need intake recommendation!!!!!!
Drifting
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Burning Brakes
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St. Jude Donor '09
It is quite a bit but the results are outstanding and the fit and finish speaks 1000 words. I don't have independent results because I installed it at the same time as my FAST 92/92 combo. But I picked up 40 hp with both. I am guessing the norm is 20 from the FAST and 20 from the intake. I paid slightly under 500 on sale.
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The other thing I warn about all the time is engine bay heat. plastic and rubber parts and coatings, as well as electronic assemblies are life-shortened as temperature rises. Blocking off cooling air to the engine bay is not good, IMO. having Vararam and headers is a recipe for premature failures over time.
Le Mans Master
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Here's a Callaway Honker for $350 shipped...http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-p...nd-shroud.html
Good seller too!
Good seller too!
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I personally like the Honker better due to the quality and probably similar performance. The thing I really like about the Callaway is that you don't have to worry about upgrading your airbridge. If you're planning on keeping the intake (not going FI) than why not spend the extra few bucks for the Callaway.
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St. Jude Donor '09
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Burning Brakes
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Callaway Honker - $500 and highest quality
Vararam - average quality and Pita to install, this is what I run
There are some other like Vortex rammer.
If you are going to install an intake, go with a true cold air intake that draws air from outside the car and not from the engine compartment. Otherwise, why even bother.
Vararam - average quality and Pita to install, this is what I run
There are some other like Vortex rammer.
If you are going to install an intake, go with a true cold air intake that draws air from outside the car and not from the engine compartment. Otherwise, why even bother.
I too installed a Vararam and It is definately a pain to install. You will become intimately familiar with the forward underside of your car, but I enjoy the wrenching. At age 68 & 3/4 it is getting harder to get up off that garage floor. LOL. 
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Go Callaway.
