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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:21 PM
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We received our first shipment of the VaraRam King Cobra inductions today!This is the non-ram air that is designed to be mated up to the stock tube that runs to the throttlebody. The full ram air kits were supposed to be shipping to us today but VaraRam is still waiting for a few parts to finish production. I'll be installing this on my Silverado HD later today and will report any mileage and seat of the pants gains towards the end of next week.

VaraRam guarantees that you will see at least aNeon1/2-to1 full second drop off of your 0-60 MPH times over factory stock no matter which GM truck or SUV you have or they will buy the system back. But they go even further, They guarantee that you will gain at least a full ˝ second “OVER ANY OTHER” aftermarket air induction system (0-60) or they will buy the unit back!

VR5B King Cobra induction $239.99

Orders placed over the weekend will be shipping on Monday!
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 02:59 PM
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so which vehicle you gonna test it out on for us?
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 03:12 PM
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I'll be putting this on the HD. It will take me a month to go through a full tank of gas with the Suburban
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 03:20 PM
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Get to work Tom, we wanna see some #s hehehe
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 03:58 PM
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Thats right. Quit posting pictures and put that thing on. We need to know!
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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 06:33 PM
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Ok, last picture!

The King Cobra took about 10 minutes to install with a screw driver. That doesn't include the time that it took me to look through "the pile" to find a factory 8.1 induction so I could pull the stock tube off. I probably could have used the one from "the other induction" that's was on the truck but I wanted to use this how VaraRam designed it -



It would be flipped over if used with the ram air portion of the kit. This would allow air to be rammed into the duct and then forced into the induction. I'll install that when it becomes available.

I'm going to leave the battery discounnected for a little while longer before I head out of here. I'll probably play with it over the weekend and then fill up on Monday to see what kind of mileage I get from that tank.
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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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Ok, last picture!

The King Cobra took about 10 minutes to install with a screw driver. That doesn't include the time that it took me to look through "the pile" to find a factory 8.1 induction so I could pull the stock tube off. I probably could have used the one from "the other induction" that's was on the truck but I wanted to use this how VaraRam designed it -



It would be flipped over if used with the ram air portion of the kit. This would allow air to be rammed into the duct and then forced into the induction. I'll install that when it becomes available.

I'm going to leave the battery discounnected for a little while longer before I head out of here. I'll probably play with it over the weekend and then fill up on Monday to see what kind of mileage I get from that tank.

So we wait a week to get some mileage numbers..........what about performance?
Based on the numbers that Vararam published, you should be noticing some major SOTP increase in performance right away...???

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Old Aug 14, 2004 | 08:53 PM
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I like the looks of it... different, but, I at least like where it's pulling air from.
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Old Aug 15, 2004 | 11:39 PM
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Both of my trucks are modified and I'm going from a Volant induction to the VaraRam so my gains won't be as noticeable as they would be if someone pulled off their stock airbox and installed this system. I only drove about 35 miles this weekend so I didn't get to play much. I layed into it once to go around an old lay in a K-car that was doing 45 in a 55 zone (of couse she was in the last lane! ). I did find the truck to be more responsive than it used to be.
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Old Aug 16, 2004 | 12:40 AM
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Seems like it should be similar gains as the Pro-cold intake. I have heard really good things about the pro-cold, but it costs quite a bit more than the vararam. VaraRam looks interesting to me. I am real curious to see if there will be any real gains over the volant.
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