16V Ram Air Driving Impressions

["Shannon Fenton" <sfenton@amazon.com>]

I promised myself I would take the weekend off from working
on the car but it was not to be. I went on a cruise Saturday
and was able to shut down some very modified Stage 3 and 4
G60 Corrados so I had to have more. I fixed my jury rigged
upper coolant hose and put on a Ram Air setup. The setup
                            work better than I thought it would, I was
thinking I would
                            only see a very slight difference at speed but
after driving
                            home last nite and into to work this morning Im
finding that it
                            does alot for upper rev range throttle response.
Mind you the
                            temp out is pretty cool and dense, I have yet to
test it on
                            the strip where heat soaking is a problem. The
car responds
                            and spins up faster around 3500-3800 rpm and
pulls to redline
                            much quicker. Keep in mind I dont feel much of a
difference in
                            any gear but 4th and 5th. I found racing the
G60s that I had
                            to downshift, they would walk by me if I left it
in fifth, but
                            with this setup 5th feels alot crisper and
kicking it down to
                            4th is great! The only drawback is....well with
3inch dryer
                            hose it looks pretty funny. But after driving
the car I can
                            handle the laughter, just call me snorkel boy!

                            Putting it in was a snap, just get some 3inch
dryer hose and a
                            small heating duct reducer and some zip ties and
you're done.
                            You may run into problems if your battery is not
relocated into
                            the rear but instead of using a place in the
grill you could put
                            the inlet down below the front airdam. The last
pic was before
                            I had trimmed the hose down to make only one
bend before it
                            goes around the power blocks. I still need to
get a new
                            un-cut lower airbox since mine is swiss cheesed
and I imagine
                            I loose some ram air effect through those holes.
Also you
                            cannot see the scoop behind my grill.
Anyways....pics up on my site
www.scirocco16v.com in the new mods section.


Thank you for your time.
Shannon Fenton
Telecom Resource Management
Amazon.com
206.266.6736
sfenton@amazon.com


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