Is there a true "cold air" intake in existance? I have read somewhere about a modified intake that used CO2 for cooling the incoming air by forcing the air to go through a radiator filled with circulating co2. Anyone else heard of this? Am I going insane?

or it may have had the air go through an intercooler first and the co2 was sprayed in some way on or through the intercooler...its been a while.

Theres a possibility of it actually makeing it colder but you would restrict so much air I am not usre it would even be worth while. Thats usually why you only see it on forced induction.

DEI is a company that makes cryogenic intake stuff.

http://www.designengineering.com/products.asp?m=sp&pid=4

The only real true cold air intake out there is the Vararam. It sucks the air from the front bumper and not the engine compartment. The air is then directed straight into the TB. I beleave only the Volant with the intake Tube to the foglight is the only other but that intake tube is extra.

the ramhammer gets cool air forced at it while the truck is going down the road, you can see the filter from the front of the truck.

You can get co2 injection just like nitrous only not as effective. It super cools the air going into the tb and gives you a little boost. You should just go with nitrous if you are looking at something like that.

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Originally posted by dr.dred:
The only real true cold air intake out there is the Vararam. It sucks the air from the front bumper and not the engine compartment. The air is then directed straight into the TB. I beleave only the Volant with the intake Tube to the foglight is the only other but that intake tube is extra.

Wrong...Shaker hood is way more CAI than anything

using nitrous isnt used to cool the incomming air, it adds more oxygen to the charge so you can add more fuel for more burn = more power as long as it is balanced and controlled and not abused, and you dont use it shifting into 4th or downshifting to 2nd prime lol

This is about as true cold air as it gets. Pretty good idea even though it came from ford.

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Coletti's team fit the SVT Lightning concept with an all-aluminum, 5.4-liter DOHC supercharged and intercooled V-8 engine conservatively rated at 500 horsepower and 500 foot pounds of torque (SAE net). And while they were at it, they invented and patented a speed secret for those times when even that much power just isn't enough.


Ford's patented SuperCooler technology cleverly provides a special burst of power for the SVT Lightning concept. Traditional intercoolers dissipate heat from the supercharged air by circulating coolant through a front-mounted, air-cooled radiator. With the SuperCooler system, the vehicle's air conditioning system is used to chill a small storage tank of coolant to about 30 degrees Fahrenheit.


On demand, the SuperCooler system switches the intercooler flow from its normal circulation and dumps the chilled coolant into the engine's intercooler. In turn, the intercooler dissipates up to 20 percent more heat from the charge air - resulting in a denser air charge.


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http://www.supercars.net/cars/2256.html

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the ramhammer gets cool air forced at it while the truck is going down the road, you can see the filter from the front of the truck.

So are about 60% of the rest of the intakes available for the Dodge Ram....

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Wrong...Shaker hood is way more CAI than anything

Incorrect. The Shaker hood from Keystone doesn't even run to the TB. It simply kicks a little of the incoming air over to the factory airbox. Ask Hemi Dave K, he has the shaker hood on his truck.

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using nitrous isnt used to cool the incomming air, it adds more oxygen to the charge so you can add more fuel for more burn = more power as long as it is balanced and controlled and not abused, and you dont use it shifting into 4th or downshifting to 2nd prime lol

Correct, but it could theoretically be used to cool the incoming air, since Nitrous is a lot cooler than any air coming into the intake system. However, a better way to do it would be to run the ac lines through the intake, but that would only help you while the ac was running, and I am not sure if the cost of losing the power from having the ac on would be worth running the lines through it. Seems like it would balance out, or even loose power doing that.

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Wrong...Shaker hood is way more CAI than anything

Incorrect. The Shaker hood from Keystone doesn't even run to the TB. It simply kicks a little of the incoming air over to the factory airbox. Ask Hemi Dave K, he has the shaker hood on his truck.
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I stand corrected...for HEMI trucks. For the older generation TB type trucks, AKA 5.2 and 5.9s, it was the most CAI you could get in a system...I know, my 99 360 had a Shaker hood for 7 years before I got bored of it. But for the HEMI motors, I see your point.

Look how big our truck's grill is. That's where the air goes, not through a hood scoop.

I'd like to see AIT readings from a Ramhammer and stock. I doubt there's a major difference in temp.

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Originally posted by Tanky:

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Wrong...Shaker hood is way more CAI than anything

Incorrect. The Shaker hood from Keystone doesn't even run to the TB. It simply kicks a little of the incoming air over to the factory airbox. Ask Hemi Dave K, he has the shaker hood on his truck.

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I stand corrected...for HEMI trucks. For the older generation TB type trucks, AKA 5.2 and 5.9s, it was the most CAI you could get in a system...I know, my 99 360 had a Shaker hood for 7 years before I got bored of it. But for the HEMI motors, I see your point.

I finally have both parts to one, so I am going to be working on making it a straight in intake to the Throttle body.

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I CLOSED IN MY AIRBOX WITH 1/8" BLACK PLEXIGLASS AND INSTALLED THE RUBBER AIRBOX TO HOOD SEAL ALL THE WAY AROUND THE TOP. IT DRAWS ZERO UNDERHOOD AIR. I DON"T KNOW IF I WOULD CALL IT RAM AIR BECAUSE AT SPEED THE SCOOP IS IN A LOW PRESSURE AREA BUT THE SOUND ALONE IS WORTH THE PRICE OF ADMISSION. BWAAAAAAAA IYKWIM.