Callaway Honker results...
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I also have the Honker. I installed it on my Z06. First of all, one of the reasons I chose it is because the quality was one of the best I've seen. Has an OEM look to it. The instructions were far better than other brands, too. They include every fastener you'd need including the correct size drill bit for the rivets supplied. Installation was not difficult and removing the shroud is not that hard to do. As far as the price is concerned, if you add up all the parts you'd purchase with another brand of intake to accomplish the same thing, you'd spend at least as much if not more. My two concerns I put to the contact at Callaway were water ingestion and computer tuning. The lowest point of the intake cutout is no lower than the stock intake. Because of the direction airflow takes as it enters the filter, they didn't feel that water would be an issue forcing its way up the intake. They have no reports of a Honker having hydrolock problems. He also said they did test it driving in rain. BTW, the filter cutout is 7" x 18". Another point he made was that they do not feel it is necessary to do a tune unless you've made other significant mods. Mild mods do not necessarily require a retune. However, in the Vette article that showed the install, on a car that had some previous work they got 34 hp with the Honker and a retune, 19 before the retune. This was over the Blackwing the car already had. Now for my own results with it. I recently ran it at Englishtown and it felt much stronger than previous runs with only a change to the Honker and a Magnaflow catback. I ran essentially the same E.T.'s as before the mods but that's because I kept having to lift due to spinning the tires on my 2nd and 3rd shifts. There was a significant power increase because my mph was up.
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Originally Posted by striper
I also have the Honker.
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The instructions were far better than other brands, too. They include every fastener you'd need including the correct size drill bit for the rivets supplied. Installation was not difficult and removing the shroud is not that hard to do.
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The instructions were far better than other brands, too. They include every fastener you'd need including the correct size drill bit for the rivets supplied. Installation was not difficult and removing the shroud is not that hard to do.
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I just installed mine this weekend. WOW the instructions were great (when is the last ime you heard anybody say that?). Any 16 year old with a toolbox could make this happen.
As for results:
I had a dyno run less than 2 weeks ago, and I am hoping to get another one done by the end of the week. Yeah, the weather will not be the exact same, but it's the best I could manage. It should be a good gague since the callaway is the only change. I am going to get a dyno tune, so I'll compare the baseline from that session to the previous pull and get an idea of just the callaway.
I have Kook's LTs, high flow cats and a Corsa cat-back. The previous pull showed 331 (331.9 actually) rwhp, with the A/F being a good bit fat. I am very confident from the "SOTP dyno runs" this weekend that I will beat my goal of 350rwhp by a clear margin.
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I agree with striper. The quality is very good. Didn't do a before after dyno though so I don't know what I gained. Seems to pull harder at higher RPMs than before. Don't regret the purchase. That OEM airbox has a tiny opening for outside air to enter.
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...not even close
Originally Posted by eb02z06
Isn't the MTI rammer exactly the same?
The biggest feature of the Callaway Honker is the way they engineered it to fit precisely and the moving of the Mass Air sensor to just before the throttle body
G.M.'s engineers must have taken note of this, as the MAF is up in that place in the C6
I hope this helps
#46
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In addition to all other positive comments about the Honker, it is the only intake I've seen that utilizes the stock air bridge mounts on the radiator cover to keep it aligned and in place.
#47
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Originally Posted by striper
In addition to all other positive comments about the Honker, it is the only intake I've seen that utilizes the stock air bridge mounts on the radiator cover to keep it aligned and in place.
#49
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Originally Posted by stano
Also, in all fairness, the green Wick filter is much larger than the Vararam or any other filter I've used ( Halltech included )
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Originally Posted by vetterlatethannever
It looks larger than the Vararam, but to say that it is larger than the Halltech or similar filters is ridiculous. Now granted I haven't seen this filter in person (but as it looks in the pic), don't forget the Halltech is a 360* filter, not just a one-way flow-through type. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
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As for results:
I had a dyno run less than 2 weeks ago, and I am hoping to get another one done by the end of the week. Yeah, the weather will not be the exact same, but it's the best I could manage. It should be a good gague since the callaway is the only change.
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As for results:
I had a dyno run less than 2 weeks ago, and I am hoping to get another one done by the end of the week. Yeah, the weather will not be the exact same, but it's the best I could manage. It should be a good gague since the callaway is the only change.
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I could not do it the same day, so it is not exactly scientific, but it was just a little bit hotter the second time, so the results may have been a touch better if I have done a back-to-back comparison.
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Help With Intake Selection?
Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
The dyno pull after changing only the intake was a solid 9-11 ft/lbs of torque uniformly across the rpm range. For a total of exactly 10 rwhp differance at the peak (341.9 vs 331.9)
I could not do it the same day, so it is not exactly scientific, but it was just a little bit hotter the second time, so the results may have been a touch better if I have done a back-to-back comparison.
I could not do it the same day, so it is not exactly scientific, but it was just a little bit hotter the second time, so the results may have been a touch better if I have done a back-to-back comparison.
I am in the process of upgrading my OEM intake/filter on my 99...have been looking at the Halltech Stinger,K&N, and Blackwing, but would like to get some guidance if possible. Can anyone give me some comparisons(ie-pros/cons, HP gains etc) between each of these; that might help me in my selection process. I have only ever experienced K&N filters, as I run them in my other vehicles.
Thanks for any help -DD
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Originally Posted by *89x2*
Here are a couple - Hope this helps
matches the Stinger filter head, and noway matches the ssm
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Originally Posted by Fozzy_Bear
The dyno pull after changing only the intake was a solid 9-11 ft/lbs of torque uniformly across the rpm range. For a total of exactly 10 rwhp differance at the peak (341.9 vs 331.9)
I could not do it the same day, so it is not exactly scientific, but it was just a little bit hotter the second time, so the results may have been a touch better if I have done a back-to-back comparison.
I could not do it the same day, so it is not exactly scientific, but it was just a little bit hotter the second time, so the results may have been a touch better if I have done a back-to-back comparison.
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Originally Posted by Tru_Ice
10 rwhp over your previous induction setup. What were you running before?
I was unable to do custom tuning at the time. Hopefully I'll get a chance this week and possibly hit my 350 rwhp goal. 8 rwhp (which turns out to be under 2.5% difference) from tuning doesn't sound unreasonable, so I am optimistic.
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I found this thread very useful because I just got a 2000 Corvette and I was looking for info on which would be the best intake. Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread and also... Sorry for floating it!