Holley Sky-Ram Intake Manifold Hits the Westech Dyno 

I'm so glad you guys took an April fool's joke and ran with it to give what a whole bunch of people wanted to see. 2 thumbs up and I tip my hat to you gents.

Awwwwe. You guys. Thanks for doing what I had hoped, a test. It’s completely ridiculous, but I think it would be great fun to have a car with it sucking in flocks of birds.

This was really fun. I wonder what the BSFC is where it's making big torque?

Need some injectors way up top in the runners running methanol

5:40 I want my power between 900 and 1900, because that's where city driving is done. I don't spend my days on the north end of the tach so having all my power up there is just a waste of fuel.

now for the twin turbos.

Don't know about you guys but I got my shirt.

This is the best kind of dumb I've seen in a long time.

If that combo doesn't make its way to a Cleetus event I'm going to be thoroughly disappointed in whomever wins it 🤣

I bet some people who are more into a certain marine application might just _love_ that bottom end torque. And on a, say, jet boat the problem of hood clearance might be moot altogether.

So cool you guys actually dynoed this, someone is good in the marketing department....

I'm excited to see how the "space ram" performs when it debuts next April!

I'm glad you actually built it and tested it! Way to go Holley!

It added 110ft/lbs under the curve at 3600-3700 rpms, that would feel AMAZING on the street. Guys are always talking about what is going to feel good when you're driving the vehicle everyday vs what is the most "racy" thing. That a Sky-Ram is the best truck intake EVER. I wanna see it with boost. I think the HP curve could be extended a while longer before it falls on it's face with forced induction. I really hope you guys do a Sky-Ram production run. I legit think it would sell out. Maybe experiment with a shorter production Sky-Ram that gives the performance and carries a little higher in the Rpms and still has the insane looks. I think this thing is A joke that turned into a viable product.

That torque curve is fantastic. I almost never take my big block Chevy over 3500 rpms. I don't care how much power it makes at 5000 rpms.

Never thought you'd follow through with this. Well If it's fun, it's worth doing Well done y'all

So are you going to let Richard Holdener play with it?

Do I smell variable intake runners coming?? I'm imagining another intake about 2/3 of the way down. As RPM creeps up they blend their throttle body openings to maximize area under the curve 🤔

Ok, that's the dumbest thing I ever seen. I want one! Can wait for Richard to conclude with further testing and with boost. 😀

So, what I learned from all this is it would be excellent for my mud truck!!

I learned something , Holley is cooler than I thought ! I use lots of Holley products and thought they were very cool before .....

Awesome! With that piece I wont need to install a snorkel intake on My offroad truck!! 😂👍

Wonder what a cam matched to the powerband would do? How much torque could we get.

I really wanted to see it tested with the moon shot plate system. 😁

The only intake where you need to consider wind drag while running it. 😂

That Sky Ram intake would be perfect on a old school 1966 Dodge A100. With the ingne behind the cab and a old school dual cuad air ram filter scoop. And a dually axle in the back and supper single tires in the back. With Dual exhaust stacks in the back of the cab. It will almost look like a Hot Wheel style trick out truck. That would get allot of attention. Much more than someone with a Lamborghini.

Now I am curious about how the lengths in between would perform, like 10" and 20".

Dear Holley, I think you should create a modular Hi-Ram intake where the middle of the runners has a bolted together flange, that way the intake could be run like normal and you could sell runner extensions in 5 and 10 inch increments, that way a guy could choose how much "Sky-Ram" he wants or he could even keep adding them until he has a Space-Ram. Seriously thought, you could increase the runner length by 5-10 inches at a time and tune the runner length for your application on the fly to what best suits you.

I would love to see a carb test with this and measure the temp at the intake port. Though installing two carbs 10’ off the ground would be quite the challenge 😂

Now dyno the sky ram with 2 carburetors on top

Looks like something Jeremy clarckson would come up with. I'd love to see Vizard's take on this. That big hump must be the RPM sweetspot for that intake (pulse wavelength).

Nice to see someone who knows how to tighten AN fuel lines testing this

I love that the runners are SOOO long that it not only hits the fundamental resonance, but the next mode up at higher RPMs. Finally, vtec for your stump puller.

I want to see this ran with twin carbs on it!!

what would happen if you put the injectors at the top of the skyram instead of its base??

It would be hilarious on my 2005 impala front wheel drive with an 2007 ls4

Interesting that it hit such a wall at about 5k rpm. I’d imagine it’s the combination of harmonics and the restriction of tubes that long. Would be fun if they made one that was multiple sections and could shorten down as rpm went up.

I was praying for this, so awesome to see how much of a difference it made. At least it does have a purpose even being as ludicrous as it is. Love it 🤣

The TORUS..... You should base the riser pipe design on the flow of a Torus... IF You did you would see GREAT GAINS... "Observe Nature and Copy It" Daniel Alexander Cannon

OMG I'm so glad you guys did this! Thank you Holley and of course the legend Steve Brule himself 👍

YES!!!!! SOMEBODY actually said "high end torque!" It always gets spoken as low end torque or high end horsepower when in fact the force turning the wheels is ALWAYS TORQUE. Horsepower is just a calculation. It's math, not a force turning the wheels. Thank you Steve, it's about time torque gets acknowledged at all engine speeds.

This is what happens when inmates (us!) run the asylum. These guys have a great sense of humor.

I wonder what a lawn mower carb does on a V8 💁‍♀️

4:06.... (VE number) volumetric efficiency is what he's talking about basically saying that this is where the Pulses from each cylinder line up just right to compress a little tiny extra air into each Powerstroke. It's basically where the intakes harmonic frequency is.

Now what if the intake was longer and came back down to where it kinda normally lives. Monster chamber More engine masters🤘

I always thought it would be cool to see what would happen if the intake runners were tuned to have the exact same volume as a set of full length headers. Also, the intake runners + plenum tuned the same way.

Stepladder? Put this on a monster truck, and you will need scaffolding! The absurdity of this mailbox contraption teaches/proves runner length characteristics at the same time we wonder... wtf. Good fun. Who could use this? Actually, a two pole generator setup - rpm is constant, and throttle gets electronically managed to compensate for varying load conditions - all in peak VE range, using this manifold.

Find a taller dyno cell, test the moonshot on top of this

Somone would definitely put this on their squatted truck with a trash can size exhaust tip. It's amazing how a joke can become reality. Thanks for showing

A limited run of those intakes would be cool maybe 50 of them

Holley products seem great. Hopefully ordering a terminator x max here in the near future for a project I'm working on. 3rd gen Dakota, LQ4, 4l80e, 4wd. It should be cool when it's done.

I’m surprised it peaked that high in the rpm range.

WHOA. Its the AT-AT Walker from Star Wars!! Near the end of video in background as they talk lol

Now test the Moon Shot....

Please reduce the amplitude of the music parts. It's insanely loud compared to the spoken words coming from the humans in this video. Thanks

It's so cool that you tested it!!! I'd kill to see it with a dual carburettor set-up. I wonder if it would even start.

I'm Glad Holley did a Collab with Star Wars and made the AT-AT Intake. Very Cool!

High torque at lower Rpms would be great for off-roaders

Wish I could enter the contest. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Great video! 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

They HAVE to make a 6-8inch longer High ram after seeing this. make it Holley

absolute madlads for actually building the thing! I tip my hat to you!

I would love to see this under low boost!

5:28 V8 powered generator running at constant 3600 RPM, looks like this is THE intake manifold to use.

I love everything about this Haha truly awesome. Nice work guys!

this April fools joke would be a lot funnier if haven't been waiting for 5 months for my cathedral hi ram from them

This is going to be epic!

Holy balls you actually made it.

It's actually cool to see this on a working engine. I knew it was an April fools day joke, and I knew it would change the torque curve pretty radically, but I didn't expect to see 50 lb. ft. of additional torque. That was interesting. Nice to see it actually run.

Will Richard Holdener be here?

I love this. I hope whoever wins this puts it on a AMC Gremlin it was also introduced on April fools day. It would be a match made in heaven

Okay so not on a car but. If you were running a pump or generator where only gasoline was available the Sky-Ram might be the best choice. 😁

It still looks awesome. Would be fun to see it work with the nitrous from the April 1 video

Freiburger will want one of these, he loves intakes that touch on the borderline of ridiculous. What would this intake do on a boosted application?

The height and low end torque seems perfect for a mud bogger or something like that.🤣

It makes me so happy that this was real, and wasn't just made of plasticine or something for April Fools :-)

Why not add another throttle halfway down which opens up as the revs rise? And then another just above the block for ultimate top end too.

now give it to Holdener and let him throw a truck norris cam and some chinese hair dryers at it.

Im looking forward to Space-Ram guys!

I'm bummed that the contest is only open to the U.S. I so want that manifold. Ultimate man cave item.

Maybe for truck guys that like high water, instead of a snorkel.

Imagine how many nitrous injectors you could use.

Where do I buy one?

They dyno'ed the Sky Ram! Lol this is great 😂

This needs to end up in Cleetus McFarland’s garage

Alright now we need a video of a procharger hooked to that monster

For next year: fenderwell-exit split intake. Just split this in half, with each half curving out to the side with throttle body and conical filter protruding from the fenders. It'll really SUCK - air.

Engine out the hood has become popular maybe try a half length sky ram and see what the numbers are. You may find a happy median that people would actually buy. The torque would be great for a work truck

I'm not the sort of person to even consider custom parts for my engine, but the Sky-Ram April Fool's gag followed up by this dyno test was fascinating nonetheless!

4:00 He's clearly monitoring the competition.

The fact that the joke actually works as intended is hilarious.

Guessing that it gives really good low end….

Curious what were the BSFC numbers between the two manifolds at 3700 rpm?

This would be great for a turbo application

80’s FLASHBACK! Basically you built a TPI intake from the late 80’s. Long runner length = massive torque but rpm’s done by 5k. Still love the TPI!

Imagine with me the next generation, called the Sky-Ram-Trombone, S-R-T for short. The runner is a 2-piece design, and slides like a Trombone varying it's note.

It's just an LS version of the old TPI lol

Tractor pullers just raised an eyebrow.

Good for a gennie or big water pump... jet boat?

Where is the moon shot nitrous system. Now that would be a test

what's with the oil pressure? 70w nitro oil?