VARARAM guys please help me out
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VARARAM guys please help me out
After recently seeing the post where a member's engine hydrolocked while running a Callaway Honker I decided not to get one. I am once again SERIOUSLY considering a VR but I drive in all weather including heavy rain. After driving in heavy rain yesterday at highway speeds I checked the back of the shroud and it was wet. Even the hood liner was wet in two spots (front- left & right) where water was blowing in. My question is how does rain NOT affect the VR ? If the air is being rammed in how does water not get in as well ? Is the filter enough to not let water through ? Please help me understand this. Thanks
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That rain has to travel A LONG way before it even comes close to the filter (nevermind the motor), I'm sure a few drops could possibly find their way into that air intake tract but certainly not enough to cause a problem.
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Based on his description his car did not hydrolock. Lots of overreaction to that post though. YOu have to ingest a LARGE amout of water to do this and it usually happens when the Intake is submerged (hard to do in the 3" of water that poster described). A VR wll actually take in more water than a Honker will, but short of submerging the nose, this doesn't seem to be a problem..
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Based on his description his car did not hydrolock. Lots of overreaction to that post though. YOu have to ingest a LARGE amout of water to do this and it usually happens when the Intake is submerged (hard to do in the 3" of water that poster described). A VR wll actually take in more water than a Honker will, but short of submerging the nose, this doesn't seem to be a problem..
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I recently drove for about 20 minutes through a driving rain when the farthest I could see were the taillights on the car that was about 4-5 car lengths ahead of me. Additionally the 18 wheelers, who had better visibility, were throwing up major amounts of water as they passed by. That's about as bad as it's ever been for me and still been on the road. BUT, the Vararam showed no evidence of water past the filter.
Unless you would be crazy enough to drive WOT under heavy rain conditions,
the air velocity would not be great enough to carry any water past the filter.
If you're driving through flood waters that are deeper than the door sills, then the problem is not with the Vararam, but with the nut behind the wheel.
Unless you would be crazy enough to drive WOT under heavy rain conditions,
the air velocity would not be great enough to carry any water past the filter.If you're driving through flood waters that are deeper than the door sills, then the problem is not with the Vararam, but with the nut behind the wheel.
Burning Brakes
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Absolutely NEVER gonna get water in there EVER!!!!
Rediculous
Get over it I have the Vararam and its my DD
I drove in a foot of snow no problem
What are these crazy people telling you!!????
Mike
Rediculous
Get over it I have the Vararam and its my DD
I drove in a foot of snow no problem
What are these crazy people telling you!!????
Mike
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I was caught in a downpour and was going 60+ mph for at least a 1/2 an hour and yes I was worried but I was told by the VR company "not to worry" and Low and Behold nothing did happen.
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Any small amount of water will likely get caught by the filter first and then get sucked through into the intake at a much more reduced speed/volume. Small droplets of water should get vaporized inside the intake becuase of the temps but I cannot say for 100% certainty that it all would.
Back in the day when I had a Turbo charged Daytona running high boost the intercooler wasn't enough at times so we would run water injection into the intake tract (high pressure mist of water). It would vaporize and cool the intake charge quite a bit. I never had a problem running like that although I was always a bit concerned that my pressure sensor and switch might malfunction and cause water to inject when I was at idle.
Back in the day when I had a Turbo charged Daytona running high boost the intercooler wasn't enough at times so we would run water injection into the intake tract (high pressure mist of water). It would vaporize and cool the intake charge quite a bit. I never had a problem running like that although I was always a bit concerned that my pressure sensor and switch might malfunction and cause water to inject when I was at idle.
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[QUOTE=mkr3686;1565736399]Back in the day when I had a Turbo charged Daytona /QUOTE]
Ahh, the good old days driving my Shelby Turbo Z Daytona, and my Shelby Turbo Charger. Those 2.2L could eat.
Sorry, memory lane, back to Vararam.
Ahh, the good old days driving my Shelby Turbo Z Daytona, and my Shelby Turbo Charger. Those 2.2L could eat.
Sorry, memory lane, back to Vararam.
