dg motorsports ram air cf hood

[jfuller]

does anyone have this hood? I just talked with a guy from DG and its on sale for $895. Is this a good buy?

 

[DiscreetSpeed]

there was a member selling his for like 550 i think check the for sale thread

 

[mp3moose]

I love/want the hood. I believe the site say something like 6.6hp to the wheels with the hood. Probably high, but still helpful.
Moose

 

[funnylittlman]

6.6 whp? ? ? ? ? ?

I thought this was for looks mostly... the ram air won't do much for our cars ?

 

[TXMazdaSpeeder]

how do you get a dyno gain with just the hood? as far as i know there is no actual ram air to it, its just a vent.

 

[funnylittlman]

^------- What he said

 

[Emode]

i thought that it came with special ducting that you lead to your airbox or filter, therefore directing cold air to the intake

 

[PaulMP3]

i believe it has ducting also for a true ram air.

i think it looks cool, i would just paint it blue.

 

[mp3moose]

It comes with ducting to the intake manifold. Thus the hp increase. Not sure how they dynoed that but the increase is on their website.
Moose

 

[jersey_emt]

Also the weight difference will make a slight difference. Not as much as cleaning out your trunk though (if it's anything like mine)

 

[YellowSpeed1229]

odd. just odd

 

[Wantmoreboost]

you can't see any hp gains from a ram air kit on a dyno anyway. Maybe like 1 hp but nothing noticable. And the weight of the hood will do nothing on the dyno either. It's still a sweet hood and if i could afford it it would be on mine.

 

[mp3moose]

Perhaps they used a G-tech pro or something.

 

[rocketspeed]

How's this supposed to work? I can't imagine this is going to result in much cooler air once its compressed and through the intercoooler.

A better intercooler seems as though it would have a much larger impact, but less bling.

 

[mp3moose]

Its for NA proteges only, a scope would bring down the tempurature for boosted peeps too. But the piping isn't for MSP'ers.

 

[rocketspeed]

I think a FMIC would be money better spent on an MSP.

 

[RODSCALIP5]

They closed the hood, and with one of those big fans blew air into it while it was on the Dyno. I was there and yes it did gain 6.6 over stock. Ill see if i can find the Dyno sheet. BTW it was done on a P5.

 

[mp3moose]

Hmm, thats pretty hip. Might have to look into this. NA all the way!
Moose

 

[mp5jeff]

They closed the hood, and with one of those big fans blew air into it while it was on the Dyno. I was there and yes it did gain 6.6 over stock. Ill see if i can find the Dyno sheet. BTW it was done on a P5.

did they dyno it on the same day they did the stock runs? and they did the dyno with the stock airbox right?

 

[RODSCALIP5]

Yup, cooled the engine with ice packs. Waited close to an hour before dynoing with the ram air.