--- Tony Carter <thunder65@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: On talking > to an old mechanic buddy, he seems to think anything > along these lines would be better than the hot air > from the radiator which is being sucked in now, also > there would be the "Ram-Air" effect, which may or > may not help performance and economy into the > bargain. I figure any increase in economy or > performance no matter how small, has got to be an > improvement on what we are using now.. If it were that important - a charge of "denser" cold air, I think that the cars would have had it designed in. Aside from some performance cars with shaker hoods and so forth, and I put that stuff down to marketing, very, very few cars have a hood/air scoop or such system of any sort. It is certainly not a challenge or great expense to do, and my 1972 for example has the intake snorkel canted to the DS. In front of the battery are some louvers that let in cool air. The combination of the fan shroud and extension of the mouth of the snorkel combine to allow the carb to intake relatively cool air is my opinion. They could have skipped the snorkel and used two stamped circles of metal just like the after market HP units, but did not, opting instead for a more complex arrangement that had been present since at least 1960. If it were that important, I'd argue that things would either be designed that way, or there would be a roaring aftermarket in conversion kits and everyone would have heard what a good deal it is. Instead, energy has gone into cams, exhaust, and other more expensive things, so I'm not inclined to see this as a very fertile opportunity for gains. -Kenyon ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to iml.webmonster@xxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm