Tunnel Ram?

[Gmck2500mudder]

Any of you guys run tunnel rams on your rigs? Would they work well for offroading? I could make the space under the hood but I dont know if they are any good for offroadin.

 

[fabjunkie]

Tunnel rams are good for high RPM/HP. Not the ideal for offroading unless you're doing mud drags or the sort.

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

^^^ What he said

 

[ryoken]

x3

 

[3 on the tree]

Why does everyone think tunnel rams are bad for low end???? Mopar Muscle and Car Craft both have run tests that show the T ram making more torque across the board than any other intake. The runners are no longer than a TPI intake. It mostly boils down to carb selection.

 

[ryoken]

that'd be news to me.. and I would highly doubt it, articles or not.. it's been fact forever..

straight from Weiand....

They're designed primarily for drag racing, truck/tractor pulls, and performance marine applications where high rpm is required but bottom-end torque isn't. With their patented D-shaped port runners and large plenum chamber, they provide optimum thrust of the air/fuel mixture to the intake ports. They mount either single or dual square-mount carbs and, depending on the application, have power bands that run from 2,500 rpm to as high as 9,000 rpm.

 

[theperfectgarage]

Why does everyone think tunnel rams are bad for low end???? Mopar Muscle and Car Craft both have run tests that show the T ram making more torque across the board than any other intake. The runners are no longer than a TPI intake. It mostly boils down to carb selection.

Ask yourself where the torque starts. Sure, the tunnel can develop loads of tq. but not till around 3 grand & up.

 

[beastofablaze]

word up... get a good dual plane manifold and call her good.

 

[JIM88K5]

Some of the manufacturers make " street " rams that make power in a more usable rpm range. Never seen a side by side test though....

 

[scotto0609]

Had one on a 468bb chevy in a 72 blazer. Down low it was still a big block but after 3grand it was fuuunnnnn!!! It was always fun too open the hood,but not worth all the extra work of having them.

 

[muddermilitia]

If you look at the weiand tunnel ram in the summit catalog it says and I quote: "NOTE: Due to lack of low-rpm torque, not recommended for everyday street use." It's advertised power range is 2,500 to 10,000 rpm.

 

[fabjunkie]

x3

Don't you hate how it makes you enter at least three characters to post?

 

[JEBSR]

Keeping everything sycrnized for offroading is also a PITA