Hurrican VS Vararam
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From: Winnipeg MB
Hurrican VS Vararam
The Hurrican is already on my car and it looks good was on there when i bought the car. I found a New Vararam locally for $290 and was thinking about buying but is it better then my Hurrican already on my car? The following mods are going to be done soon and I want to get as much out of her as possible!!!!!!!!
ARH 1 7/8 plus ARH X PIPE plus BORLA Stingers or straights
Custome Dyno Tune
SHOULD I SCRAP THE HURRICAN??????????
ARH 1 7/8 plus ARH X PIPE plus BORLA Stingers or straights
Custome Dyno Tune
SHOULD I SCRAP THE HURRICAN??????????
Pro
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From: Destin FL
If you still had the stock intake, I'd say, yeah man, jump all over that Vararam for $290. But the hurricane (like most of the other aftermarket intakes) is a big improvement already over stock. I believe that at low speeds the two are going to provide nearly identical performance. The benefit of the Vararam is that it's directly ducted to the intake in such a way as to take advantage of ram pressure at high speed. You won't see that benefit at low speed OR on a dyno. And I seriously doubt that the few extra hp (assuming there are any of course) would be detectable by seat of the pants. I say stick with your Hurricane and find another performance mod to put that money toward. Just my .02.
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '13
Save the money and be happy. Put the money towards the headers and tune. While the VR is a better performer what you have is good enough. You'd never feel the difference.
Le Mans Master
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St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
i would not change intakes. I just dont see any more than a HP or two gain, but you can also have an Hp or two loss. Buy a cam with the $300 bucks. I think the 1 7/8 headers are a little larger for those mods.
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Id love to do a cam but there is alot of labour there and if you do the cam you might aswell do the heads and thats lots of $$$$$ And i am eventually going to want to put an FI on here and I think I would want a differnt cam for FI and a differnt for NA right???
Thats why I am putting on 1 7/8 headers now. I wish I had money and I could do it all this spring arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Thats why I am putting on 1 7/8 headers now. I wish I had money and I could do it all this spring arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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From: Winnipeg MB
Well I guess I am leaning towards keeping the Hurrican I can get the Vararam for $260 Now hmmmmm Sell the used Hurrican for $260 and all I am losing out on is the 2 hours of my time hmmmmmmmm
Racer
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St. Jude Donor '08
I've got a Carbon Fiber Hurricane intake and air bridge with Kooks 1 3/4 headers and a tune on my 2004 Z06.
It looks pretty cool and the car seems faster. Adding a Hurst Billet Plus shifter made it feel like a whole different car. The shifter changed the driving experience significantly for the better.
It looks pretty cool and the car seems faster. Adding a Hurst Billet Plus shifter made it feel like a whole different car. The shifter changed the driving experience significantly for the better.
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St. Jude Donor '11-'12-'13-'14-'15
Headers and a tune WITH the hurricane would make a significant difference also! See my sig...