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Old 10-16-2005, 08:22 PM
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Stock Trans Am Hood made into ram air?

has anyone tryied to make a stock trans am hood's vents into a ram air?
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not enough clearance to do it. It's been discussed before with some good diagrams of how it is all setup. To get it to work you'd probably have to remove a good chunk of your core support.
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Re: Stock Trans Am Hood made into ram air?

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Has anyone tried to make a stock trans am hood vents into a ram air?
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http://www.transamtemple.com/modific...od_project.htm
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thats interesting looking, any for tpi?
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Re: Re: Stock Trans Am Hood made into ram air?

Originally posted by deadbird

http://www.transamtemple.com/modific...od_project.htm] [/B]
Thanx for posting that... I was just kicking around a similar (though much less ambitious) project. Now I know it isn't worth the time!
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