do anyone know what is the best air intake

VARARAM
AIRAID
K&N

wanting to buy one soon and wanted to know what is the best

 

I have reservations on K&N filters based on a caution from the mechanic, who handled my daily drive. He was involved in desert racing. He opined these filters passed fine grit which was not good for the engine.

Maybe other posters will have long experience with K&N and found them quite acceptable.

 

Might want to add Halltech to your list as well. A lot of folks on the forum have them and they look factory installed. Think you would be pleased.

 

Can't wait for racer to jump on this ............. BTW .........

 

Can't believe no one has yet said "use the search button".

I have a Vararam, would rather have a Callaway.

 

Halltech

 

Halltech

 

Ok, here ya go ............. there is a large rectangular box, top center of web page with a large click button, red w/ white letters that has one word in it Search !

 

 

I bought a vararam, the seal failed, they replaced it, it failed again.

I threw in the in trash.

I then bought a k&n, they end fell off of it allowing unfiltered air right in.

now i have a mamba, we'll see.

for the money that these intakes costs they are terrible quality.

 

This ? vvvvvv

 

IMO you can't do better than the Lingenfelter high-flow intake. My second choice is the Callaway Honker. I suggest you research the pros and cons of a true, cold air intake prior to buying one.

 

Great mod. that performs and looks better than OEM. Here's mine:

 

Had a Vararam and went back to oem. Just for piece of mind. I also experienced slight surging with the aftearket unit. The LS3 MAF sensor is very sensitive.

 

Halltech...they look/work great.

 

I have a Halltech MF 103 I'll sale you for 200.00. I'm getting a vararam.

 

Vararam for performance, stock Donaldson for filtration.

And please don't post the same question in both the general and tech/performance forums unless you get no response in one or the other.

 

Someone else posted that the have slight surging after installing an aftermarket CAI.

In my case, I installed an Airaid CAI. What I experienced is a slight roughness in the idle (A6 trans), especially when the engine is not yet up to normal temp.

It's not bad at all, but still noticeable when stopped and idling in 'drive'. Don't really notice it when idling in neutral or park.

I am getting a Chuck CoW tune on the car in a few days. Hopefully the tune will fix this.

 

Yes it will.....

In my opinion, the VARARAM intakes have always performed the BEST and

it's not likely that anyone is going to argue that.

Here at Corvettes of Westchester, I got involved early in this game and

without too much trial and error, I determined that the VARARAM line of

products was the best performer... Not just on the street, but from a

tuning perspective, the design is the best one I've seen so far....

VARARAM has used the same design more or less from 2005 to the latest

C6ZO6 model (LS3 included).... The latest design does not change the function

much but looks great and fits real nice.

I've been trying to tune some of the other intakes to hit the market lately

and quite honestly, I've had problems with them and have even had to

refuse tuning for customers with those intakes as the results are poor and

driveability is worse. Sad thing is, when I try to tune them, I end up wasting

hours of my own time and that's something I don't have much of....

One of the posters in this thread "knows what I'm talking about"...

We tuned for HOURS and when it was done neither of us was happy and he

ended up removing and selling the intake, and now we need to start over again.

If you have plans to purchase AutoCal and or just simply have me tune

your vehicle, Please understand that I'm gonna pressure you to use the

VARARAM because, not only do I believe in it, but I've tuned HUNDREDS
& HUNDREDS of C6s with the "SAME OLD VARARAM" and it

never gives me a hard time and always performs GREAT.

Why would you NOT use what I recommend???...Especially when I've done it
soooooo many times....

What it all boils down to is that YOU WILL JUST SIMPLY GET THE SAME GREAT

RESULTS AS EVERY OTHER CUSTOMER..... NO GUESSING FOR YOU.

While we have successfully tested a new "MAF FORWARD" design, the

many other designs like that I have tested, all had problems....

Personally, from a tuning perspective, MAF FORWARD intakes don't work....

In just the same way water turns into a vortex type tornado when it goes

down the toilet, the air in the filter swirls as it enters the MAF SENSOR

area confusing the hell out of the sensor and the pcm....

There were some intakes in the past called "VORTEX" or something....

Wonder why they never became popular....? While the word "VORTEX" sounds

cool and "HORSEPOWERy" to most.... that vortex-toilet-swirl-tornado

that occurs is the ENEMY!

The VARARAM is a very intelligent design and not a random filter on a tube.

Not only does it look cool..... But, it FREEKIN WORKS!

VARARAM!
Chuck COW

 

*12.01 @117 MPH "CAI only best" compared to a 12.31 @115 MPH "stock best". Now how's that for a performance improvement.
*Would of cost me $10 total if I used my GS LS3 housing.
* Cut rectangular hole in shroud and fabricated a box to seal it up.
* Removes as easy & quick as stocker. Can clean radiator while its out!
* Time slips and pics located in 1/4 mile list under Grand Sport.

PS: no surge, runs just like it did from the factory. Air pickup located up high so no water worries. Looked much cooler before I added those "rubber" seal strips, i.e. better than stock.

Edit: I "think" Big Blue sales a lower restriction air filter for approx. $130 that fits the Z06/LS3 OEM assembly that according to them adds approx. 5 hp over the stock filter.