volant air intake
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From: tacoma wa
volant air intake
Hey, has anyone out there put in a volant air intake? I'm wondering how well the ram air feature works. Is it just the bottom scoop that provides a ram air effect or do the side baffles work to the same effect? Was it a good fit and easy to install? Is there another intake that has been dyno proven to provide more horsepower gains for the ls2? Thanks for any input.
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This was a review of it that someone had posted in another thread:
I bought a Volant last year, runs pretty good. It definately moves a lot of air. I had some issues with the Z-51 oil cooler, just had to remove the bracket & everything was fine after that. You're not going to see a lot of reviews posted about this CAI because 1.) nobody markets it, 2.) It's not cost friendly, and 3.) It's a ****'ing PITA to install. Once I got it in though I was really happy with the way it performed but it was a lot of trouble to go through to get there.
I bought a Volant last year, runs pretty good. It definately moves a lot of air. I had some issues with the Z-51 oil cooler, just had to remove the bracket & everything was fine after that. You're not going to see a lot of reviews posted about this CAI because 1.) nobody markets it, 2.) It's not cost friendly, and 3.) It's a ****'ing PITA to install. Once I got it in though I was really happy with the way it performed but it was a lot of trouble to go through to get there.
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With the side air grabbers it looks to be a little more time consuming to install, but, if I were looking for an aftermarket air breather, I would choose the Volant. Why? Because you can get the Volant with the Donaldson PowerCore filter element. I'm not installing any oiled cotton gauze filter element on my car.
