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SouthPawCO Enthusiast

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I've seen that one, not really a fan.

 

I am still kind of torn on it. I do like the OEM looks on the Rams both 1500 and 2500.

hirdlej Enthusiast

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And where exactly does it "ram air" into? An engine bay? This looks like a waste of money unless you get a reworked intake tube that matches up to the hood that would actually force air into the intake. This is like gluing stacks to your cab while running your regular single exhaust.

Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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And where exactly does it "ram air" into? An engine bay? This looks like a waste of money unless you get a reworked intake tube that matches up to the hood that would actually force air into the intake. This is like gluing stacks to your cab while running your regular single exhaust.

Ram air directs air towards the intake already with channels in the hood. You can check the links above if curious.

 

Is this effective .. not a bunch, not like it will make a notifible difference as these K2s are not starved for air. It is 99.9% for looks and does look nice.

Donstar Senior Enthusiast

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This looks fine and is purely decorative. The massive front grill of the GMC pretty much eliminates any potential need for an additional hood vent. I would be happy if my truck came with this design feature, but not something I would add as a modification.

pcruis1 Enthusiast

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Looks really nice. As far as it being a waste of money, arguably all mods are a waste of money, or at the very least a "want" versus a "need." I dig the look of that hood!

Silvern Sentry Enthusiast

Silvern Sentry

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Looks really nice. As far as it being a waste of money, arguably all mods are a waste of money, or at the very least a "want" versus a "need." I dig the look of that hood!

 

Yup Yup Yup, Fully agree.

 

Personally I like that Phat-ass Duramax badge on that better than the schoop but both are nice. All I need now is about 100k worth of toys to pull to warrant getting one LOL!

JoeTrahnier Enthusiast

JoeTrahnier

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Yup Yup Yup, Fully agree.

 

Personally I like that Phat-ass Duramax badge on that better than the schoop but both are nice. All I need now is about 100k worth of toys to pull to warrant getting one LOL!

Don't we all, brotha

 

 

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chevy15 Enthusiast

chevy15

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Love the looks of that! Has anyone seen a Putco or something like Putco where u don't have to replace whole hood? Pure decoration!

 

 

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TJay74 Senior Enthusiast

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And where exactly does it "ram air" into? An engine bay? This looks like a waste of money unless you get a reworked intake tube that matches up to the hood that would actually force air into the intake. This is like gluing stacks to your cab while running your regular single exhaust.

 

Not a 100% accurate, Ram air works very well. GM used it on the 4th gen F-body's with great success, it has been used on motorcycles for at least 20 years now. It was worth a 10hp bump on those cars over the non-ram air models. Our Audi uses ram air from the factory as well. It wouldn't take much to fabricate an airbox extension to route the air back over to the air box. Now we are not talking any type of huge PSI increase in the airbox, but a 1psi increase has been seen in some models.

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