NVUSZ28

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Has anyone seen this? I really want one, if money wasn't an option. Anyone have one and would it fit in a 4th Gen?

1989GTA

There is a whole thread on the subject at

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showth...vararam+intake

Vararam is coming out with an "affordable" version fairly soon.

djfury05

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Be nice to see it actually come out within a suitable time frame.. already been what a year and a half...

NVUSZ28

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are you going to put it in your F-Body?

djfury05

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I sold mine over a year ago so no but it would be nice to see another option on the table for LS guys.

The Alchemist

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Very interesting.

1989GTA

IMHO the problem with the NRE X-ram would be the heat soaking properties of the aluminum. There is a lot of aluminum in that intake. One way to get around it would be using thermal barrier coatings. However in a drag race situation it would be OK.

The Vararam version is made out of a type of plastic and has much better heat barrier properties.

The Alchemist

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Has the Vararam been released yet? Anyone know if one of these will fit in a 4th gen?

jlcustomz

No vararam yet either,should fit also.

As for me , ain't waiting.

LS6427

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NRE.....King of turbo set ups.....and everything else too.....

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NVUSZ28

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Fosnot

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so.. on a 4th gen cable style TB setup, I wonder how you'd go about getting the IAC setup?

LPE 403

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^ probably remote style like for ITBs

The Alchemist

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IAC is part of the throttle body. So if you have one or two, it would just be a matter of figuring out the tune to adjust for them.

smitty2919

I don't even want to know how much that Xram costs...

But I don't think you will see similar deltas between a FAST intake and the XRam on a stock cube LS1/2...if the motor is only asking for "A" cubic inches of air and the intake can supply 3xA amount of air then the intake is a waste of money.

Like he said in the video, that's a 496 8.1L motor LOL. So a "off the shelf" FAST intake may be a bottleneck.

The Alchemist

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I still want to see this come to market. If they can be competitive with FAST, that would be great, but who knows.

smitty2919

I don't see the intake being in the same price range as a FAST...I'm guessing $1200+

The added price PLUS needing a bigger cube motor to benefit from it will kill the selling ability of it. The FAST is good because you can toss it on a stock motor and see a benefit.

The Alchemist

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Well, I'm building a 416 LS3 with a Procharger on it, so it's perfect for me.