Talked to Patrick @ Vararam and things are starting to take shape. He is expecting tooling to come in this friday and is going to start mock-up and flow testing compared to the stock airbox. Have a couple members who have stepped up to aid in prototyping so lets thank them for that. Stay tuned as the process moves forward.

 

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Good to know someones working on one since the k&n seems to have **** the bed.

 

cough maf screen cough cough

 

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YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Nice!

 

Yes please have some sort of an air straightener before the maf pplllleeeeeaaaaaaaasssssseeeee

 

Cant wait to see this intake

 

No worries I have discussed with Patrick at Vararam all the issues that need to be addressed.

 

Esss Nice!!!!!!!!

Did you guys discuss a SRI or CAI?

 

holy crap someone actually listened? good, I was getting sick of these cheap ass intakes.

 

wow... now I'm like should I refuse my package delivery from TTR or should I just install the Hahn Intake?

 

Refuse, this will be the next best thing since sliced bread.

 

If you are not getting a custom tune beyond stock or stage 1, wait for this intake. If you are going custom tune you could keep the hahn intake and just get it tuned for.

 

How long till production? Any idea on price?

 

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I'll probably say a month maybe a little longer and as far as pricing goes, Vararam is not on the cheap side.

I mean yeah a z06 is a total diff. car but the intakes for those are a lot so I'll say in the mid to high 3's

 

ugh I hate to say it but ya the cobalt crowd is generally cheap asses. But I have no issue paying 3xx for a intake that works properly. My ms3 parts were that expensive because they had tons of r&d in them. DI intakes and tuning is serious ****, its not as easy as it was for the standard efi. You need to pay to get it done right.

 

anyone want a dejon short ram?

 

Post that in the classified's not here.

 

so true.... tube + cone filter = 90% of most intake technology. Its the DI related R&D that most companies dont have the patience with. too bad our performance division is a bunch of deadbeats.... they abandoned the intake tract for the Cobalt SS

Id spend 350-400 if its built well, incudes nice clamps, and most importantly can be tuned for smoothly. Im itching for more spool noise

 

You are my hero, hopefully he listened and will incorporate your suggestions into the tune.

I want to get tuned in May when the weather is nice enough for summer tires here in Alberta lol. I really hope it comes out sooner rather then later. And $3XX sounds fair if the peice truly is high quality.



Ideally this thing shouldn't require any tuning if the air is flowing past the MAF sensor smooth enough it should be able to read it without any issues. Correct me if I'm wrong Term.

 

I would also be interested in a proper intake

 

The GMofHouston "Skunkworks" did a test a while back with a metal screen on an AEM intake, with very promising MAF skew results, so a diffuser would be a great addition to any new intake.

On a similar note, there may be a second revision AEM intake coming out with a diffuser added to it for the AEM fans out there. They finally figured out how important it was to their intake and the customers. A similar thing happened to the MS3. First revision was plain intake, second revision had the diffuser. They later sold a standalone diffuser that first revision owners could buy and add to their intakes.

If Vararam gets it right, they get my money.