Would like a cold air intake. This promise the highes hp gain of other intakes.

Any ideas?

 

I am in the process of installing one right now. Not real impressed with the fit or the filter that came with it.

 

The install is a pain in the butt, but you'll notice a difference once it's on. Good luck!

 

I'm 110% satisfied with mine! Look here for my results. I found the istall straight forward and the fit was perfect.

 

From what I have observed it is as good as any other intake out there - obviously there is not true "ram air effect" but it does flow much better than stock! But then so does most of the other ones out there. There are thos that would have you think it draws in cold air - well yes that is true and so does EVERY other one out there - remember the air box sits in front of the engine and radiator - so it is already grabbing cold air - unless of course you race in reverse, in that case you MAY get some slightly warmer air.

Use a little logic in your thinking when deciding what you want for your car

 

its worth it

 

Jason, great times and a great website.

You would have made almost the same gains with any other breather such as the Blackwing. Put a decent filter on it and they'll all be equal.

By design the Vararam has a lousy filter. It can also be dagerous. Hit a puddle of water and hydroloc the engine as other forum members have done. I guess you could get out of the car and measure the depth of the puddle. One teaspoon of water passed the filter and it's over.

Vararam also claims cold air. Any filter in front of the radiator will intake whatever the ambient air temp is. Only way to get cold air is out of the fridge.

Bob

 

Thanks!

Don't agree. You may see the same results on the dyno but not the track.

I've never seen one single post on this forum about anyone hydrolocking because of a VaraRam. In fact, I've never seen one single derogatory post about the VaraRam except from people who have not actually used it. The only time you even see them for sale on here is when someone either has never installed it or they just put on a blower.

I agree with you here on the air temp. The difference is that the VaraRam is stuffing air in instead of other filters sucking air around it.

Everyone has their favorites and mine is VaraRam!

Of course, this thread will now be .

 

Until you try it, your opinions are as worthless as all of your other posts.

To the original poster, you will get tons of answers on this thread. Take the advice from people that have actually tested and used VARARAM over the opinions of people that try and justify why they paid for another intake. I for one used to have a Blackwing, I did a back to back comparison with VARARAM and gained substantial mph and had a reduction in e.t. It flat out works, period. It works so well, I have had it on all 3 of my C5's.

Concerning the water injestion issue brought up by the resident Corvette Forum idiot. I in fact brought that out during the last VARARAM DEBATE. The guy that bought one of my vert's with VARARAM drove through a flooded street and hydrolocked his engine. Keep in mind I said flooded. The water washed above the hood. Hardly VARARAM'S fault. Anyone that is dumb enough to drive through a small lake deserve's what they get. In this case, his insurance picked up the tab and he's driving a new thumping 408ci fed gulps of COLD air by the same VARARAM set up as before. Korreck, if you are going post, post the whole story and make it factual. Leave your opinions at the door.

 

I had about the same gains with a Z06 air box lid and cutting the tops out of my fog light surrounds. $20 on ebay for the lid and cut the holes for free.

 

Thats very vague, how about some specifics........... so you picked 3 mph and a half second????????????? I would love to know what your baseline was.

 

I'm sending a PM. Ask them yourself. Also do an advanced search.

If I were you I would check the data on the filter.

You're right, I see poop top is already on this one. He follows me around like a little puppy dog

90 droptop
This message is hidden because 90 droptop is on your ignore list.

Louder poop top. I can't hear you.

 

LMAO! It is a good thing you two are on opposite sides of the country!

 

I LOST 3 mph and .5 tenths in my money NOT leaving my bank. Dude are you selling these things or what? I made a simple statement and you are jumping all over it. 300 bucks and you might gain 3 mph (then again a high pressure system and colder weather could have moved in between runs also!). The guy wanted to know if it was worth it. I say no and you say yes, leave it at that.

 

I usually stay outta the intake wars. I have a Vararam 2B and I like it.

I only wish to address the hydrolock concern.

I am NOT addressing
1. THE RAM AIR EFFECT We all agree we ain't gettin' it
2. THE COLD AIR EFFECT I like pulling air from outside the engine bay

I think if anyone ever got hydrolock from driving in a rainstorm with this filter, it was due to one of 2 things, or perhaps others that didn't occur to me at the time of this post.

1. Improper fitment which IS possible with these things as fit and finish is not exactly 5 star.

2. You drove through a puddle that you should've brought your boat for.

Here's my proof regarding the 1 teaspoon of water theory!

Last week I cleaned my V-Ram 2B filter (stock with 20k miles on it now)
I pulled a fair amount of crap from it and decided to run water through it to further remove dust particles. Maybe I'm a moron for trying this method, I'm not an SAE man. Nonetheless, I wanted to try putting it back in still wet. Not soaking wet, but the filter was nearly dripping wet.

I put it back in the car and within 5 minutes, proceeded to drive a good 30 miles, some back roads at 30 mph and some highway at 75 mph.
My engine did NOT hydrolock.
I can't imagine what kind of conditions it must take to get enough water up the multi angled ram tubes, past the filter and into the combustion chamber to cause an engine to get toasted, but it has to be Freakish in nature or a hellacious puddle dive.

Disclaimer:
I am NOT a Vararam salesman and have seen great results with a variety of intakes including Blackwing, Haltech, zip tie mod etc.
If my Vararam got stolen, I'd probably try out the Donaldson.

Just my 2 pence
Scott

 

Soooooo, you have an opinion that you had the same gains by spending $20. Is that correct? I see you can't back up your statement. Thanks for playing. Have a nice day.

 

I'd love to tell you it's worth it but it's still sitting in my garage.

 

It's a magnetic thing......... I'm drawn to idiots that post their ignorance.

Now Korreck, lets be real. The only way you know that I'm posting about you is that you take your favorites off the ignore list and check. You love the attention, negative or not, hence the dumb posts.

 

I have had both systems on the the car. Hope you sell alot of them.
I'm done!

 

JMO, probably the best way to spend $300-$400 bucks on your car. I haven't done a before and after but have no problem believing you could pick-up 3 mph at the track with it installed.