2.3 MPG improvement with the King Cobra induction!
08-27-2004, 06:05 AM
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I'm thinking similarly to NakedAv on this one. Their claims seem unrealistic. For now I will continue to wait for customer feedback on 6.0L motors. A 2 to 3 mpg improvement would be worth it on these thirsty powerplants.
08-27-2004, 06:14 AM
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Oh yeah, where did they find a 5.3 ECSB that runs 0-60 in 11.8 sec? In a salvage yard?
I guess maybe its possible with something like a 2.73 gear, plus crappy stock tuning, plus big tires, plus poor driver, plus dirty air filter.
If you take 15.5 as a quarter mile time, that gives roughly 8 seconds for 0-60. I would even believe 9 sec. But 11.8 before to 10.4 after is not exactly impressive 0-60 times.
I guess maybe its possible with something like a 2.73 gear, plus crappy stock tuning, plus big tires, plus poor driver, plus dirty air filter.
If you take 15.5 as a quarter mile time, that gives roughly 8 seconds for 0-60. I would even believe 9 sec. But 11.8 before to 10.4 after is not exactly impressive 0-60 times.
08-27-2004, 09:02 AM
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Originally Posted by deezel
Oh yeah, where did they find a 5.3 ECSB that runs 0-60 in 11.8 sec? In a salvage yard?
I guess maybe its possible with something like a 2.73 gear, plus crappy stock tuning, plus big tires, plus poor driver, plus dirty air filter.
If you take 15.5 as a quarter mile time, that gives roughly 8 seconds for 0-60. I would even believe 9 sec. But 11.8 before to 10.4 after is not exactly impressive 0-60 times.
I guess maybe its possible with something like a 2.73 gear, plus crappy stock tuning, plus big tires, plus poor driver, plus dirty air filter.
If you take 15.5 as a quarter mile time, that gives roughly 8 seconds for 0-60. I would even believe 9 sec. But 11.8 before to 10.4 after is not exactly impressive 0-60 times.
I agree considering I ran a 10.1 @ 70 in the 1/8 in a bone stock no weight reduction 04 ECSB 5.3 in 98* and 100% humidity in the middle of the afternoon here in FL.
08-27-2004, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by seadoo
I agree considering I ran a 10.1 @ 70 in the 1/8 in a bone stock no weight reduction 04 ECSB 5.3 in 98* and 100% humidity in the middle of the afternoon here in FL.
08-30-2004, 08:12 AM
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The system is designed to be used with the stock tube to provide better performance. Track numbers are good but they don't give you 0-60 results. Those are the numbers that are needed. If the unit needs to be sent back VaraRam will check it out to see if there is a problem and why it didn't perform like it's supposed to. You would then be credited for the system.
08-31-2004, 12:00 PM
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I have the full ram air system here and will be posting results in a few days.
To answer a question from above - this system is very quiet. It doesn't have any of the induction noise that an open filter would.