Vararam V6 intake installed!

[Blacc Mamba]

where can I buy this intake?

[sales@vararam.com]

Originally Posted by Blacc Mamba

where can I buy this intake?

Call me at 866-507-2648- I have 3 left at the preorder price!!!!
Steve

[Ir0nM4n]

Originally Posted by Toasty

Don't over oil the filter, it will end up getting oil on the MAF...

Thank you, Noted..

[NYJets77]

Originally Posted by ChadG

So I drove today through what was essentially a torrential downpour. Cars were pulled over because of lack of visibility, I hydroplaned a couple of times on the Capitol Beltway there was so much water. I got to my destination after about 30 minutes of driving and popped the hood.

There were about 20 droplets of water in the upper housing of the intake - about 6-8 on the raised plastic area around the filter. The front portions of the seal were very wet where it makes contact with the OEM gasket that seals with the hood. The radiator shroud in front of that gasket was soaked.

Although there was some water, the conditions I drove through were rather extreme. Twenty drops of water is not going to hydrolock your engine, even if it all went directly into the throttle body. The filter is absorbent; however, so it is HIGHLY UNLIKELY that liquid of any form made it through the filter - 20 drops of water would merely be soaked up by the filter and would dry out quickly.

Bottom line - I don't think hydrolocking is a concern with this intake unless you literally flood the area with water - and if that happens you're pretty much hosed anyway.

For those concerned, I wonder if you could take a water repellent material and wrap it around the filter. The downside to this is that you would inherently decrease the amount of airflow through the filter which would in turn hurt performance. I honestly don't think it's an issue though.

By the time I would have been able to take a picture, it had all dried out - so my apologies for not being able to illustrate with anything other than words.

The filter is oiled, and while oiled, should not only NOT absorb any water, but repel water, since it would act as a barrier. Kind of like the way water beads up on a waxed car hood....

[sales@vararam.com]

Originally Posted by Toasty

Don't over oil the filter, it will end up getting oil on the MAF...

Only use Green Filter Oil on all Vararam filters - all our units use specifically made Green High Performance filters!!! The oil is "MAF friendly" and will actually help keep things clean and not throw codes!! We have Green Filter Recharge kits available in green and clear(white filters). You can get different color kits from Green direct. On their website they have 5 or 6 different color filter kits. Call me at 866-507-2648 to order or with questions. We also sell the filters for all our units seperately!
Steve
Vararam Industries

[ChadG]

Originally Posted by NYJets77

The filter is oiled, and while oiled, should not only NOT absorb any water, but repel water, since it would act as a barrier. Kind of like the way water beads up on a waxed car hood....

Good point. My thoughts are that if the filter isn't completely saturated (I think you're only supposed to use one spritz of oil every 3 inches or so on the filter) it would still have the ability to absorb some trivial amount of water. Either way, I think both hypotheses suggest there isn't a hydrolocking concern with the intake which is what I think people are worried about.

[DJ ATOMIX]

As toyboy was saying, so does anyone know if you can get a dry air filter for this intake? This is realy the only thing holding me from jumping the fence.

[sales@vararam.com]

Originally Posted by DJ ATOMIX

As toyboy was saying, so does anyone know if you can get a dry air filter for this intake? This is realy the only thing holding me from jumping the fence.

No dry filter available - the Green is a high quality filter and will last the lifetime of the vehicle!!!!!!!!

[Shuffler]

That is if the vehicle does not last over 200,000 miles

[robg91z]

how much are these intakes at ...im in the market of buying one

[baup5f]

Originally Posted by robg91z

how much are these intakes at ...im in the market of buying one

scroll up about 8 posts. . .

[TJ91]

i had no clue about oiled filter, saw VR was using them Ordered it and then read up on oiled filters and their really not that much more maintenence then a dry filter except cost as you have to pay for the oil but its not expensive. Atomix, get that baby a VR!!

[sales@vararam.com]

Originally Posted by robg91z

how much are these intakes at ...im in the market of buying one

Got ONE left at preorder price of $319 plus $19 shipping - after this one they are $349 plus shipping!!!!!!!!

[TJ91]

JUMP JUMP JUMP!!!