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rolnslo · 04-25-2011, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Eric59

Rolnslo, how was your gas mileage on your trip? Did you see an improvement with the new intake? Just curious at what gains we can expect if any

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Originally Posted by Eric59

Yes I know about the extra HP I was wondering if he seen an increase in gas mileage.

My gas mileage is in a stack of receipts spanning 12 days of fill-ups. I was too tired to enter the info from the trip last night. I will go through all of them tonight and post the info in my journal thread (link in sig).

I do know that my gas mileage was better than I expected, given the speeds I was travelling at

. For the part of the drive from Albuquerque, NM down Hwy 285 to Carlsbad, NM, I averaged 31.9mpg with cruise set @ 75mph. Granted it was flat (high plains) and there was a slight cross/tail wind. Normally at 75mph, I'm down around 25mpg.

Around town before C5Fest, I was usually up about 1mpg over my daily driving routes [mixed city/freeway/traffic]. I've been tracking MPGs since day one and my driving habits are fairly consistent.

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Originally Posted by PoorMansCamaro

dang, wish i would have known you were going. would have tried to find you. lol

Bummer. Thought I mentioned I was going. My Camaro was sitting next to the yellow SS at the Maryland Speed booth for both days.

VR Baron · 04-25-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by rolnslo

Well, finally back home after a 3000 mile road trip (C5FestII, Sedona, Grand Canyon, Route 66, Santa Fe, Carlsbad Caverns, etc...). What a trip!

No problems at all, from sea level to 7000+ feet, mountain passes to high plains, 86 octane no-name gas to tier-1 93 octane, loaded down with 4 people plus luggage. Couldn't have been happier with this intake's performance. Thanks Vararam!

Just wanted to say glad you had a great trip and good meeting you at the Fest. Glad the Vararam is doing it's thing. your 25 mpg at that speed looks good. My average to the fest and back, 868 miles was 23.2 and about 56 mph average with the Injen and the other stuff.Of course speeds going up and down from 60-120 on the road not the best way to get mpg! But fun!!

bmorecam · 04-25-2011, 03:42 PM

Just curious...

If I remember correctly the VR sales said that they was going to start shipping last week of this month but they changed it to 1st week of may right?

So... today(4/25/11)is the start of last week of may.

We should expect for the VR sales to start PM'ing the peoples on the list??

rolnslo · 04-25-2011, 03:42 PM

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Originally Posted by blackbee

Just wanted to say glad you had a great trip and good meeting you at the Fest. Glad the Vararam is doing it's thing.

It was good to meet you as well. Nice to put a face with the C5 forum name.

bmorecam · 04-25-2011, 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by KMPrenger

I may have asked you this at some point so forgive me lol, but do you plan on doing a base dyno? I know it can be expensive, but without a base dyno you will really have no idea what you've gained.

You dyno may come out saying your only at 260 rwhp and you may think thats pretty shitty when in fact your base may only have been 240 (on that dyno..on a different one it could have been much more)....it really just depends on the dyno used.

Yhea.. I was going to do a dyno before all my mods but the timing did not allow me to have it done, plus at the last minute I found out that the dyno was a dynapack

I was not about to take off my 4 wheels to have it done plus I heard some strange numbers with them.
Everybody I know ended up having their dyno redone on either a mustang or dynojet.

I found a local guy in my area that's going to give me a 4 hr dyno session for 50 bucks on a dynojet. I know that I wont know how much I gained but knowing where I am at after all my mods is better than not knowing anything at all I guess?
I will also try to compare with other manual cars since there are alot of dynojet numbers on the forum if im not mistaking.

KMPrenger · 04-25-2011, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by bmorecam

Yhea.. I was going to do a dyno before all my mods but the timing did not allow me to have it done, plus at the last minute I found out that the dyno was a dynapack

I was not about to take off my 4 wheels to have it done plus I heard some strange numbers with them.
Everybody I know ended up having their dyno redone on either a mustang or dynojet.

I found a local guy in my area that's going to give me a 4 hr dyno session for 50 bucks on a dynojet. I know that I wont know how much I gained but knowing where I am at after all my mods is better than not knowing anything at all I guess?
I will also try to compare with other manual cars since there are alot of dynojet numbers on the forum if im not mistaking.

OK..its all good! I just thought I'd point out what I said. 4 hr dyno session for 50 bucks....sounds like a deal.

scrming · 04-25-2011, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KMPrenger

OK..its all good! I just thought I'd point out what I said. 4 hr dyno session for 50 bucks....sounds like a deal.

I'm thinking 4 pulls for $50 buck... which is still a good deal... most dyno days are like 2 pulls for $50... by the hour it's usually $100+ an hour...

itzstatic2k1 · 04-25-2011, 08:49 PM

Is there another list starting? Or can I add myself to last place somehow? Want to hop onboard.

bmorecam · 04-25-2011, 09:54 PM

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Originally Posted by scrming

I'm thinking 4 pulls for $50 buck... which is still a good deal... most dyno days are like 2 pulls for $50... by the hour it's usually $100+ an hour...

You might b right, he does charge 3 pull for 75 usually so theres a chance i might have misheard, but like u said good deal regardless.

KMprenger, did u get a chance to listen to my exhaust vid i posted? i put one up so u can add it to your exhaust archive

KMPrenger · 04-25-2011, 11:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bmorecam

You might b right, he does charge 3 pull for 75 usually so theres a chance i might have misheard, but like u said good deal regardless.

KMprenger, did u get a chance to listen to my exhaust vid i posted? i put one up so u can add it to your exhaust archive

Ummmm...I'm not sure if I saw that or not!?? lol sorry...wheres it at again?

BaylorCamaro · 04-26-2011, 12:01 AM

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Originally Posted by rolnslo

Pasadena, TX actually. Close enough to call it Houston.

They're in Pasadena? Wow I had no idea, thats only about 15-20 minutes from my house (Kemah, TX). Learn something new everyday..

SolarFlare · 04-26-2011, 03:18 PM

Soooo any updates?

EricVerdunII · 04-26-2011, 05:33 PM

Where can you order this intake from or when will it be on the Vararam website to be ordered?

bmorecam · 04-26-2011, 05:40 PM

I hope soon.
They was going to start shipping this week which is the last week of this month but they changed it to 1st week of may which is next week.

I am still waiting for vr to pm me with pymt info probably like the other 40 plus peoples.

I just hope they stick with the 1st week of may. I been waiting for a loooooooong time.

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bmorecam Account Suspended Drives: jealous vendors mad!! HAHA!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CYBERGMONSTER@GMAIL.COM Posts: 3,658 View My Garage	Just curious... If I remember correctly the VR sales said that they was going to start shipping last week of this month but they changed it to 1st week of may right? So... today(4/25/11)is the start of last week of may. We should expect for the VR sales to start PM'ing the peoples on the list??

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itzstatic2k1 Drives: 2011 LS Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Cleveland Ohio Posts: 33	Is there another list starting? Or can I add myself to last place somehow? Want to hop onboard.

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04-26-2011, 05:40 PM	#854
bmorecam Account Suspended Drives: jealous vendors mad!! HAHA!! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: CYBERGMONSTER@GMAIL.COM Posts: 3,658 View My Garage	I hope soon. They was going to start shipping this week which is the last week of this month but they changed it to 1st week of may which is next week. I am still waiting for vr to pm me with pymt info probably like the other 40 plus peoples. I just hope they stick with the 1st week of may. I been waiting for a loooooooong time.