Ram air conversion

[southenddc]

Hi, has anyone undertaken the ram air conversion on a G type car?...are there any benefits...? also wont it reduce the cooling of the engine?

cheers

Brett 86s3

[superdave]

Hi there, I have a carbed my90 turbo and came to do mine the other week. Found out that there's only one unrestricted pipe into the air box on mine. Check yours out. YOu may find that all carbed turbos only have one pipe. I think it's the SE that have the two pipes but I could be wrong.

Cheers,


Dave Walters

Hi, has anyone undertaken the ram air conversion on a G type car?...are there any benefits...? also wont it reduce the cooling of the engine?

cheers

Brett 86s3

[southenddc]

Cheers Dave, thought i was alone out there!

I Have an S3 non turbo model and ive not checked yet but i think i have 2 pipes, but they dont seem to be the right size?...i was hoping someone here would know if its possible before i start pulling it about...

Thanks again Dave

[hilly]

I have done the ram air conversion on my S3.
The inlet air normally travels from the left hand 'ear' into the boot area, across to the right hand side where it is sucked in through a foam lined pipe into a glass fibre silencer canister and then through to the air filter box.

On mine it now get sucked in directly into the air box from the right hand 'ear' (which used to feed cool air directly engine bay) without any of the old pipe work or silencer. I sure makes the car louder.

I can't comment as to any improvement as I haven't driven the car with the standard arrangement but I am thinking of putting the input silencer back into the system as I feel it is now too loud.

Andy Hills
1981 S3

[southenddc]

Thats interesting...cheers, didnt realise the pipe was that long!!....thanks for the tip regarding the noise, ill have a look this weekend.

cheers again

[southenddc]

Incidently, does anyone have any service notes/diagrams on the layout of the pipes so i dont connect the pipe to my tyre or something equally as stupid?

cheers all

[hilly]

I have got the service notes for the S3 and there is a diagram for the pipe layout in there. I'll bring it in to work tomorrow and scan it. I'll then Email it to you

[southenddc]

Nice one thanks a lot Hilly i really apreciate it.