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Went Injen because I didn't want to wait and I'm kinda with the general crowd on this one.
I won't be trading unless it's proven to be a pretty big difference.
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07-03-2011, 09:35 PM | #16 |
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I have the Injen long tube CAI and love it!! I personally don't think Vavaram will be any better than it. Jannetty Racings CAI testing proved the Injen was a great CAI, so I am sticking with it!!
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I have written before how the same type of unit helped my LS1 Z28, v8 I know but same basic design. A Cold air/ram air duct getting air off the bottom of the airdam, SLP and the rest saying 15 hp gain at around 105 mph, and proven out independantly. The thing is the 15 hp was cold and ram air effect, again 10 from cold air and 5 from ram air in theory. The aftermarket lid we had and filter was the same as Vararam in that it was in front of the engine with the same straight shot of air into the intake and was actually the factory position. the after market setup good for another 10-12 hp. All this on a 300 rwhp engine. The gain was around .3 in the 1/4, maybe more, half for the cleaned up intake and half for the cold air ram air. One last note is we had two fifferent types of setups to pick from also, the other was a open filter k&n unit that was sort off like the Injen. By design it did get cool air to it although it appeared to only get hot air as was open and above the radiator but the cars nose design directed cool air to it and IAT'S dropped alot and fast after you got moving. Who's design was the best?: The Injen type k&n was best/equal up to 70 mph, .2-.3 off the 1/4 The Vararam type was best above 70 mph, .3-.4 off the 1/4 So far seems these two types on our cars are doing about the same from the initial input we are getting. |
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One is rolnslos (but many people won't accept that as it came from Vararam's test guy)...one is from a guy with LTs installed who dynoed 277rwhp on a mustang dyno which is pretty impressive to me for a mustang dyno, but we have no before numbers. The last thing that comes to mind is the guy who took his car to the 1/4 mile track, and ran a tenth better than his previous stock run. But the run with the Vararam was on a hotter/muggier day and he said many guys who were there before were running around 3 tenths slower, so the fact that he ran faster is a good sign. But all in all...yes it would be nice to see more stock versus Vararam dyno runs. If you do a before/after on a car already modified with headers/exhaust you will not see as big of gains as you would on a stock car...thats just the way it works of course. Unfortuently, I don't know if we have anyone whos stock that plans to do a before/after pull.
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I just haven't been spending much time in the V6 area lately, more in the cosmetic mod mindset at the moment
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You know, I never was quite sure about the stacking theory when relating parts on the opposite side of the engine. You cant stack hp say on all the exhaust componants together, but the intake is on the intake side, or opposite end of the air in air out process and I would think not be affected I have seen many dynos where the intake makes the same by itself or with exhaust, and sometimes not.I dont really trust our dyno runs either as they arent a good test as say JRE's. Thing is when we get times and mph in runs in general, they seem to alude to more hp then the dyno's say. Food for thought |
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I had the Airaid V1 and ultimately the V2 tube which showed a noticable difference between the two. After getting on board with the VR thread and initiating the Group Buy, I did in fact switch from Airaid to Vararam and really happy that I did. This intake has a much more noticable response over the Airaid intake. My car screams now, sounds much more throaty with its exhaust note and it begs to be driven hard! It's like night and day between the two. Had I not had an intake this would have been the one I would have gone with. Since I had an intake and see that this intake/tube is getting forced air to where it needs to be vs being on the side fender and sucking what little can get to it, I just think this is the way to go, my opinion only. This VR rocks and if I had to do it all over again, I would.
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07-05-2011, 12:16 AM | #26 |
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Really? all this for a couple of horsepower difference? Why not just stick with what you have?
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lol I know this was directed to those who have a CAI already but I wanted to respond for shits and giggles
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07-05-2011, 12:30 AM | #28 |
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right. I'm not talking about those with stock airbox. But the difference from aftermarket to aftermarket is not worth it.
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