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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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debaffel hood now either volant intake or lid sealed to ram air?
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 12:20 PM
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you can get the Volant for about $238 w/free shipping

I choose it over a lid just because i've had horrible luck with my lid/filter sealing enough so that crap doesn't get sucked into the engine... with the volant you don't have to worry about that...

plus it looks and sounds badass


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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:02 PM
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:thinker I wold also like to see more opinions on this
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 08:04 PM
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lid sealed to ram air for biggest hp numbers
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Old Jan 5, 2008 | 11:24 PM
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Lid Sealed to hood. Just my opinion....
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 06:38 AM
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seal that lid and with a jaam kit from fasttoys...good #'s at 80-100mph
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 10:01 AM
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I have my volant sealed with bgra, before the volant my slp lid was sealed with bgra and I feel a better response from the volant.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 10:12 AM
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how offen are you cleaning the volant? and it looks like a pain to clean.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 10:32 AM
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the volant gets just as dirty as when I had a lid and fra. it mostly gets dirty it the area where air gets through the ws6 hood.
cleaning the volant is the same as cleaning my old k/n for the lid. I still use my k/n cleaner to clean the volant and it works.
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Originally Posted by Andros
the volant gets just as dirty as when I had a lid and fra. it mostly gets dirty it the area where air gets through the ws6 hood.
cleaning the volant is the same as cleaning my old k/n for the lid. I still use my k/n cleaner to clean the volant and it works.
got pics?
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I have the SLP air lid, but im sure the Hp difference isnt worth swtiching if the volant is better. I wouldnt know though.
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
you can get the Volant for about $238 w/free shipping

I choose it over a lid just because i've had horrible luck with my lid/filter sealing enough so that crap doesn't get sucked into the engine... with the volant you don't have to worry about that...

plus it looks and sounds badass


here's the coupon code you need

where did you order from?
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by 2nasty
where did you order from?

it's a non-sponser... PM me
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Old Jan 6, 2008 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
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Originally Posted by Andros
the volant gets just as dirty as when I had a lid and fra. it mostly gets dirty it the area where air gets through the ws6 hood.
cleaning the volant is the same as cleaning my old k/n for the lid. I still use my k/n cleaner to clean the volant and it works.
Yep, I agree. I also use the k&n cleaner/oil on my Volant. Didnt like the blue anyways lol!
Here's a few old pics of mine when it was still blue.
Attached Thumbnails volant vs. seal lid-intake.jpg   volant vs. seal lid-filterview.jpg  
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by JBIRD02
Yep, I agree. I also use the k&n cleaner/oil on my Volant. Didnt like the blue anyways lol!
Here's a few old pics of mine when it was still blue.
got any pics of your baker hose bellow? does it work well with the volant?
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Old Jan 8, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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thoses volant intakes look nice
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Old Jan 9, 2008 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Soul TKR
got any pics of your baker hose bellow? does it work well with the volant?
No, but I can get some. It works just fine, no problems at all!
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