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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 05:38 PM
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I recently purchased a vararam B2 intake, due to the fact the previous owner had removed the front of the stock air box. I didn't order the one with the power duct and was curious if this is a must have to make the new intake useful. Thoughts?
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by roof954
I recently purchased a vararam B2 intake, due to the fact the previous owner had removed the front of the stock air box. I didn't order the one with the power duct and was curious if this is a must have to make the new intake useful. Thoughts?
No you do not need the powerduct, I did not use one on my 04.The powerduct is a little bit of a pain to install and does not fit the best from what i have seen on here, and worth 1-2 horse at best

Steve
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 07:53 PM
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I want to see a pic of that intake installed.
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Old Feb 26, 2012 | 08:32 PM
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Just ordered it last night so it will be a few days, and probably a few weeks before I can get the garage arranged to install the product. Be sure to get them up loaded for ya when I can though.
Hopefully its a painless install and turns out well.
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Old Feb 27, 2012 | 07:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul 75 L82
I want to see a pic of that intake installed.
How about a pic of mine?


However, I do have the power duct...

Note that installing that requires moving the MAF and can throw codes.
So best to do just before a dyno tune, which I did. I ran without the power duct until I installed headers. Then installed the power duct and had the dyno tune done.
Unfortunately I have no data about how much the PD added... but to me it looks nicer.
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