Thank you for posting this as well. I have been waiting to see an unbiased review of the Vararam. As I suspected, and reading on the G8 forum as to what it actually produced vice claimed, it would be a little better than some of the other intakes on the dyno but not what they are claiming. It may perform better as well than most at the track as it should keep IAT`s at ambient while moving, but I am very skeptical of any real "Ram Air" effect...The throttle body, intake manifold and camshaft become limiting factors.
I agree w/ the Vette guy that the dyno is low, no way you ran those times on 347rwhp unless you dropped like 500lbs outa the car..
I can hear the lemmings now though... You didn`t drive it for 10 bazillion miles for it to learn the intake... lol.. Under WOT its using open loop, there ain`t no learning going on there. Now for part throttle closed loop operation driveabilty issues, sure.
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