as long as guys believe that i will be at or near the top of the fast list right along with all the other guys who have a VARARAM read all the fast lists see who has a cold air intake, check their mods in there signature or check the posts and you will see that at least 99% have Vararam and all the top c6 c6z06 ls2 ls3 ls7 except one has the vararam even the top 10 spots in each class, now when one off those other cai reach 50% then their supporters can make some claims of being the best, as far as the home made cai, you guys can afford a corvette but cant buy a few hundred dollar cai and go 3/10s faster

 

very interesting!!!! i had to copy and paste this so anyone wanting to go fast should get a vararam, that this quote clearly shows what cai sucks and all the people who dont race, shouldn't be bragging up a cai as being the best if it is just propagandist

 

Hey Dennis... I can add insult to my financial injury.(about $850 for the pair) At the same time I put the Hallteck on the Corvette I also put one on my 2011 Camaro SS. Bone stock the Camaro ran the best of 13.206 at 105.86. With the addition of the YellowJacket the Camaro's best was 13.379 @ 104.90.... Loosing about the same the Vette did

The Camaro's intake has been removed and sold... I might work on fitting the Beehive to the stock Vette intake today, I like how it cleans up the engine bay...

Dennis

 

You mean the vacuum cleaner for dirt and grime that blackens your oil about 10 times faster than most other intakes? I could care how much faster I go on the street or the track for that tradeoff

 

Wow! At the end of the day, it seems logical to assume that there is a price to be paid when it comes to added power. I plan on road course tracking my Corvette and since the outcome there is less dependent on hp/tq as compared to the drag strip, engine contamination is not a trade off I'm willing to accept. Plus road racing, by its nature, subjects a car to more intake contaminants than drag racing.

I did order the Vararam "Power Wedge". That mod doesn't seem as though it would carry much adverse consequence. Hope that's the case.

 

very easy to throw out accusations. my opinion is backed up with the 1/4 mile fast list and my oil is clean it has a great filter and is sealed tight by a proper installation, please go wax your car

 

I have had two CAI's on my 08 LS3. The first was a BPP which is simply a filter mounted up high under the shroud ahead of the radiator. This is a CAI but not a true ram air system. The second is a Vararam CAI with a power wedge which is a CAI + a real ram air system. I was concerned about the chance that the Vararam would pick up more debris than the BPP but have not seen any evidence of it so far on the street. Both systems have good filters.

One question I have is how do you tune for a true ram air system on a dyno. The tuner that did my car after the Vararam install simply estimated the additional fuel to add based on his drag strip experience with Vararam systems. Looks to me like the only truly accurate way is to data log the A/F with the car moving at a high enough speed for the ram air to be really effective.

I don't race the car so I cannot quantify any performance difference based on drag strip times. There was no gain on the dyno between the two CAI systems which makes sense because whatever the Vararam's ram air advantage is doesn't show up on a dyno pull.

Frankly I can't feel much difference in how the car pulls above 100 MPH between either system. I assume there is a quantifiable difference since so many of the fastest cars here use a Vararam.

I installed the power wedge after the Vararam was installed and I can feel a difference in part throttle response with the wedge.

 

If you do some searching on here someone has a thread where the ram effect of the Vararam was tested; the results if I remember correctly was: zero.

Also there is one n/a person on here that goes very fast i.e. low tens/high nines who drag races his car and does not use the VR last time I read one of his posts. He runs the OEM Z06 filter with cold air going to it and has tried the ZR1 filter too with no gains if I got that right.

 

I'm in the market for a CAI as well for my new GS (that I haven't even taken delivery of yet) and I'm in a bit of a dilemma myself over which one to buy. I'm pretty sure it won't be a vararam though, because I have one of their POS ram air inductions on my Sierra Denali and although it is a neat design, it is made of the cheapest quality materials I have ever seen. Don't get me wrong, it works, but the plastic is all warped and flimsy and the air ducting is dryer hose looking crap. It's like a German designed part, made in China. It sucks a lot of air, for sure, but that's not all it sucks... Hopefully, the Vette version is better quality.

 

well all i can say grand sport man facts don't lie common sense always prevails, you would be much faster with vararam. the na c6 you are referring to must be subfloor, that is a 427 Z06 HEADS AND CAM in an A6 automatic car, now GARY 2004 Z06 in a BOLT/ON Z06 went 9s with a M6 halltech and vette air, hears where the common sense should be kicking in do you actually think Gary would have went faster with the stock Z06 intake.you are making assumptions on a product you have not tried that in black and white is the best, i have had no problems in 7 years, yes i have had a vararam for at least 7 years, and its been a contributing factor on many record setting passes, never had a filtration problem as far as looks black plastic looks like black plastic, never had any comments of people looking at my car say that's some cheap plastic, it looks the sake as the factory gm under hood plastic

 

I don't think "I" have ever made a comment on the quality of any CAI, PERIOD.

 

i dont think you have eitherjust answering all the bashers comments on 1 quoted post, you should try a vararam and you will see, its guaranteed to perform

 

I trapped as high as 127.53mph in my Vararam equipped bolt ons only automatic (not manual (manuals DO tend to trap much higher than similar autos)) NA C6 LS2 (not LS3) with only 2.56 gears.
Perhaps I should try to adapt the stock LS3/Z06 style airbox and trap even higher?!

 

At first, I was just perforating the area and wanted to see if that worked. But after turning the area into swiss cheese, I said screw it and grabbed my dremmel. Cooler air is now available! My question - will the stock tune suffice since I have no other modifications?

 

Good chance you'll gett plenty of surging/bucking with a stock tune...

 

Thanks - I'll look for that . . . haven't had a chance to crank it up yet since cutting it.

 

Thanks for the link. "Subfloor" lives near me and we've been at the track together a few times and he was the one that convinced me to cut the shroud. There's always debating going on though as some question the possibility of high pressure in the engine compartment, etc. I'm no expert so I can't say, but Chris (Subfloor) runs low 10s/high 9s and his hood hasn't blown off yet... Anyway, if it turns out I don't like it for any reason, it is easy and cheap enough to get a new shroud.

 

Vararam all the way! I've had one on my last 4 performance cars and it always outperforms others with similar mods but lesser CAIs...seriously! Vararam guarantees I think 3/10s improvement in ET and if you don't like it for any reason return it for a full refund. I don't know anyone who ever returned one.

 

Talking about MPH, I just had my 1 3/4" headers coated with ceramic 1900 degree silver and I have been bracket racing for the last two weeks.

The results:

1) I'm now a "Professional again" running in modified.

2) I have come close to running 123 MPH which is about a mph faster than the car has ever been and in not as good of air as I have been in before.

Conclusion:

Some say header coating does nothing/waste of money: 1) well my trans temp runs lower now at cruise and those transmission lines run real close to the headers at one point. 2) It's now cooler under the hood which was expected. 3) Due to more heat staying in the header tubes it keeps the speed of the exhaust gases up and that is what I think is happening which is producing a little more MPH on the big end. Now that I had these cheap SS headers coated they look great (all one color) and the reduce under hood heat alone I feel made it worth while.

 

Not from my experience.