What's the best cold air set up for a C5?
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I just bought a 98 vette a couple days ago and I want to start doing mods to it now starting with the cold air.Everything on the car is totaly stock.There is so many cold air set-ups....I just dont know what to go with.I know alot of you guys went through trial and error so what do you guys thing it the best cold air set up?Thanks in advance......John
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Thanks for the advise,this is my second post and put in in the wrong place...
Originally Posted by Cerberus
Blackwing and Vararam are pretty popular, might get more love in the Vette section.
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For all out performance - Vararam
If you are worried about Vararam sucking water in on rainy days - Blackwing
If you are on a budget - ziptie mod (use the search to find old posts on this mod)
If you are worried about Vararam sucking water in on rainy days - Blackwing
If you are on a budget - ziptie mod (use the search to find old posts on this mod)
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The best cold air system is an enclosed, sealed cover with a donaldson air filter on a cut radiator shroad. Hard to find but is the system GM uses on the C5/C6R, commercially, the veraram is the best.
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stay away from the granatelli ram air system, the cover on mine cracked and they would not sell me just the cover, you have to buy the whole thing again to the tune of $ 495.00 what a scam. they would not even return my calls or e-mail.
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Originally Posted by ls1240z
I just bought a 98 vette a couple days ago and I want to start doing mods to it now starting with the cold air.Everything on the car is totaly stock.There is so many cold air set-ups....I just dont know what to go with.I know alot of you guys went through trial and error so what do you guys thing it the best cold air set up?Thanks in advance......John
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I have VaraRam, just installed it about a month ago. I can't tell you about the gains because I haven't dyno'ed since the install, but it wasn't that difficult to install, just bit time consuming, it seems to work just fine.
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I got a breathless performance intake, vortex deal, seems to work ok....
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Replace your Corvette's restrictive stock air box assembly with this revolutionary air cleaner, which contains an internal vortex velocity stack. The Vortex Rammer Cold Air System obtains cool, pressurized air from the radiator cavity through your modified shroud. A specially designed scoop then forces air into our Rammer sealed box, where it directly injects cold air into your intake. Dyno results have shown 22hp and 21ft/lbs of torque. Clear finish provides visual access to your filter and radiator for service inspection. Installation requires 4"x 6" opening to be cut in fan shroud. Clear or black for the 2001-04 systems. $249.99
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1997-04 Vortex Rammer Pre-Cut Fan Shroud Use With Vortex Systems, $74.99
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Vararam is the best...
There are NO issues whatsoever with water..
You can drive in the heaviest storm on the hiway, no problems..
Blackwing is NOT a cold air intake, its an under hood one..
The Vararam WILL & DOES outperform the Vortex, and there ARE water injestion issues with the Vortex,,
There are NO issues whatsoever with water..
You can drive in the heaviest storm on the hiway, no problems..
Blackwing is NOT a cold air intake, its an under hood one..
The Vararam WILL & DOES outperform the Vortex, and there ARE water injestion issues with the Vortex,,