A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake!
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Power Shifter)
I agree with your comments Power Shifter, thank you. we are not biased and we are honest. the test will legit and there will be witnesses. we appreciate all the helpful hints, but this is our test and we know what we are doing, so no worries. i personally like the looks of the VR and im sure it will do well in the test. but i think it will fall short in VRs claims...
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (2C5only21)
Hey Nate, if you ever want to test superchargers or head and cam packages I am in. :D
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Nate@xtreme)
My car's not stock, but it's in your shop right now!!!!! :D Feel free to add headers or anything you feel necessary. :D
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (billreid1@***.net)
I assume that you guys are just going to bolt on the intakes without any sort of tuning? Are you guys going to allow mileage for fuel trim relearn after installing each intake? Fuel trim values will affect WOT A/F ratio and rear wheel HP.
If time for relearn mileage is not allowed then this test is not a real indication of what will happen when you live and drive with the intake out in the real world. ;)
If time for relearn mileage is not allowed then this test is not a real indication of what will happen when you live and drive with the intake out in the real world. ;)
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (rbartick)
im afraid testing will take 2-3 weeks to do correctly. we do plan to let Sam drive the car after each intake for relearn.
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (kumar75150)
I did test the VaraRam on my 02, and so far it runs better than ANY other"close to stock" Z06 down New England Dragway, on the same day. Anyone can talk crap, but there is a vett vs. viper shootout on Oct 13 if you have a Z06 with intake, and want to see the differance to the VaraRam come on up, all are welcome. Ric
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Power Shifter)
powershifter, just curious what your 60 foot times are. You definatly have a factory ringer. Congrats.
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Power Shifter)
I did test the VaraRam on my 02, and so far it runs better than ANY other"close to stock" Z06 down New England Dragway, on the same day. Anyone can talk crap, but there is a vett vs. viper shootout on Oct 13 if you have a Z06 with intake, and want to see the differance to the VaraRam come on up, all are welcome. Ric
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Sam Lin)
RG, the dyno will be on Xtreme's in-house dyno, but I expect there to be witnesses for the runs. With same day comparo dyno pulls also, I don't see an easy way to tamper with readings.
I am not driving the car at this point as I have very little drag racing experience, I've done maybe 20 runs total. I have been surprisingly consistent over those runs and would drive if necessary, but I think the comparison would be more valid with an experienced drag racer who can get the best time out of each intake's runs.
Miles, I'm not sure if an accelerometer will be any easier to source here - I do have a G-Tech Pro that I could use for 0-60 times, maybe while running the 1/4 mile. Unfortunately it's not the new model with the graphing and outputs.
Nate, I'm very rarely busy these next 2 weeks, so if it looks like it'll take extra days, I'm ok with that - I would prefer though that I be with the car at all times. My time is free, I can accomodate you.
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I am not driving the car at this point as I have very little drag racing experience, I've done maybe 20 runs total. I have been surprisingly consistent over those runs and would drive if necessary, but I think the comparison would be more valid with an experienced drag racer who can get the best time out of each intake's runs.
Miles, I'm not sure if an accelerometer will be any easier to source here - I do have a G-Tech Pro that I could use for 0-60 times, maybe while running the 1/4 mile. Unfortunately it's not the new model with the graphing and outputs.
Nate, I'm very rarely busy these next 2 weeks, so if it looks like it'll take extra days, I'm ok with that - I would prefer though that I be with the car at all times. My time is free, I can accomodate you.
Sam
Is there an update?
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (RG in Dallas)
We are waiting on the VR intake to come in. If our present source cannot come through this week, we will try a different source.
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (Nate@xtreme)
We are waiting on the VR intake to come in. If our present source cannot come through this week, we will try a different source.
They were available when you first posted this and the plan for testing.
You can call V/R direct for one if need be.
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Re: A Free Blackwing, Vortex or Vararam intake! (mrkln)
This will be interesting. :yesnod:
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