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Just bought my 2007 C6, and here in the Denver area I'm thinking my first Mod might be a Cold-Air Intake. Is the Blackwing unit a good idea? Or should I NOT skimp, and instead get one of the more expensive units? Thanks for advice.
Depends on what you're looking for. I was shocked at the performance improvement of the Vararam on my C5. That was the most "feel" of any improvement I did to that car. I bought one for the C6 that I'll be installing next week after I remove the supercharger.
Hey, thanks for the recommendation. AND ... Summit has the Vararam VR-SC1 Snake Charmer for about the same low price that I found for the Blackwing. My service manager at the excellent local dealership --McCaddon Cadillac-Buick-GMC Boulder-- said yesterday to drive the car some before bringing it in for a checkup, and then I'll have them at least change the plugs, check the fluids and inspect it generally. Brandon Dodge in Littleton seems to have inspected it before I bought it ... the car seems just FLAWLESS!
Hey, thanks for the recommendation. AND ... Summit has the Vararam VR-SC1 Snake Charmer for about the same low price that I found for the Blackwing. My service manager at the excellent local dealership --McCaddon Cadillac-Buick-GMC Boulder-- said yesterday to drive the car some before bringing it in for a checkup, and then I'll have them at least change the plugs, check the fluids and inspect it generally. Brandon Dodge in Littleton seems to have inspected it before I bought it ... the car seems just FLAWLESS!
My 07 was flawless for the first 20 days till some moron on a motorcycle splitting lanes at 50+ rammed me. Getting that fixed this coming week.
As for the Vararam - it won't show up on a dyno since you're sitting still, but the faster you go the more you notice it. The instructions with mine specifically says to "drive the car 100 miles or so to dial in the airflow, due to ram effect, rather than just cold air." It goes on to explain that the CANBUS system will just go rich and pull timing of you jump on it before 28-32 miles, so if you do that it will take longer for the computer to figure things out.
Anything that needs that sort of adjustment is making a significant difference - at least IMHO.
I'll have to head East or North out of the Denver metro area, so I'm not going uphill into the mountains. That will give it a good long run at speed. And speaking of speed ... my wife has no interest in driving her Mustang 5.0 GT-CS fast, but there is a racetrack out East of Denver: the High Plains Raceway. And Thursday nights 4 - 9 PM is open laps for cars. It'll be a few weeks before I get the Cold-Air Intake, but after that ...
I'm going to put a Front License Plate on my C6, 'cuz it's required here in Boulder, CO. The Top Flight has been recommended, and it is designed to mount right in the middle of the "Inlet" (that's what we would call the big opening at the front, if it was a jet plane.) And I'm also now going to install the Vararam SC1 Snake Charmer Cold-Air Intake. I have already ordered the Fixed Plate Mount, not the Removable one.
Is the Centered Front License Plate going to interfere with the effectiveness of the Vararam Intake? Should I plan to mount the License Plate off to one side? Maybe I could, like, shoot holes in the License Plate with my 1911 ... would that help?
I'm going to put a Front License Plate on my C6, 'cuz it's required here in Boulder, CO. The Top Flight has been recommended, and it is designed to mount right in the middle of the "Inlet" (that's what we would call the big opening at the front, if it was a jet plane.) And I'm also now going to install the Vararam SC1 Snake Charmer Cold-Air Intake. I have already ordered the Fixed Plate Mount, not the Removable one.
Is the Centered Front License Plate going to interfere with the effectiveness of the Vararam Intake? Should I plan to mount the License Plate off to one side? Maybe I could, like, shoot holes in the License Plate with my 1911 ... would that help?
Why yes - .45 caliber holes will indeed improve airflow
06-14-2018, 12:30 AM
Vararam SC1 Cold-Air Intake for a C6 (was Blkwng)
Getting that fixed this coming week.
Wow, for $270 that Vararam SC1 Snake Charmer is a whole lot closer. Thanks! very much.
