Anyone using the "Honker" air intake?
Le Mans Master
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People keep commenting on the Callaway Honker as being too expensive. What you don't seem to realize is that with the Honker you don't have a separate air bridge anymore. If you add up the prices of any other intake and then add in the price of a separate replacement air bridge, I'll bet everytime it will be more expensive than the Honker. Additionally, the Honker has a much continuous and smoother airflow, just look at the design. The MAF is also relocated close to the throttle body as GM has seen fit to do on the C6. It helps to improve throttle response and also more accurate airflow readings, as per Callaway.
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Originally Posted by striper
People keep commenting on the Callaway Honker as being too expensive. What you don't seem to realize is that with the Honker you don't have a separate air bridge anymore. If you add up the prices of any other intake and then add in the price of a separate replacement air bridge, I'll bet everytime it will be more expensive than the Honker. Additionally, the Honker has a much continuous and smoother airflow, just look at the design. The MAF is also relocated close to the throttle body as GM has seen fit to do on the C6. It helps to improve throttle response and also more accurate airflow readings, as per Callaway.
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Originally Posted by NOSjohn
Are you guys talking about this intake system:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RAPTO...QQcmdZViewItem
The dang thing is over 18" wide!
It is near the $500 price you guys are speaking about but it's made of Carbon Fiber so it is priced accordingly IMO.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/RAPTO...QQcmdZViewItem
The dang thing is over 18" wide!
It is near the $500 price you guys are speaking about but it's made of Carbon Fiber so it is priced accordingly IMO.Good Luck with your choice!
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From: North shore,Ma./Naples Florida
Seems the most interesting thing about the Honker is that it relocates the MAF as they did in the C6, eliminates the air bridge, has a nice fit and finish look and incorporates a very large Green Filter which is supposed to be vey high quality. I do like the look of it alot.The price does not seem bad to be considering the cost of a Blackwing, Vararam or anything else. The only thing in question for me is the Hydrolock thing (for this or any cut shroud type CAI), and what are the performance gains in relation to say, a Blackwing? 
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VaraRam has the "green" filter, which is now shipping on all new orders. Re-location of the MAF on the C5 has been done by many folks to their C5 fairly easily. As for the hydrolock issue, it seems that if a car with a super low ground clearance enters into standing water 8" or greater the potential for damage will occur regardless of air intake setup. Supposedly the VaraRam does have some sort of water troughs in order to dissipate rain water though I can't vouch for its effectiveness in dealing with standing water or whether or not it is worse than any other "cold air" setup.
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Originally Posted by striper
People keep commenting on the Callaway Honker as being too expensive. What you don't seem to realize is that with the Honker you don't have a separate air bridge anymore. If you add up the prices of any other intake and then add in the price of a separate replacement air bridge, I'll bet everytime it will be more expensive than the Honker. Additionally, the Honker has a much continuous and smoother airflow, just look at the design. The MAF is also relocated close to the throttle body as GM has seen fit to do on the C6. It helps to improve throttle response and also more accurate airflow readings, as per Callaway.
Its also the only CAI that is CARB aproved in Kalifornia
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Seems the Honker is similar to the Vortex Rammer or Pro-Flow, two systems requiring the shroud to be cut. Any performance difference must be as a result of a better filter? VaraRam is now shipping out with an "improved" green filter. Maybe this was done as a result of the Honkers performance successes? As I understand it the VaraRam benefits from drawing the air all the way up from the fog light shrouds?
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Regarding the Green filter, at Corvettes @ Carlisle I witnessed a comparison test between the Green filter, K&N, stock paper and no filter at all. The paper filter almost completely blocked the airflow, the K&N did offer some improvemnet and the Green filter flowed virtually the same as no filter at all. Also, according to Dave Hill, the greatest amount of air intake pressure is to be found under the car in front of the spoiler which is why the bottom feeders work so well.