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notchlx
Dodge Dakota
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4/28/2002
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Has anybody purchased the new Cervini's Sniper kit for the 97-present Daks? If so do you have any pics? I would like to see these pieces on a truck before I purchase them. Cervini's makes top notch products, but I've never seen these on a Dodge before. If you haven't seen the kit, pick up this months edition of Street Trucks magazine... It looks badass.
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joe_himself
Dodge Dakota
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4/28/2002
02:08:40
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Yea the kit does look real nice.. but the full kit isint released just yet.. almost but not quite.. there is the hood out .. seen it.. real nice lookin.. its also functional ram air wich is really good..
keep checkin back it will be out sooner then you think for everyone to grab up.. ,,
my 2 cents
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Thomas J
Dodge Dakota
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4/28/2002
02:53:03
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Im just looking to get the front bumper... i dont want anything else from the kit..... it looks like the foglights are moved from stock locationg though... wonder if that could cause problems
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wraithdakrt
Dodge Dakota
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4/29/2002
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Last time I checked none of Cervinis' Ram Air style hoods for the daks are functional. They have yet to finish the kit. Two years of beggy and screaming. Still no dice.If you have any info that I don't please let me know. Got the hood. No ram air kit.
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joe_himself
Dodge Dakota
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4/29/2002
18:13:38
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Well the only Cervinis hood i seen was functional ram air.. a guy up here in ontario had it and its functional.. came with all the nessesary stuff to make it that way.. i will ask him about where he purchased it and if it was xtra for the ram air kit..
Will that help..?
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wraithdakrt
Dodge Dakota
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4/29/2002
19:34:49
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Yeah that would be great. I have called there help line a million times and they keep telling me that it is not out yet. I've got the money for the kit. Just been waiting on them
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DJ
Dodge Dakota
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4/29/2002
21:40:48
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how does ram air work and what stuff do you need and how much more power does it give you?
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joe_himself
Dodge Dakota
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4/29/2002
22:56:18
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Ram air.. Basics on it is simply shoves air into your intake.. Thats pretty much it.. Oh and the air is probably gonna be a little bit cooler seeing as it is beeing pushed in right from outside.
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Lonny K
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4/30/2002
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Is the new kit coming with side exhaust before the tire. That's what it looked like on the website
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Jonas
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4/30/2002
20:27:58
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Guys.. Ram Air means just that.. ramming air, or actually building boost or psi do to a high pressure area based on speed and cross-sectional entrance area (of coarse subtract for drag). Ive seen LOTS of these hoods and have NEVER seen any performance numbers on them.. or for that matter flow data.. IF anyone has one or is going to order one see if you can get them to give you a dyno, flow data chart, etc that proves that it works..
Jonas
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joe_himself
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4/30/2002
21:19:42
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As far as i know the exhaust is gonna be optional,,,Its all in the way you order it.. But thats just what ive heard.
but dont quote me..
my 2 cents..
joe.
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DJ
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4/30/2002
22:06:24
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So how much about does a ram air kit cost? And if your not even sure if it works, it cant give you too much more power cn it?
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topher
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4/30/2002
23:25:58
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it doesnt give much more power especially the way they're designed and how the air tunnelling is designed. thats why on race cars, that have ram air, its way up in the air so theirs a mass ammount of air hitting it, not just little bits. also having a ram air hood gives terrible mpg because of the airsensor having to constantly readjust it gives different air/fuel mixtures and totally messes up your gauging.
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DJ
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5/01/2002
23:04:02
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i see, i probly wont be looking into that then, thanks
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Jonas
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5/02/2002
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"also having a ram air hood gives terrible mpg because of the airsensor having to constantly readjust it gives different air/fuel mixtures and totally messes up your gauging"
Terrible MPG by ramair? Everybit of testing we have done shows increased HP, TQ, and MPG. Where exactly is this airsensor that you speak about on the Dakota? You have a gauge for you air / fuel mixture? Is that a plotted gauge of air vs fuel or is it fuel vs air?
"it doesnt give much more power especially the way they're designed and how the air tunnelling is designed"
Ill agree with this on the Cervini's hoods.. from what I have seen they dont have a smooth curved inlet and direct the air to the stock airbox.. which pretty much kills the whole idea.
On the other hand RamAir when done correctly is a GREAT addition, and can add a nice cold air channel when stopped, and when moving can actually build boost, and at higher speeds really give you some great HP, TQ, and MPG gains..
For example.. the GTS style hood.. uses these principals and we have flow data to back it all up.
O.. and I was just playing around with the quotes so dont take it personally.
Jonas
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BigRedDak
Dodge Dakota
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5/02/2002
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Jonas, what hood do you reccommend besides the GTS style hood? Hows the keystone single ram air in term of these "air flow channels"
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Jonas
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5/04/2002
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Well as far as functionality goes.. and excluding the GTS.. Id have to say the Shaker is your best bet.. Its a classic, tried and proven, design. Keystone also has a hood that should prove functional.. The main key is that the airfow go directly to the TB and not make turns, when you direct air around curves you loose most of what you are trying to gain, and when you simply pipe it to the stock aibox then it still has to go all the way back to the TB you loose almost everything.
If you have any pictures of the hood your talking about send them to me and ill check it out.. I think on of the hoods Keystone makes was designed by Terry Delong (maker of the shaker hood) and it should function well.
Jonas Janek
Owner Premier Automotive
2811 Benton St.
Granite City, IL 62040
Sales@premier-automotive.net
Phone: 618-406-7658
Fax: 217-245-3584
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CJ
Dodge Dakota
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5/05/2002
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last time when this kit was talked about in this forum, somebody said it costed $1500, but that was a few weeks back, but i did see it advertised in the new "street trucks" mag this month
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Dave
Dodge Dakota
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5/06/2002
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Guys, I have an AAR ram air hood.While it looks great-sorta like the challanger hoods from the 60's, the so-called "ram air" effect is just not there! The underhood piping is crap and it just feeds into a stock type fiberglass box so you still have all the restrictions of the stock designs! Get the hood for looks, but forget all the extra cost underhood piping and plumbing.Leave the cut-outs intact and get a true cold air intake like the Intense Performance stage III kit with the intake hose behind the grill next to the rad. support.I bought and tested the IP stage III myself and it keeps the incoming air within 2 degrees of ambient outside air.This is as measured at the throttle blades with a Fluke meter and temp. probe accessory.Thats pretty good.Of course you have to be moving forward.At idle, the air heats up pretty good but cools down in less that 10 seconds once you start moving.
Dave.
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Nitro Junkie
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5/09/2002
20:02:16
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The add for it is in truckin but no price and a drawing of it not pics.
2000 R/T
Belltech 2"-3" Drop w/ Nitro Drop Shocks
40 Series Flowmaster Dumped Exhaust
8mm Taylor Spiro Pro wires w/ Autolite 3923's
Mopar Performance Distributor
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Turn on I see red
Adrenaline crash and crack my head
Nitro Junkie paint me dead .....
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QuickRacing
GenII
5/14/2002
15:06:36
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Anyone know if the "front valance" is like a bumper cover? I want to fabricate a GenIII bumper on my truck to inable me to put this valance on! Anyone? I e-mail Cervini, and there as helpful as a screen door on a submarine! No reply at all........
Drew
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Wes K
Dodge Dakota
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5/15/2002
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i wish i waited the year to this that kit...o well
http://oamweb.com/hobbies/smokindakota
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QuickRacing
GenII
5/15/2002
20:18:40
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Wes, yours still looks pretty cool! Beats what they offer for the GenII....
Drew
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Thomas J
Dodge Dakota
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5/16/2002
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I dont know anymore.... the more I look at the
kit the less I like it. Is it just me or does the
front bumper look like its jutting out? I think the
westwings or Xenon kits look better on the
dakota. More truck like. Guess I'll just have to
wait and see what it looks like on an actual
dakota and not just a drawing.
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QuickRacing
GenII
5/16/2002
16:54:14
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Thomas, That's just it, who knows if the kit will look like the drawing? I personaly would have to say that if the kit ends up like the drawing.. It's going to be badass! But, It sure doesn't seem like there into doing much business, I've called and E-mailed them numerous times, And they have yet to get back to me.. Wish I could find more info. on the kit but there not to responsive!
Drew
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Thomas J
Dodge Dakota
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5/17/2002
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No companies are ever really helpful are they =] especially when you want something from them that doesnt involve money =]
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Thomas J
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5/18/2002
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that should be corporations sorry. i know many companies that are helpful to people... notably speedtweaks =]
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BaDDaK
Dodge Dakota
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5/18/2002
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nobody has mentioned the fact that the concept drawing is on a reg cab, which is good because mine is a reg cab. i wonder if the kit will be available for ext cab as well. i guess it would only be the side skirts that would be different. will be interesting to see because from what ive seen, i think this will be the first kit for a reg cab as the WW and the Xenon kits are for ext cabs.
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Thomas J
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5/18/2002
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The xenon kit is available for the reg cab... including the side skirts.. a guy at my school has one on a reg cab. looks sweet
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notchlx
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5/20/2002
22:36:09
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Talked to a Cervini's rep today.
I was told that the Whole Kit can be purchased Now..
Individual piece purchases will be available next month.
He would not give me any pricing info on the individual pieces.
Later
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BigRedDak
Dodge Dakota
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5/21/2002
13:35:54
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sweeeet... Maybe we can get a group buy going next month.. 1000 a kit?? I wonder how many would be interested?
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