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Old 04-27-2011, 12:35 AM   #22
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Originally Posted by Homeslice View Post
LMAO..... no.

First, "short ram" is a dumb riceboy term. While the word "short" is indeed correct, there is absolutely no "ramming" going on with those things.

Just call it a cone filter on a pipe and be done with it.

Second, I've never gained any MPG from those things. All they do is add noise and a bit of power.
There's only two ways to "ram" anything into a motor (without a turbo- or super-charger compressor).

One is by sticking an intake in the wind.

The other is by using a column of air/fuel and the effects of gravity, as in "tunnel ram".
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