

Try looking at some of the ideas in this thread
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/5...ke-idea-2.html
 
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