Knock knock
Who's there?
Not a vararam intake that's for sure.

 

 

LOL at Toes' post.........and at Vararam!

I sooooooooooooooo wanted this to be a success......but I think this has turned into a big, fat

KW

 

You guys are pretty funny.

If a company pushes a product to get it to market asap, like MSD did with their intake, you guys scream about every hiccup and how it wasn't 'complete' or 'perfect'.

Then a company like Vararam holds off releasing it to get everything sorted out, possibly patents filed, and you scream because it's not here quick enough.

Sure it would be nice to hear the companies come in here and communicate, but typically the sales staff, engineering staff, and tech staff don't all talk to each other.

Patience people.

 

Fixed it for you.

 

This intake is my only hope before I go to a Super Vic with custom 4150 DBW throttle body.....and hope is waning....

 

FAST has an intake with various length runners that hasn't been released yet

 

Yea, except the shorter runners have been postponed indefinitely...I am not going to drop 1k on a LS3 FAST 102 only to never have the new runners come out, leaving me with a $1,000 intake that is no real upgrade over the OEM LS3.

 

Nope, I have an msd intake, and cathedral port heads, so the vara ram won't even work for me.

 

I hope you are right. However the silence from the company over the last couple of months is very disheartening. Summer has come and gone.

 

Xactly!

KW

 

 

If this intake really is only as high as an LS6 intake and they make a cathedral port version I'm almost 100% sure this will be my next intake. A fast102 will only BARELY fit under my hood and a strut bar is out of the question. The LS6 and LS2 both fit under the strut bar.......giggidy. Kinda glad I didn't buy a fast92 yet. I can wait until next summer if need be.

Would look cooler with dual 75mm or so throttle bodies. Dual 75mm is slightly more area than a single 102.

 

I think we need to be patient. I just wish the company would give us an update.

 

You can call Vararam and speak to the designer if you want. I spoke to him a couple weeks ago - it sounded relatively close to being ready for market - they were finalizing tooling for one part and waiting on two patents (which have been in process for a while), which IIRC, were functional patents which he stated took longer.
The "standard" version is good for around 7-7.5 rpm and they have a shorter runner version planned for getting well into the 8-9k range.

 

Thank you for the update. I certainly can understand the delay in the patents. I have been involved in the process myself and things don't always go according to plan. I also understand gearing up for production. When you rely on outside vendors you are at their mercy. I am highly interested in the standard version.

Edit: The operative word is "patience".

 

I'm still really curious to see how to actually install it on a motor. It's one thing installing an intake on an engine stand, but the logistics to being able to install it on a motor in an engine bay is a different story.

It looks like you bolt the runners to the heads first, then you bolt on the plenum boxes, but I don't see how you'd be able to get to the bolts.



See the bolts on the bottom, I don't know how you would get to those with the runners bolted to the heads.



I don't see how you can get to the manifold to cylinder head bolts with the plenums attached....

So that's my curiosity. The logistics of actually bolting it to the motor, especially if it's in the car. Who wants to drop a motor just to do an intake install.

 

I think the bottom bolt(s) come in from the outside. The top two bolts from the inside if that makes sense. Yes, it looks like it will be a little tricky but hey that is hot rodding.

It seems to me that you will also have to relocate the ignition coils which I have done in preparation for this. I have also swapped valve covers so the oil cap is now on the drivers side rear. One last thing. The picture probably shows an earlier design and things have probably changed somewhat.

 

Not sure about the coils needing to be moved since they show the intake being installed with coils on the valve covers.
Again, it's just speculation since we don't know any details.

 

There's a similar style intake in this Nelson video, so something does exist from somewhere.

But he does also mention he's done loads of testing with various intakes, and the OEM types just work very very well

I'd like something along the lines of the Vararam myself...but it does look like a fitting/removal nightmare, so it'd really need to be worth it !