I have a 2001 chevy z28 camaro roadster with a functional ram air intake hood. Stock airbox underneath 5.7 l v8 with fuel injection.Kn makes a cold air intake kit for my make and year.is it possible to have both cold air intake and ram air intake running in the same car?? or can you only have one type of intake system.Thanks!!
If the ram air hood connection to the intake is sealed properly, then it acts as both CAI and ram. The problem is what some manufacturers (and enthusiasts) call a ram air. The formal definition is an intake that takes pressurized cowl/hood air and ducts it directly to the engine. A CAI is a system by which the intake is fed air that isn't pre-heated by the engine. If I'm not mistaken, the SLP-massaged fourth gens had functional ram-air setups nearly completely isolated from engine compartment air; I'd consider that both cold air and ram, if you look at the definition. Don't go buying a standard-issue CAI thinking you can plumb it to the ram air, though. I know my KN takes its air from the driver's side, in front of the wheel housing, and takes a molded duct - it wouldn't be adaptable to a ram air hood without discarding about 80 percent of the kit! The ducting will have to turn up and fit to the ram air setup with a foam-lined (or closed cell rubber) gasket to isolate the unit. Its a specific set up and won't normally be called a CAI. BTW, please, please, please. Don't call a fourth gen a roadster! I sold my Miata roadster to buy my Z28
Go with cowl induction, gives you cold air and and same effect of ram air too. It works on body aerodynamics which creates a high-pressure cell at area between the back edge of the air scoop and the windshield base. Airflow Over and around the Hood Hump makes turbulence and drag which forces air Back in towards the scoop. Rain water is no problem because it is so much heavier than air. Vacuum operated gate opens to bypass air filter to get even more flow straight into intake. The more air you have the more fuel you can mix with it equals more power. i do not care for cold air intakes, there have been too many engines ruined with water being sucked into engine causing hydro lock.
