VaraRam installed

Frank S · September 18, 2004

I had to go with the standard kit instead of the full ram air because they are apparently selling really fast but I'll add the ram attachment soon.Anyway,installation is very easy as it took me all of 15 minutes while watching my 9 week old Lab puppy.Here's some pics:

Now on to some questions people may have:

Things I like are

1)Ease of installation.

2)Throttle response,it's very noticeable

3)Fit and finish,seems to be a solid air box

What I don't like:

The mounting system of the standard kit.There is a metal plate below the stock air box and it is removed for the positioning of the inlet for the new intake.The King Cobra has a rubber plate in the kit but it is very flexible so the only things really holding the air box into place are the new rubber plate and the MAF assembly.You can move the air box around with basically no effort which does concern me but I'll be upgrading to the full ram air soon so it shouldn't pose a problem.

Overall,I'll give it an 8.5 out of 10 for now and that may rise depending on fuel mileage reports to come in the next few weeks.I'm definitely going to be keeping an eye on the connection to the MAF sensor though because it does move around quite a bit and that does somewhat concern me,though it may just be me.

linda · September 18, 2004

so you are satisfied with the performance gain Frank? I have mine ordered and i hope it gets here soon so i can try it out (i got the full system). Do you think your seeing the .05-1.0 second gains in the 0-60mph like they said you would?

Frank S · September 18, 2004

I'd have to say that using the "butt dyno",I probably dropped around .5 second 0-60 time.The difference is definitely noticeable.

Like I said,I will be adding the ram air attachment and I have no doubt that I will meet or exceed their advertized performance gains.I highly doubt you'll be disappointed Linda.

Machine · September 23, 2004

Frank, I know it's only been 6-7 days since your original post but do you have any data to report on mpg's?

Frank S · September 23, 2004

Not yet.

I had a little over half a tank when I installed the intake so by the time it fully dialed in (40-60 miles per VaraRam),there wasn't really much room for a test.

I did fill my truck up about an hour ago and I do mostly city driving so I should be able to give a true first tank report in about a week or so.

Steve Cornell · September 23, 2004

I ran 3 tanks through mine since installing the VaraRam (like Frank I too do not have the full system yet) I agree there is an improvement in response and power.

My truck only has 1700 miles on it but with my last tank I got 15.7 running mostly highway @ 70 mph , the tank before that was only 13.9 but a lot of stop & go driving and idling, and the first tank with the VaraRam I got 15.1 running hard @ 75-80.

The first few tanks of gas in the truck while stock were 13.8 - 14.1 running fairly consistent on the highway.

I'm convinced there are defiantly some mpg gains but I think the 4 mpg stated on their web site is a bit optimistic, I going to run the airbox for a while longer to get some good data then add the "ram air" portion.

I'm interested what others results are.

Steve

Frank S · October 2, 2004

Well,my first full tank is through and here are my results:

Mostly city driving (80% +/-)

Before VaraRam - 11-11.5 mpg

First tank with VaraRam - 11.09 mpg

I don't know,maybe I'll see an improvement when I'm on the highway or something but I'm getting pretty much the same thing with the intake as I was without it.I do like the improved throttle response which was the main reason I'm not disappointed and it'll be interesting to see if there's any change when I add the ram air attachment to it.