Wanna See the inside of the stock HEMI Hat

truckin151 · Dec 30, 2010

Now it was not my intention to destroy the thing BUT in trying to get it off I came to the realization that even if you get past the glue along the edges (which does not come off with a heat gun....tried it) the whole assembly is basically one piece. Frog I know you would be somewhat interested so here are some pics:

Also to add, if you were to do this to block off al the chambers to make it a through and through design, the best bet (and my first thought) was to cut the pipe on the underside of the hat and plug the holes up and then drill a couple small holes and fill it with expanding foam, then figure a way to reinstall the back panel and seal it all up. Oh well.

RubberFrog · Dec 30, 2010

It seems it's not nearly as restrictive as we always thought.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · Dec 30, 2010

Yeah just seems to make the air more turbulant though.

truckin151 · Dec 30, 2010

Dont think I would say that its not that restrictive, just looking ar where the ports are for the incoming air, it seems to redirect the flow quite a bit instead of giving it a steady solid stream of air like a straight pipe would.

AWE Daniel · Dec 30, 2010

Interesting

RubberFrog · Dec 30, 2010

No doubt those pockets create some turbulence, but those fins in the lid seem to return some laminar flow.

I'm not saying it's ideal. I just don't think it's as bad as I once thought it would be.

KGBIGCOUNTRY · Dec 30, 2010

I agree Frog I did think it was worse inside of there then it was. Maybe thats why there are alot of people running the stock air hat with just a TRQ tube.

RubberFrog · Dec 30, 2010

Great pics, by the way.

Having seen this, the only thing I would consider doing is opening the box from the bottom and gutting the inside. Then I would retro fit an eBay tube into there. Stock look with a smoother flow. And the box would help to mask that annoying egr tick the metal tubes are prone to. I suppose you could insulate the box while you were in there.

RubberFrog · Dec 30, 2010

While I'm at it....

I'll bet we get more restriction and turbulence from that horrid accordion hose that connects the hat to the airbox.

truckin151 · Dec 30, 2010

The only thing about fitting an ebay tube in there is the stock box is not round, its 3/4 of a circle with the top flat. I guess if you were to fit a tad smaller pipe in there it could work

OklaHemi · Dec 30, 2010

Those are cool pics. Its not as bad as I thought either.

ramhunter9 · Dec 30, 2010

wow , never could have imagined that ... nice job Ryan

Redtruck-VA · Dec 30, 2010

Yep, surprised. Cut the bottom, do a little patching and fill with foam. Thanks for the pictures.

ramhunter9 · Dec 30, 2010

Great stuff works good for expansion in cracks .. that **** would work good

0212353 · Dec 30, 2010

I can see a future in "retro-d hemi hats"

AWE Daniel · Dec 30, 2010

Start practicing JJ!!

0212353 · Dec 30, 2010

fuggggget that. I've done the CAI thing (selling them), and its not worth it at all. Screw the performance scene.

truckin151 · Dec 30, 2010

It be a lot of work to get one prepped and working right so I don't blame you one bit jj

0212353 · Dec 30, 2010

oh its not the prep that scares me away..........90% of the performance dudes are 65% off their rocker! LOL

RubberFrog · Dec 30, 2010

^this

Wanna See the inside of the stock HEMI Hat

Supporting Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Supporting Member

Banned

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Supporting Member

Supporting Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Vendor

Banned

Vendor

Supporting Member

Vendor

Senior Member

Similar threads

Forum statistics

Share this page