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10-22-2011, 03:19 PM
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irriation I"m venting because i'm rather irriated...I posted on ls1gto.com about getting the vararam to fit on my 04 gto...thinking ppl would be like bad *** how did you do it....wrong... everyone bashed me saying I should have bought the svede...bc on the 04 the vararam doesnt suck from the hood...news flash it doesn't on 05s either...the scoops are low pressure zones which do not promote air flow...so inturn the vararam is just like the svede they both suck from the grills also i'm gonna be fabbing up ducts to direct the air to the vararam...and completely seal the hood from the intake...
10-22-2011, 03:50 PM
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lol those dudes are d-bags. i got bashed for misspelling 3 words on one of my threads. If you dont spend top dollar on the gto it cant be right according to that forum! lol, just brush it off man. It just isnt worth it.
10-23-2011, 09:07 AM
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. BTW both Firefox and Chrome have built-in spell check. I think the VR is the second best intake and a viable option altho it's a mis-statement to say they do the same thing. You've also greatly exaggerated the price spread. It's $275 and $400. If you got a used one that's a bonus but that's like comparing a new and used car. A low price on a used part reflects low demand. Try buying a used FAST. I'm sure you'll enjoy your intake but seriously, nobody raved on your idea because it's not new and had been done several times before.
10-23-2011, 05:33 PM
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The vararam is garbage. I had it on my old gto. You had to buy stuff at Home Depot to try and get it to seal against the hood and it still wouldn't. It was a rushed product and they still haven't tried to make it better. Not to mention you have to hack up the radiator shroud to put it in or at the least remove it.
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10-23-2011, 11:45 PM
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Im very happy with my K&N its cheap and easy to install (comes with all the hardware haha) and just looks real nice under the hood, lets face it you wont see huge performance gains out of any CAI... the factory box was designed to give you more air than you needed anyways..
10-24-2011, 12:32 AM
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I think the Vararam is a great looking intake, just limited on the amount of cold air coming in unless you do have scoops coming in from the top of the hood. I have seen guys build additional ducting in the front bumper scooping the air up which seemed to work pretty well for them. The only thing that bothers me about it, is that the MAF is too crowded towards the throttle body. I would lean more towards this intake design if I was using speed density, eliminating the MAF completely. What would be sick is if the radiator was lowered a few inches allowing the front grills to blow air into the filter. Regardless, I hope its working well for you man.
10-26-2011, 10:35 PM
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I think the closer is the better to the tb i may be wrong but i've heard the closer the better throttle response I haven't really driving it yet...I'll let you know in a few days turner is supposed to come tune the car friday so we'll see
10-26-2011, 10:38 PM
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regardless svede of the price difference i only paid 150 for my vararam new...i'm not bashing your design what's so ever...if its been done so many times before...then why did i have so many emails of ppl asking me how I got it to work?...for what I paid for it I can justfy spending the extra money for a few hp...its just not worth it in my book
10-27-2011, 06:06 AM
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I'd take the svede over all of them. I had a Speed Inc at first. Then cobbled that together with a Lingenfelter. It flowed extremely well as it only dropped a little at WOT. The svede looks better and flows even better. Now I don't loose anything at WOT. Very impressive.
From what I've read, it outflows the Vararam. Same car, same conditions, same day, etc. That also verifies that it flows extremely well if the car is picking up MPH at the track. Hard to quantify power on a dyno when you are measuring airflow, but the track and logging at speed will tell you.
From what I've read, it outflows the Vararam. Same car, same conditions, same day, etc. That also verifies that it flows extremely well if the car is picking up MPH at the track. Hard to quantify power on a dyno when you are measuring airflow, but the track and logging at speed will tell you.
10-27-2011, 08:17 AM
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news flash it doesn't on 05s either...the scoops are low pressure zones which do not promote air flow
10-27-2011, 11:55 AM
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agreed it is a very nice piece i'm not bashing it at all...if I would have found it for 150 i woulda bought it too...but I used to have a k and n so this is a huge step up for me...and there will be no thread my car is broke...i've built serveral motors ls based so I think i can figure anything out that i need to address
