Sunday I installed a Hyundai Ram Air Kit.. So nice.. And the best thing of it is.. It's blue!!! My car sounds a tad bit more aggressive sounding now when I accelerate. Driving her around today I did notice a bit more power too. I'm happy.

If anyone is interested, I do have photos of the step by step installation, although when I was installing it, the Hyundai Directions were very descriptive and we didnt run into major issues. We did have one issue that left us racking our brains when we were mounting the heat shield but it worked out..

Some pics

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Looks good.

I'm still holding out for a definite answer as to what it does for mileage.

After a few tanks of gas, please let us know how it compares to pre-mod mileage.

Did you get this right from the dealer?

Peace,

Dan

hi there i cant see the pic for some reason can you post them again

Thanks :beer:

My boyfriend picked up the part from the dealership, so it is a Hyundai part with a little Hyundai sticker attached =D

I'll get back to you on the mileage difference once I get it. I am driving back to Fresno tomorrow morning, so I will get a better idea on my difference.

BTW Martin.. I'm not using my computer to upload an attachment--I'm sorry I cant reload them.. but check this site out.. I also posted it on the Mazda site my boyfriend and I are apart of. See if you can view the photo's there.

http://kevinsmazda3for.s10.forumsplace.com...topic.php?t=565

That or just go to my garage.. I have a picture uploaded on my discription for the mod

This post has been edited by o0kat0o: May 8 2007, 04:11 PM

:whistling: So? How was the drive from Fresno?

Well I have to admit.. When I left from sacramento at 11pm, it was 80 digrees and by the time I was in stockton it was 95, by the time I reached Fresno at 2pm, it was 100+---SOOOOOOO I was blasting my air conitioner full blast the rest of the way.. I only pushed 32mpg *dodges possible swings* I can tell you it is a small improvment considering I ran 28mpg when using the air on the hwy last time.

I promise on my next trip home, I'll be driving at night, and so I will not use the air. Without the air, no traffic, and perfict weather(no wind to stop me muahahaha), I get close to 36mpg on the hwy without my modification. I am major curious

As are the rest of the us! I can tell you that my purchase of the kit is based on your observations, so you have an obligation to the hyundai community :beer:

I can tell you it does sound more agressive on the road, At first I was like 'OMG OMG is it supposed to sound that deep?! Did we install it right?!' I mean the instructions are like so simple we would have to be stupid to mess it up. My boyfriend was like, 'Thats just your intake' ~.~;; I felt silly.

The scan gauge didnt show any issues with the car. She didnt heat up, although her temp wasnt much cooler then before, but as long as t wasnt red hot i didnt care.

Soooo Verna, if you buy one, would you buy it in the blue or silver?

My intention is to paint the engine cover blue to match the rest of my car. I'll probably end up buying the blue one.

I was thinking about that, since my boyfriend just painted his engine cover, but he told me it might be a little more difiicult to do from the look of the engine cover.

He's going to paint my emblems glossy black when I get done working in fresno. then I want to buy wheels. yeah! Well my FIRST projec is to pay the 500.00 to get my car repainted from its battle with someones key.

The blue on my intake is a little lighter then the paint on my car, but i still like it.

Looks good! Anything that improves the mileage is always on my radar... :)

As for rims, I had fun at the tirerack website http://www.tirerack.com/. They have a utility that lets you pull up your car and try different rims on it. :grin:

okay the time is tomorrow at 5pm. I will be filing up before I get on 99 to head home to Sacramento. Hopefully it will be cooler by then so I won't run my air the whole way. I will fill up right after i get off the Freeway in Sacramento and I will get an actual mpg improvement on her. See if my short ram intake was work the money.

Wish me luck..

no offense.. but in todays cars it doesn't make a difference if you run the ac or not.

Also a short ram intake can actually decrease gas mileage due to higher oxygen levels in the intake manifold, hence why it produces more power. You will actually see a decrease in city driving with an intake system due to the system drawing in hot air constantly at stops. On the highway you will see an improvement due to the cold air being pushed under the hood by the force of the wind while you drive. Otherwise you lose gas mileage over all, make more noise, and gain 2 hp over all on the engine... which i suppose on a 110 hp engine, its not a bad first modification.


Honestly a performance exhaust system would make a difference on our accents due to the restrictive system they put on it from the factory. Thats when you would start seeing higher mpg and higher power.


:grin:

I'm not convinced of that at all.

Today it was hot enough in Cincy to turn on the air conditioning.

That thing was a PIG as long as it was turned on.

I HAVE to belive that it would also have an effect on the mileage.

Peace,

Dan

I have the same intake but in silver. I removed the ugly engine cover completely. The sound is excellent. It does seem to increase HP a little. The gas mileage i dont know. Mine has been excellent on gas from day one. I never use ac though always windows down

Some cars honestly get better mileage when you run the ac actually. Since AC is a parasitic accessory all it does is use the already available engine power to turn the compressor.

Also ... ac usage was proven in testing to not affect mileage under 75 mph.

I suppose its not really worth arguing this in a Hyundai Forum where people think a short ram intake is the same as a ram air kit.

I dont think anyone here thinks its actually a ram air kit
I hope not but anyways 2 hp is A ok in my book. It does help the powerband when i do autocrossing.

This post has been edited by Erikgsi: May 28 2007, 03:41 PM

Not arguing the cold air/ram air thing at all.

I was only commenting (in my experience) that running the AC was putting an extra load on the engine in my Accent. It made a huge difference in acceleration (especially from a dead stop).

My mileage was not as good either.

Maybe on the highway it would be less evident, but in the city the thing just could't get out of it's own way.

Peace,

Dan

i agree on that my gas mileage goes way down with ac on all the time. and yes you can feel a power loss