Do Anybody Know About This Intake?
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Do Anybody Know About This Intake?
YESTERDAY I WAS RESEARCHING IN THE COMPUTER FOR SOME TIPE OF INTAKE THAT I DIN'T NEED TO CUT ANYTHING IN MY CAR TO INSTALL IT. I FOUND A WEB SITE WWW.CORVETTECENTRAL.COM WHERE THEY SELL AN INTAKE CALLED BBK-AIR INDUCTION. LOOKS NICE BUT I WAS WANDERING IF ANYBODY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AND CAN GIVE ME THEIR OPINION. THANK YOU....
Racer
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From: Waterford NY
YESTERDAY I WAS RESEARCHING IN THE COMPUTER FOR SOME TIPE OF INTAKE THAT I DIN'T NEED TO CUT ANYTHING IN MY CAR TO INSTALL IT. I FOUND A WEB SITE WWW.CORVETTECENTRAL.COM WHERE THEY SELL AN INTAKE CALLED BBK-AIR INDUCTION. LOOKS NICE BUT I WAS WANDERING IF ANYBODY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AND CAN GIVE ME THEIR OPINION. THANK YOU....
A Hurricane gives more without shroud cutting maybe 19.8 RWHP (although they claim 25)
Other systems like the high quality Calloway Honker (15-18 RWHP) and the sainted Vararam (the most up to 30+ is the claim) will give larger gains.
Many threads which have comparative dynamometer results abound!
BTW, Los Angeles PI....your prior posts indicate that you are quite knowledgeable...but why don't you give Rubavette, an obvious newbie, a friggin' break?
Just my $.02 as an old time Vette guy.
We all gotta start somewhere!...Right?Happy Holidays,
Bernie
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Bernie, thanks for your reply and I appretiated. I didn't know about the hurricane, it sounds nice.
To the other people I wasn't asking for you to do the research but only to give me your opinion. thanks
To the other people I wasn't asking for you to do the research but only to give me your opinion. thanks
Melting Slicks
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I have the same ? and have spent considerable time researching and talking w/ others. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that any air intake that feeds on ambient air in the engine compartment is a waste of $ and installation time. The "favored" three seem to be Vararam, Callaway Honker, and Lingenfelter. All of these have a duct system to gather "cold" outside air while the vehicle is in motion and ingest it directly into the engine. These products require certain modifications to the radiator shroud for installation (some are reluctant to do this). Anyone feel free to rebut as I am still learning.....
Pro
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I installed the Callaway Honker and am impressed with the design and quality. It looks similar to the Z06 system. The stock system baffles me as it gets air from engine compartment and there is not much airflow to the stock filters, but they are easy to change as opposed to the Callaway filter which will require removal of the throttle body to clean and oil the filter. By the way the install was a bitch for me but I'm a neophyte. I was actually quite proud of myself after I got it finished without screwing up my car!!
I have the same ? and have spent considerable time researching and talking w/ others. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that any air intake that feeds on ambient air in the engine compartment is a waste of $ and installation time. The "favored" three seem to be Vararam, Callaway Honker, and Lingenfelter. All of these have a duct system to gather "cold" outside air while the vehicle is in motion and ingest it directly into the engine. These products require certain modifications to the radiator shroud for installation (some are reluctant to do this). Anyone feel free to rebut as I am still learning.....
Melting Slicks
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I installed the Callaway Honker and am impressed with the design and quality. It looks similar to the Z06 system. The stock system baffles me as it gets air from engine compartment and there is not much airflow to the stock filters, but they are easy to change as opposed to the Callaway filter which will require removal of the throttle body to clean and oil the filter. By the way the install was a bitch for me but I'm a neophyte. I was actually quite proud of myself after I got it finished without screwing up my car!!
BTW, you dont have to remove the intake and throttle body to clean the filter, just remove the thumbscrews and lift the intake up a few inches and take the filter out, no biggie. Your throttle body is connected to a flexible baffle that allows for movement of the air intake.
Merry Christams.
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I have the same ? and have spent considerable time researching and talking w/ others. Basically, I have come to the conclusion that any air intake that feeds on ambient air in the engine compartment is a waste of $ and installation time. The "favored" three seem to be Vararam, Callaway Honker, and Lingenfelter. All of these have a duct system to gather "cold" outside air while the vehicle is in motion and ingest it directly into the engine. These products require certain modifications to the radiator shroud for installation (some are reluctant to do this). Anyone feel free to rebut as I am still learning.....
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YESTERDAY I WAS RESEARCHING IN THE COMPUTER FOR SOME TIPE OF INTAKE THAT I DIN'T NEED TO CUT ANYTHING IN MY CAR TO INSTALL IT. I FOUND A WEB SITE WWW.CORVETTECENTRAL.COM WHERE THEY SELL AN INTAKE CALLED BBK-AIR INDUCTION. LOOKS NICE BUT I WAS WANDERING IF ANYBODY HAD HEARD ABOUT IT AND CAN GIVE ME THEIR OPINION. THANK YOU....
indeed 
and BTW. Please...
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Just so your aware... A couple of holes done strategically and you will get outside air temps at the filter be it stock or otherwise when the car is moving. Also the stock airbridge does not provide the smoothest flow due to the air turbulence created as the two streams meet. Then there is the fact that some people drive their cars all year in places where hydrolock is not entirely unheard of and they dont want to go there despite the low odds of it happening.
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Exactly what makes this thread spam?
Consider these observations/points:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
1) Rubavet asks a factual/perfectly justified, albeit naive, question;
2) Some of youse more experienced (and NOT full of the "Aloha Spirit" quite obviously) dudes... get on his case, without justification IMHO;
3) I thought, and maybe I'm in error on this one.... that one of the main purposes of the Forum was to spread the wealth, so to speak, especially wrt technical information regarding our C-6 LS-2 powered and modified Corvettes. Now maybe I'm the NAIVE one, here...but I really don't think so.
4) I've been into high performance cars, (18 modified Vettes and a one 930 Turbo Porsche and one 328 GTSI Ferrari) since 1957...and I personally have learned much from what other peole have written here and from PM's. And I gotta admit...I used to ask naive questions, mainly because I didn't know and wanted to find out!! There is no such thing as a dumb question...IMHO....just dumb and apparently smart-*** answers.
5) Like I've written before..."We all gotta start somewhere" and really guys, wouldn't it be a boring world if everyone were on the same intellectual/technically astute level?...I.E., "GIVE THE NEWBIES A FRIGGIN' BREAK....PERIOD"....Nuff said about this point....actions speak louder than words.
Best Regards,
Bernie
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Merry christmas
Berny thank you for your answer and the only thing that its left to say is that there are many other topics in these forum, if somebody doesn't like this one they can go some were alse. I am new at these forum but I had learn a lot from you, the helpfull people and I am glad that I can ask anything. Thank you all.
Berny thank you for your answer and the only thing that its left to say is that there are many other topics in these forum, if somebody doesn't like this one they can go some were alse. I am new at these forum but I had learn a lot from you, the helpfull people and I am glad that I can ask anything. Thank you all.
Racer
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Merry christmas
Berny thank you for your answer and the only thing that its left to say is that there are many other topics in these forum, if somebody doesn't like this one they can go some were alse. I am new at these forum but I had learn a lot from you, the helpfull people and I am glad that I can ask anything. Thank you all.
Berny thank you for your answer and the only thing that its left to say is that there are many other topics in these forum, if somebody doesn't like this one they can go some were alse. I am new at these forum but I had learn a lot from you, the helpfull people and I am glad that I can ask anything. Thank you all.
Bernie
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Hi Invisiguard, Merry Christmas!
Exactly what makes this thread spam?
Consider these observations/points:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
1) Rubavet asks a factual/perfectly justified, albeit naive, question;
2) Some of youse more experienced (and NOT full of the "Aloha Spirit" quite obviously) dudes... get on his case, without justification IMHO;
3) I thought, and maybe I'm in error on this one.... that one of the main purposes of the Forum was to spread the wealth, so to speak, especially wrt technical information regarding our C-6 LS-2 powered and modified Corvettes. Now maybe I'm the NAIVE one, here...but I really don't think so.
4) I've been into high performance cars, (18 modified Vettes and a one 930 Turbo Porsche and one 328 GTSI Ferrari) since 1957...and I personally have learned much from what other peole have written here and from PM's. And I gotta admit...I used to ask naive questions, mainly because I didn't know and wanted to find out!! There is no such thing as a dumb question...IMHO....just dumb and apparently smart-*** answers.
5) Like I've written before..."We all gotta start somewhere" and really guys, wouldn't it be a boring world if everyone were on the same intellectual/technically astute level?...I.E., "GIVE THE NEWBIES A FRIGGIN' BREAK....PERIOD"....Nuff said about this point....actions speak louder than words.
Best Regards,
Bernie
Exactly what makes this thread spam?
Consider these observations/points:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>
1) Rubavet asks a factual/perfectly justified, albeit naive, question;
2) Some of youse more experienced (and NOT full of the "Aloha Spirit" quite obviously) dudes... get on his case, without justification IMHO;
3) I thought, and maybe I'm in error on this one.... that one of the main purposes of the Forum was to spread the wealth, so to speak, especially wrt technical information regarding our C-6 LS-2 powered and modified Corvettes. Now maybe I'm the NAIVE one, here...but I really don't think so.
4) I've been into high performance cars, (18 modified Vettes and a one 930 Turbo Porsche and one 328 GTSI Ferrari) since 1957...and I personally have learned much from what other peole have written here and from PM's. And I gotta admit...I used to ask naive questions, mainly because I didn't know and wanted to find out!! There is no such thing as a dumb question...IMHO....just dumb and apparently smart-*** answers.
5) Like I've written before..."We all gotta start somewhere" and really guys, wouldn't it be a boring world if everyone were on the same intellectual/technically astute level?...I.E., "GIVE THE NEWBIES A FRIGGIN' BREAK....PERIOD"....Nuff said about this point....actions speak louder than words.
Best Regards,
Bernie
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