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Old 08-31-2010, 03:58 PM
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here is my hood i just installed. buddy owns a metal fab shop and hooked me up, still need painted
now this is nice functional yet still has style lol
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Old 08-31-2010, 04:03 PM
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i love it, he followed the bracing on the inside for the angle, there is 70 louvers right there, will look better when i paint to match
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thats what i was thinking but the better question that i should have asked is would water be a problem and would the temp drop be enough to be beneficial sorry for the jack
They say "Every 10 degrees you lower air intake temp you gain 1% hp"
So if you could lower the intake temp in a Cherokee by 30 degrees that's almost 6 hp. (3 x 1.9 hp)
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thats very helpful thanks for that bit of info and the percentage much appreciated thanks again
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im gonna run a live data stream while driving and let you guys kno what the intake air temp is to the comp, i kno i am usally at like 200-230 intake temp, according to my scanner doin data stream
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wow thanks avjeeper those things are sick
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