question for vararam users
Le Mans Master
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From: Cresskill NJ
I think most of the benefit of the Vararam is the cold air, and the intake of the Vararam is considerably smaller then the total opening of the fog light area, so I don't think it would be any problem. In fact, I'm looking to do that mod myself in the near future. 
Melting Slicks
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From: Las Vegas Nevada
St. Jude Donor '08
Originally Posted by GeorgeZNJ
I don't think the screens pose any restrictions at all. If they do, it can't be more than 1/2 of a %
That is what I had before I went FI.Clayton from Las Vegas
Drifting
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From: Tucson Arizona
yes they will,once you get up to a certain speed, thats why I havent done it with my Vararam. I've been in the satellite dish business going on 20 years, we use to install the big 10' mesh dishes, basically a big screen, light winds will blow through them fine, but when you get strong winds, the holes actually fill up with air and whip the dish around, thats why on a calm day the dish wouldn't move,on a windy day, they would flop around like the old,old solid tin dishes, same principle with a screen door, light breeze will flow through screen,but a heavy wind will slam the door shut on you
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From: Winston-Salem North Carolina
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by chevyvette1
yes they will,once you get up to a certain speed, thats why I havent done it with my Vararam. I've been in the satellite dish business going on 20 years, we use to install the big 10' mesh dishes, basically a big screen, light winds will blow through them fine, but when you get strong winds, the holes actually fill up with air and whip the dish around, thats why on a calm day the dish wouldn't move,on a windy day, they would flop around like the old,old solid tin dishes, same principle with a screen door, light breeze will flow through screen,but a heavy wind will slam the door shut on you
Angin, i could be wrong but i believe vararam has tested for this, the faster you go, the better it performs
Last edited by GeorgeZNJ; Nov 23, 2006 at 11:43 AM.
Pro
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From: brick nj
z06 screens
i just put the screens on mine because at this time of year in nj there are alot of leaves blowing around and my vararam was sucking them into the filter.i havent noticed any difference in performance, but englishtown is closed now so ill have to wait till the spring to see if my et's have changed any.i seriously doubt it,the car pulls just as hard as it did without them.at least i wont have leaves or any other debris in my filter
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
The first time you get a bunch of leaves or paper stuck in the "SCREENED" MAF,,, you will wish you had them!
Screens are good and do not post that muck of a restriction.
BC
Screens are good and do not post that muck of a restriction.
BC
Drifting
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From: Tucson Arizona
I no expert here and if i'm wrong, well i'll be wrong but, air being forced in to something from the same direction as is with the vararam, is quite different from wind whipping in at different directions on an exposed area like a satelitle dish.
Angin, i could be wrong but i believe vararam has tested for this, the faster you go, the better it performs
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Angin, i could be wrong but i believe vararam has tested for this, the faster you go, the better it performs
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I'll give you one more to think of, take a 5 gallon bucket, and pour another 5 gallon bucket of water into the first one as fast as you can, then take a strainer, made out of a screen,and do it again, and you will find it's going to take longer to fill the the bucket with a screen covering it than it will without one. on the other side I totally agree with the other guys about leaves getting to the filter, I actually thought about putting on the screens with the velcro, and then if we go to the track and just pop them back off
Ozzie
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by F15over
Air and water don't have the same dynamic resistance, and water is not compressible, air is (until it is supersonic). While there will be some drag, I don't think it is a worry unless you are WAY fast.
Simple answer, NO MEASURABLE RESISTANCE
Drifting
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From: Tucson Arizona
well, I guess before you put them on the car, go for a ride and hang one out the window, and watch how much resistance you actually get as the speeds increase, you probably wont have much at speeds under 20, but as the holes fill up, you watch and see how much more resistance your going to get at speeds between 60 and a 100
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St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Originally Posted by chevyvette1
well, I guess before you put them on the car, go for a ride and hang one out the window, and watch how much resistance you actually get as the speeds increase, you probably wont have much at speeds under 20, but as the holes fill up, you watch and see how much more resistance your going to get at speeds between 60 and a 100
Pro
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From: brick nj
screens
i think i just got pee on myself Laughing at that george.thats the funniest thing ive read in here so far,other than the guy who doesnt know how to take his door panel off.oh yeah and the other guy who sends his oil out to get analyzed every time he has it changed.i can tell you are for nj george.you need a great sense of humor just to live here.got to change my undies now.
great one george
great one george
Last edited by 3 vettes; Nov 24, 2006 at 06:38 PM.
