Air Flow Logic Failure

Ziraya · Post by **Ziraya** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:48 am

This is confusing me alot, I was working on my air filter/cleaner box thing, it's a little broken and refuses to mount at a logical angle to the carb, but anyways, I had the thought, if the air filter is on the left side next to the wheel, what the * does Dac's ram air system scoop air into? Does the engine pull air in twice? Did he just increase the cooling ability?

On the matter of the ram air, a 4" 90 degree plastic pipe would get a better bite with out getting turbulence from the body panel. only problem is the dang thing must weight a quarter pound, maybe half, I can see it ripping itself off on a bumpy road, even with screws

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:51 am

Ram air rams air into the cooling blower not the intake.

Ziraya · Post by **Ziraya** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 1:53 am

is that actually a good thing?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:01 am

More flow is a good thing.

Ziraya · Post by **Ziraya** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:02 am

but could it be pulling the engine out of the proper operating temperature?

Kenny_McCormic · Post by **Kenny_McCormic** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:55 pm

It could make the engine run richer(colder) but I doubt it. The colder you can get it running the better.

Dac · Post by **Dac** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:05 pm

Ziraya wrote:but could it be pulling the engine out of the proper operating temperature?

Nope.

Unless you live somewhere where its to cold to ride anyway.

See, the hole proper operating temperature is as cool as you can get it, without going below 40*c. And no amount of air is going to get it that cool.
What ram air cooling does is just puts more air into it, more air=cooler, less chance of a seize at high speeds.