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lotto(at)ciembroidery.com
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Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Rod Bowers Ram Air

Can anyone who's  installed Rod Bowers Ram Air on their IO-540 tell me if they were able to  do so with a forward facing sump or a simple elbow on the stock  sump to face forward without going to the expense of adding a full cold air  induction system?  Also do you have a picture of your Ram  Air installation with the lower cowl off?

  

  

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Deems Davis

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 925

Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Rod Bowers Ram Air

I don't know the answer to your question, but a call to either Rod 

himself (at)  (559) 972-6291 or Don Rivera (at) Airflow Performance  864 576 

4512  should provide you with whether an adapter is available. AFP has 

and supplies a wide variety of elbow adapters, and Don will know which 

will or won't fit the 540 sump and the AFP FI. They are both great and 

easy guys to talk to, and won't BS you by trying to talk over your head.



Here's some pics of my installation:



http://deemsrv10.com/album/Final%20Assembly/slides/DSC06922.html     

follow the 'next picture' links there should be about 8 more pictures

Deems



Lee Otto wrote:

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		   Can anyone who's installed Rod Bowers Ram Air on their IO-540 tell me 

 if they were able to do so with a forward facing sump or a 

 simple elbow on the stock sump to face forward without going to the 

 expense of adding a full cold air induction system?  Also do you have 

 a picture of your Ram Air installation with the lower cowl off?

  



 Best,



  



 Lee Otto



 Baggage and  door. 



 lotto(at)ciembroidery.com <mailto:lotto(at)ciembroidery.com>



  



  

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jkreidler

Joined: 13 Feb 2008
Posts: 151
Location: Sheboygan Falls WI

Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: Re: Rod Bowers Ram Air

Lee, we have the Rod Bower Ram Air installed on a 'standard' IO540, vertical draft induction.  There is an elbow available from  Airflow Performance that Rod sent us to try, these elbows will not work.  They push the front of the intake too far forward, and will not leave enough room for the cowl.  We made a fiberglass elbow that attaches to the throttle body in the standard vertical orientation, then makes about a 100 degree turn to meet the ram air intake.  Hopefully the pictures attached show it well.



Keep in mind when we did our install it was with Rod's 'old' design, I have no idea what needs to happen for his new design.  We also had to shorten the front of the ram air intake to make it work.



Our objective was to not modify the cowl to make the system work, we are using a James Cowl, with the standard induction position, not the cold air induction position.



I like the concept behind the system, Rod was nothing but helpful.  I will admit that after putting in dozens of hours making this work I did start to question my sanity.  Not flying yet, no proof it was, or was not worth it.

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