[Z06] vara-ram vs zip tie mod?
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Le Mans Master
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From: Texas-out west
vara-ram vs zip tie mod?
up to say 70 what are your opinions on the power of the two, do you think the vara-ram would give more power? it has less square inches of filter area than the zip tie mod
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I tried the zip tie mod and I can't say I noticed a "seat of the pants" gain while street driving. And I don't track my car. Like pit-man said, you're pulling hot air from engine compartment. I put my air box back in and called it a day. By looking at the design of the stock box, I felt it probably did a better job of grabbing some cooler air. Hey, try it out and let us know what you think. It's free 
Last edited by netster; Sep 17, 2008 at 10:37 PM.
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Bang for the buck.
Taking the cover off gives you the same noise level increase (seat of the pants feeling)
Changing to a hiflow (k+n?) filter will give you the same air flow.
Only place I ever felt like the vararam was better was in excess of 100 and that may have been just a mental feeling.
So unless you are drag racing and looking for every .1 I would spend the $ on an extra day at a road course
Taking the cover off gives you the same noise level increase (seat of the pants feeling)
Changing to a hiflow (k+n?) filter will give you the same air flow.
Only place I ever felt like the vararam was better was in excess of 100 and that may have been just a mental feeling.
So unless you are drag racing and looking for every .1 I would spend the $ on an extra day at a road course
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For those that say the zip tie mod is just sucking in hot air... it's very misleading!
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
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For those that say the zip tie mod is just sucking in hot air... it's very misleading!
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2007
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From: Orange Park FL
For those that say the zip tie mod is just sucking in hot air... it's very misleading!
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
Makes me wonder if any of you have ever looked at the location and the design of the area around the intake? It is way ahead of the engine, even in front of the radiator where cold air travels up (when in motion) due to the "scoop" under the car.
When in traffic (0-20mph so to speak), it might suck in a bit more hot air than, say, vararam or OEM. I would think at high speed vararam might be a bit more efficient because the air is directly channeled to the front of the filter panel. Intake temp should be about the same though.
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one thing I like about my Vararam, looking at my older logs, my intake temps was rediculous. sometimes I'll be injesting 140*-150* air. now with my vararam, whatever my a/c outside temp reading is, my intake temps logs usually show 1*-2* within that.
take it for what its worth.
take it for what its worth.
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From: McMinnville TN
P.S. It also looks very professional.