Ok I dont think I am the only one out there that hates the color of the intake coupler that come with this intake. I am not sure why vararam didn't just sell the intake with a reducer rather than 2 fittings? That along with the brass nipple for the PCV has me thinking WTF (love it other than that). Both of these items make this intake look some what cheap under the hood. I have a solution for the coupler it is a 4" ID reduced to 3.5" ID intake hose and its BLACK.. but nothing yet on the nipple. So any one aside from me take it upon themself to fix this if so please let me know what you did.

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/KNN-08050/ Fix for the coupler

it's 'coupler', not a 'cupper'.

Now, back to your jumbled, hard-to-read post.... Did you order that reducer and fit it? Did it work?

Please take the time in your response to type in some semblance of proper grammatical structure so that it doesn't make our brains hurt trying to figure out what you are saying. KTHXBAI.

TrUcKeR- Get some sleep, your grumpy. (More than usual)

it's 'coupler', not a 'cupper'.

Now, back to your jumbled, hard-to-read post.... Did you order that reducer and fit it? Did it work?

Please take the time in your response to type in some semblance of proper grammatical structure so that it doesn't make our brains hurt trying to figure out what you are saying. KTHXBAI.

Ok you have me with the suck ass spelling... I called summit and they don't have in stock so its going to be a little bit of a wait. I want to see if anyone else had the same thoughts or not and if so did they do anything about it.

I think this is a great idea. I will order one when they're in stock. Let us know. Thanks.

http://www.turbohoses dot com/Transition.htm

4th from the bottom. T3124

http://www.turbohoses.com/Transtion2.JPG

http://www.turbohoses dot com/Transition.htm

4th from the bottom. T3124



$40 + shipping?! I can wait for summit to ship.

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$40 + shipping?! I can wait for summit to ship.

If your going to buy one on line.. This one is$10 less my buddy uses this on his 6.0L in is truck and loves it. I am going to go into summit tomorrow and see if they have something else that will work in stock I some times feel bad making the sales guys look up small stuff for hours over the phone.

I have no need for a hose that is triple reinforced for boosted applications. This would do the trick too:

$11.50 + shipping
http://www.mandrel-bends.com/catalog/silicone-couplers-122/silicone-reducers-140/black-silicone-reducers-141/3-50-to-4-00-black-silicone-reducer-1184.html

Step two in this would be relocating the PVC? hose to somewhere other than the reducer. I am pretty sure I can tap into one of the plastic hoses that are there on the TB, but I am not 100% sure.

Pics of the updated intake...
http://www.g8board.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=496&pictureid=2286

http://www.g8board.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=496&pictureid=2287

I bought the coupler from Summit Racing. It was made by Spectra... part # spe-9741. It even came with new clamps! It cost about 15.00. I ended up painting the brass nipple black, and made "L" brackets for the radiator. For $20.00 and an hour of work it looks 100% better- the way it should have been!

This really looks like crap when you compare it...

http://www.g8board.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=496&pictureid=2285

I just ordered one. Can wait to try it out!

may i recommend some tbolt clamps too? they look alot cleaner then hose clamps.

Which size tbolt clamps would we need? 4" and 3.5"?

not a clue, just trying to help :)

:slap:

Thanks for the heads up. :wink2:

lol.

That looks MUCH better.

Any plan to remove the intake silencer cover? Did you just tuck the heater hose off to the side?

You'd want clamps that will fit the outer diameter of the reducer. But I bet 3.5 and 4 would work cuz they have a bit of leeway built in.

and made "L" brackets for the radiator. !

'splain yoself! L brackets? LOL.

Thanks for posting the P/N of that reducer. $16 is better than $40! I'm going to order one for me too.

'splain yoself! L brackets? LOL.

Thanks for posting the P/N of that reducer. $16 is better than $40! I'm going to order one for me too.

I am glad you all like it..

Yeah no problem I would like everyone to throw away those lame looking red hoses that come with the intake unless your car is red and that works for you. So an "L" bracket... Hum well it looks like an L when you hold it up.LOL

I made them to support the radiator in fear that one day the vibrations would cause problems in the lower mounting surface on the radiator. I don't trust the intake to hold it for the next 100K miles. If you look at your radiator each side will have a tab with a 10mm bolt and look towards yourself and about 1" in-front of that is a tab with a hole in it. One of the 3 that are on the black plastic. I made the pice to go in-front of the tab on the radiator and under the tab on the upper bumper area. I wish I would have taken a picture maybe tomorrow I will have a few min its easy to see.

I understand what you are talking about. Maybe start a new DIY Vararam Support Fix thread with pictures?

I think others will want to do it.

Trucker
Thats not a bad idea. I will do that when I get my car back later this week I just dropped it off at the dealership so they can fix my rear main leak.

I received an e-mail from www dot jetttstream dot com saying that he is building a replacement coupler for the vararam, it will be one piece with hose barb integrated. He said keep an eye out for it.

Eta??

jetttstream can't seem to keep anything in stock, so i'm not going to get my hopes up about them.

I received an e-mail from www dot jetttstream dot com saying that he is building a replacement coupler for the vararam, it will be one piece with hose barb integrated. He said keep an eye out for it.


That is good information to know. I spent less than $20 on the "fix" and over 300 for the intake. I hope they keep the price down if not this is intake is going to start to get a little pricy all said and done.

That looks MUCH better.

Any plan to remove the intake silencer cover? Did you just tuck the heater hose off to the side?

You know I don't plan to remove the intake silencer cover as of now. With the heater hose I cut about 4" out of it and loosened the clamps and re-angled them to stay off my coil packs.

I just put 2 of these on GTOs and i just hated how it looked. I never thought about this idea. It makes it look so much cleaner. Great idea, looks amazing. Ill tell the GTO guys about it an show them how much better it looks an im sure they will jump right on it.

Not cheap, but nice looking. Found it by clicking one of the banner ads above this thread.

http://www.hiprospeed.com/HPS-Silicone-Reducer-Performance-Hose-89mm-102mm-p/htsr-089-102.htm

22.95 from my favorite place on the internet. My Lightning is about 80% parts from these guys LOL!

http://racepartsolutions.com/products.asp?cat=38

That looks a lot better than the hose it comes with. I have my Vararam on order now I know how to make it look better thanks :)