MACE 25mm Insulator

[KMPrenger]

Originally Posted by Mach

There is also the possibility of modifying Vararam to fit the 25mm insulator. Like moving the vararam intake horn up to the manifold intake while the front of the intake still rests on the radiator. That's probably what I'll do if its possible.

Originally Posted by bmorecam

...I guess you could cut the rear neck into a slant to compensate for the extra height but that also mean the rear neck and the throttle body will not line up straight. ...

Exactly what I was thinking, but couldn't think of a good way to say it lol.

[bmorecam]

I think if someone can come up with a way to make vararam/25mm insulator work it will be match made in heaven. As the runner gets longer, inertia in the column of air will increase the flow at lower rpms, then add that with the velocity of ram air at high speed, I think it will create even more power than used with your conventional intake design. I think I am going to try to mess with the vararam intake a little when I have some time since I already have the 25mm intake and vararam.

[Victoryred69]

Originally Posted by bmorecam

So mace is shipping out 3 different size out to you to test fit for vararam?

Yeupp, he sent them out i just got to wait for them to arrive.

Im going to do my best to obviously get the 25mm to fit... i have 2 Vararam intakes full units, if i have to manipulate one to see if its going to work so be it. I will give you guys updates as fast as i get on it, i do not think it will be to big of an issue, either way I'm sure no ones Vararam is perfectly aligned, i even have the silicone boost clamps for added rigidity and my Vararam installed as is has not moved since installing it.

Should be interesting!

[Victoryred69]

Originally Posted by hapisok

that'll be interesting to see how that works out with varaam. one of the things i really enjoy about this forum is the ingenuity of the members and the ideas that get kicked around. the best of luck to you and the other varaam owners. once you get your initial temps you mind if i steal em and add em to this post?

Ofcourse no problem im going to be using a Blue Point Temp laser gun, when i do a write up ill let you know !

[bmorecam]

Can't wait to see what you come up with

[hapisok]

Originally Posted by Victoryred69

Ofcourse no problem im going to be using a Blue Point Temp laser gun, when i do a write up ill let you know !

sounds great...can't wait to see the comparisons....

[SSTREETKING]

wow.. didn't know mace had this available for the camaro. The z guys had this for a while now. Way to go mace!

[wholloway6]

Originally Posted by hapisok

not to be a dick, but this post is strictly about the results from testing the insulators.

FAIL...

[jeff4946]

So, when you say the original was port matched, did you mean your intake was ported, or to the stock port?

[Mach]

So, will this require a tune? Or is this just install and drive?

[ChadG]

Very cool! Subscribed!

[hapisok]

Originally Posted by Mach

So, will this require a tune? Or is this just install and drive?

it doesn't require a tune, but im gonna see what extra gains can be had from tweaking the tune, if any. LTFT's still look great so i'd say you should be in the clear, although im not going to be the definitive answer to that. i believe anytime you go changing your stock setup you should perform some type of monitoring. having come from the factory tuned for optimum performance(if you want to call it that) with GM's setup, when you go adding things like CAI and headers, then your changing the dynamics of how its programmed to run. sounds like a job for a non-tuned . i could drop the tune im running now and go back to a stock tune, but with my current mods my numbers would be all over the place and the results would be inaccurate.

[Mach]

Well I've got a vararam, vmax TB and Mrt2.0. Would I be safe adding some 25mm insulators? If I were to get a dashcommand type engine monitoring going.. Which parameters should I be looking at?

[SIXJAK]

cool stuff