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Old 08-26-2009, 03:12 AM
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I'm looking at maybe switching to the Vararam intake

http://www.vararam.com/hemi.html

Does anybody have one of these to back it up?
I'm a lil sceptical switching to it from my Volante but I do like the design and the Ram air for my new hood (Reflexxions Ram Air Cowl) seems like it would work nicely.
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Old 08-26-2009, 12:12 PM
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The Vararam and the volant aren't even in the same league. One draws fresh air from in front of the vehicle and rams it through a funnel into two huge tubes that feed a large filter. The other is a small tube that sucks up hot engine air from the same location as stock, yet calls itself a "cold air" intake.
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Old 08-26-2009, 05:18 PM
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the intake looks ok... but the girl holding it up is amazing... wow lol
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Old 08-26-2009, 05:32 PM
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Thats the best intake you can get for a dodge ram....Seen dyno results of it outperforming the BFI intake...and running better times due to the air being forced in.
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Best performance and it looks like the air cleaner that was on my 69 Road Runner with a 440+6
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The volant sucks in from behind the passenger foglight or behind a ram air hood (with the optional add on tubes) so it is the same league basically. I saw some results on the Vararam page stating they would outperform the volant anyday however I haven't actually heard of anyone ever using one. I was hoping somebody on here had one.
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The only bad thing I have heard about the Vararam is the quality of the hoses and filter are not that great. Maybe they have upped the quality since it was released though.
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froggy does have one...or at least had one
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I have the vararam setup and Im not real happy with it. The whole set-up is too flimsy, the brackets suck, it just kinda flops around under the hood, they use the windshield washer jug to support it. The AIT sensor location is half-assed at best, and it didnt really do anything butt dyno wise, so thumbs down for me

My power steering pump went this weekend so i ripped all the vararam sh*t off and now back to the stock intake set-up, no decrease in power either, worst 350$ i ever spent
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Old 08-26-2009, 07:25 PM
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Really ??? hmm good to know that its a cheap pos lol...everyone has always talked it up.
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