Can anyone tell me what the compartment on the left of the stock intake tube is for a 5.7L? I've swapped it out with the air inlet tube (looks aluminum) performace part from Mopar but this piece directly points into the intake and doesn't have an extra compartment. As stock, I remember seeing 3-5 degrees above ambient temps and after the swap I was seeing 8-11 degrees above ambient.*
I followed a fellow mopar enthusiast here and did the Hellcat headlight port and used the Spectre air duct hose. It fits great over the headlight port. I had to cut it down to fit better and point it directly into the opening in the air box. I now see my IAT down to 5-7 degrees above ambient. However, I'm still curious as to why I remember seeing lower temps with the stock setup. I haven't yet gone back to it to confirm but just wondering why the temps appear to be higher with this "performance" part. Oh, and why the stock intake tube has that extra space on the left.*
I was running stock from August to early December, and we had temps in the high 90's to low 40's. This is where I remember seeing 3-5 IAT over ambient. After the swap in late December, we had temps from mid 80's to high 20's and noticed 8-11 degrees over. After the hellcat port mod, seeing 5-7 over. Temps low 70's to mid 40's. Quite the variance in temps we are used to seeing here in SA, but it's what I'm working with right now.
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