Few Questions Here
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Instructor
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From: Nebraksa
Few Questions Here
So between a Callaway Honker and a Vararam, what could be best for prolonged drives? Is one better then the other?
Do you have to be going highway speeds for the Vararam to really make a difference?
Other ways to keep temps down beside intakes?
Thanks
Ryan
Do you have to be going highway speeds for the Vararam to really make a difference?
Other ways to keep temps down beside intakes?
Thanks
Ryan
Melting Slicks
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From: Oceanside California
My tuner and long time racer does not believe in the Vararam at all. I dont like it either. Its restrictive until the ram air effect and shows on the dyno with lower numbers. Maybe at 80, 90, or even 100+ it could start to have a benefit. Just my opinion. There will be many in agreement and many in disagreement with this, but Ive always seen a simple K&N as the intake of choice for a multitude of tuners.
Look at the old ram air Pontiacs. They made their power from a larger cam profile. Not the ram air. The theory is there, but it just never made a real difference.
Look at the old ram air Pontiacs. They made their power from a larger cam profile. Not the ram air. The theory is there, but it just never made a real difference.
Instructor
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From: Rantoul IL
As usual, your "opinion" is just based on what you read or heard, and not your personal experience. Why many may argue with the overall quality of the VR, there a plenty of forum members who have the time slips to back up the claims.
Melting Slicks
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As far as personal experience goes, I smoke the $hit out of C6's and C5Z's on the 1/8th mile in my bolt-on's only, base model 99 all the time. I could care less what these people think the Vararam is doing for them.
Oh, and whats your experience? Let me guess, you have one, so its the best there is right?
Last edited by NukeC5; Dec 17, 2012 at 05:32 PM.
Melting Slicks
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Im not a big fan of the Vararam myself. Personally, I do not care if it works or not. When something is made as cheaply as the Vararam system, why would anyone want to install it. I have a simple rule for my mods. Every component I add to the car has to have similar or better quality than what I took out.
Drifting
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I believe I told you that the Vararam is worth 3 tenths and 2 MPH over a non "cold Air" intake.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NukeC5
I have a scan tool and observed the live data. Its not a big enough change to where the computer cannot adjust for it.
It had a pending code for to rich on bank 2 at first, but I did not have to clear it. It worked itself out and now there are no codes or even pending codes. It worked it out after a half hour drive.
Im not suggesting that people who do not know how to carefully handle a MAF, and where exactly to port on it should go do this. But if you know what you are doing, it does make a difference.
I was interested in doing this because it was the last part of my intake tract that could use work. I have a K&N intake, p&p TB, and an LS6 intake. So I may have benefited more than a stock car would because it was the only restriction left in the intake plumbing.
Nuke
If you want a quick 3 tenths and 2 MPH drop the K&N for a Vararam.
I didn't believe it until I tried it. ( Verified with 100's of prior runs)
Mike V
Quote:
Originally Posted by NukeC5
I have a scan tool and observed the live data. Its not a big enough change to where the computer cannot adjust for it.
It had a pending code for to rich on bank 2 at first, but I did not have to clear it. It worked itself out and now there are no codes or even pending codes. It worked it out after a half hour drive.
Im not suggesting that people who do not know how to carefully handle a MAF, and where exactly to port on it should go do this. But if you know what you are doing, it does make a difference.
I was interested in doing this because it was the last part of my intake tract that could use work. I have a K&N intake, p&p TB, and an LS6 intake. So I may have benefited more than a stock car would because it was the only restriction left in the intake plumbing.
Nuke
If you want a quick 3 tenths and 2 MPH drop the K&N for a Vararam.
I didn't believe it until I tried it. ( Verified with 100's of prior runs)
Mike V
Last edited by MikeV; Dec 17, 2012 at 07:01 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: Oceanside California
I believe I told you that the Vararam is worth 3 tenths and 2 MPH over a non "cold Air" intake.
Quote:
Originally Posted by NukeC5
I have a scan tool and observed the live data. Its not a big enough change to where the computer cannot adjust for it.
It had a pending code for to rich on bank 2 at first, but I did not have to clear it. It worked itself out and now there are no codes or even pending codes. It worked it out after a half hour drive.
Im not suggesting that people who do not know how to carefully handle a MAF, and where exactly to port on it should go do this. But if you know what you are doing, it does make a difference.
I was interested in doing this because it was the last part of my intake tract that could use work. I have a K&N intake, p&p TB, and an LS6 intake. So I may have benefited more than a stock car would because it was the only restriction left in the intake plumbing.
Nuke
If you want a quick 3 tenths and 2 MPH drop the K&N for a Vararam.
I didn't believe it until I tried it. ( Verified with 100's of prior runs)
Mike V
Quote:
Originally Posted by NukeC5
I have a scan tool and observed the live data. Its not a big enough change to where the computer cannot adjust for it.
It had a pending code for to rich on bank 2 at first, but I did not have to clear it. It worked itself out and now there are no codes or even pending codes. It worked it out after a half hour drive.
Im not suggesting that people who do not know how to carefully handle a MAF, and where exactly to port on it should go do this. But if you know what you are doing, it does make a difference.
I was interested in doing this because it was the last part of my intake tract that could use work. I have a K&N intake, p&p TB, and an LS6 intake. So I may have benefited more than a stock car would because it was the only restriction left in the intake plumbing.
Nuke
If you want a quick 3 tenths and 2 MPH drop the K&N for a Vararam.
I didn't believe it until I tried it. ( Verified with 100's of prior runs)
Mike V
I am glad for you that the Vararam has made dependable gains. No joke. I do not think this will be the case for everyone that goes out and gets one though. 99% of drivers will never be good enough to see a difference anyway. I can confidently say the upgrade to the K&N alone, and several other parts on their own decreased my ET. I am just not a beleiver in ram air. I use to want to believe it. I've owned a few WS6 Trans ams. Its just not realistic.
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