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Racer
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personally I'm still waiting for any proof that anything dynos better than OEM.
the best proof would be trap speed increase over an average of runs on the same day. airflow matters so dyno is not good enough.
I personally believe that the throttle body is the restriction that matters more than the intake but that none of it matters until you have headers at a minimum.
the best proof would be trap speed increase over an average of runs on the same day. airflow matters so dyno is not good enough.
I personally believe that the throttle body is the restriction that matters more than the intake but that none of it matters until you have headers at a minimum.
Last edited by theblue; Feb 11, 2015 at 02:16 PM.
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Do a search, this question is answered many times in may ways over the past 10 years. The amount of ways to get cool air to the filter are too numerous to list.
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If you are trying to justify buying a aftermarket intake system, save your money, unless you get over 850HP, you also don't need to worry about the size of the throttle body. So you ask, Why did I buy a NW102 throttle body, for the same reason i bought a bunch of other parts, it looks good.
Melting Slicks
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If you are trying to justify buying a aftermarket intake system, save your money, unless you get over 850HP, you also don't need to worry about the size of the throttle body. So you ask, Why did I buy a NW102 throttle body, for the same reason i bought a bunch of other parts, it looks good.
Racer
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If you are trying to justify buying a aftermarket intake system, save your money, unless you get over 850HP, you also don't need to worry about the size of the throttle body. So you ask, Why did I buy a NW102 throttle body, for the same reason i bought a bunch of other parts, it looks good.
Tolero Apto Victum
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Could you go to big and drop the velocity of the air and decrease your low end torque?
Racer
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I'm sure there is some ultimate ratio of intake vs exhaust, this is why they make intake manifolds with flaps and runners. I think porsche and couple other brands have infinitely variable setups.
for the sake of my argument, I simply want to KNOW that I'm not throwing away money on parts that just look different and make different noise and from what I've see since I've owned my corvette there is a lot of speculation and not much unbiased testing. this usually happens because the only people who do much testing are the ones selling parts. even when users test and find something didn't help they often don't speak up because it makes it hard to sell the part and they feel a bit of a fool.
for the sake of my argument, I simply want to KNOW that I'm not throwing away money on parts that just look different and make different noise and from what I've see since I've owned my corvette there is a lot of speculation and not much unbiased testing. this usually happens because the only people who do much testing are the ones selling parts. even when users test and find something didn't help they often don't speak up because it makes it hard to sell the part and they feel a bit of a fool.
Melting Slicks
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I'm sure there is some ultimate ratio of intake vs exhaust, this is why they make intake manifolds with flaps and runners. I think porsche and couple other brands have infinitely variable setups.
for the sake of my argument, I simply want to KNOW that I'm not throwing away money on parts that just look different and make different noise and from what I've see since I've owned my corvette there is a lot of speculation and not much unbiased testing. this usually happens because the only people who do much testing are the ones selling parts. even when users test and find something didn't help they often don't speak up because it makes it hard to sell the part and they feel a bit of a fool.
for the sake of my argument, I simply want to KNOW that I'm not throwing away money on parts that just look different and make different noise and from what I've see since I've owned my corvette there is a lot of speculation and not much unbiased testing. this usually happens because the only people who do much testing are the ones selling parts. even when users test and find something didn't help they often don't speak up because it makes it hard to sell the part and they feel a bit of a fool.
I know the vast majority of Vararam owners have never had any water ingestion issues, but I always found myself thinking about it when I was driving and that's not really what I want to focus on when I'm driving my Vette.
So - I can say in my experience the Vararam delivers as advertised when compared to the stock intake. I haven't had a Halltech, so can't make any comparisons to their product.