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Was thinking while installing my new BT catch can today and decided to do it.
Here was the deal. How many of y'all are running the OEM SRT hood with the Airaid intake kit (w/ scoop)? If you are, you know that only half of the air that is pulled/forced in through the hood is getting to the intake. The other half is being dumped on the passenger side of the engine. I began wondering if this uneven cooling effect would cause any negative side effects on the engine. Also, when idling, you would be pulling hot air in from that side of the engine over into the intake. You also would be gaining some heat extraction once the engine is shut down.
So, I capped off the passenger side of the hood ducting so that all the air coming in would 1) be routed into the intake side, 2) be cool air, no hot air bleed over. Doubt that I will see any SOP gains out of this but the theory of it seems good to me.
Any one else doing this? Or something similar?
Here was the deal. How many of y'all are running the OEM SRT hood with the Airaid intake kit (w/ scoop)? If you are, you know that only half of the air that is pulled/forced in through the hood is getting to the intake. The other half is being dumped on the passenger side of the engine. I began wondering if this uneven cooling effect would cause any negative side effects on the engine. Also, when idling, you would be pulling hot air in from that side of the engine over into the intake. You also would be gaining some heat extraction once the engine is shut down.
So, I capped off the passenger side of the hood ducting so that all the air coming in would 1) be routed into the intake side, 2) be cool air, no hot air bleed over. Doubt that I will see any SOP gains out of this but the theory of it seems good to me.
Any one else doing this? Or something similar?