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short ram intake..help please - 11/6/2005 2:29:36 AM

raffi

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sup guys...got a 2004 accent GS 1.6 manual tranny

can you guys tell me the best place to get a short ram air intake for my car...do you guys know of any other place besides cosmoracing..
also a friend told me that if i don't find one for my car then i can just use one for any 1.6 honda civic....

let me know what you guys know about any of this..
any help is appreciated..thanks

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/6/2005 6:52:47 AM

Brant

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Raffi,
I have an 05 Accent GT. I got my short ram off a guy on ebay. K&N wanted nearly $155.00 for theirs. I paid just under $30 for mine. Works great and fits perfect. Hey, it's a cheap way to go but, it does the job rather well.
Good Luck,
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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/6/2005 5:36:07 PM

poacher

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Brant,

That looks pretty good, way to keep it clean. Might I suggest that you build a wall between the ram and the header so that you can keep the warm air away, It is easy to do and you will increase performance a little.

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/7/2005 9:12:40 AM

Brant

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Thanks for the tip Poacher,
As a matter of fact I rigged inside about a two foot long three inch wide flex hose from the fender well to just under the short ram to feed it more air. Works very well. Heck, K&N suggested the same thing.
Brant

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/7/2005 1:30:24 PM

poacher

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Did you get that advice from me? I didn't know that K&N suggested that to. Good to see that they are using their heads.

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/7/2005 6:40:44 PM

Brant

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Hey Poach,
Yea K&N gives you a tube to install when you purchase their kit. Hell, it was a heck a lot cheaper to go the way I did. I still can't understand why something so simple has to be so expensive.
Brant

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/8/2005 11:18:57 AM

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That is why I do things the redneck way. I make it look good, it is functional, and most of all, it is usually free or damn close to it.

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/8/2005 7:19:06 PM

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Hell Yea, Poach!! Hows bout' you grab the bait, I'll pickup the poles & beer. I know the pickerel's are still very much active & hungry in my neck of the woods. .....(burp) Jersey Pine Barrens
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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/9/2005 3:17:46 PM

raffi

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well thanks for all the help guys...i just bought this one off ebay and am waiting to receive it

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8011111725

to brant and poacher..just curious, about that mod you made with the flex hose from the fender wall to the intake..how exactly do you do that again..can you go into more detail please if you could..like how do you fasten everything, where on intake do you attach that end, and where on the inside of the fender do you attach the other end..stuff like that..thanks

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RE: short ram intake..help please - 11/9/2005 6:29:01 PM

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Raffi,
Oh your gonna love the intake!!! I ran my hose from just behind the lower grill. Ran it up past the screws where the old air-filter was. Tie-wrapped it "neatly", whereas the hose comes about 4 inches away from the filter itself. While the car is in motion, air is forced through the hose right into the intake. Quite simple more so the trying to explain it. You'll have to play with it and make it work for whats best for you. Hope this helps....good luck!!
Brant

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