6 month vararam Air Grabber review.

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Vararam Air Grabber intake

I have a brand new 2016 ram 4x4 bighorn hemi 1500. I want to purchase the vararam intake for it. Please chime in on performance...any issues? Trouble with snow? Trouble with the active shutters?
I love the look, and would like to know if it sounds more throaty at WOT? I can be emailed by members so please, feel free!! My name is Brian btw...
 
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I have noticed that when driving in real heavy rain/snow for a good period of time, the water gets up to the filter. but there are drain holes. I have seen where people put a cloth towel on the front of the filter to help soak up some of the water.

I believe that the vararam still works with the shutters, cause whenever you press the peddle the shutters open to let air in.
 

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I have a brand new 2016 ram 4x4 bighorn hemi 1500. I want to purchase the vararam intake for it. Please chime in on performance...any issues? Trouble with snow? Trouble with the active shutters?
I love the look, and would like to know if it sounds more throaty at WOT? I can be emailed by members so please, feel free!! My name is Brian btw...

I love mine, no issues at all with rain, we don't get snow.
 
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How does it sound under wide open throttle? Hopefully more throaty than stock?

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I honestly changed so much so quickly I didn't get very much for a before and after. So I don't want to give you false information haha. Next time I will do a build thread.
 

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Hard to say, It's definitely throatier, but if you look, mines not like any of the rest because I custom built mine and modified it to work on an 03 Hemi for which they don't exist. It also has a deep rich rumble and loud when pushed due to the Gibson Cat-Back.

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Does anyone know how long it'll take to receive my vararam Air Grabber intake from moe's performance? I ordered it today and withing 3 minutes I had an email saying that it had shipped?

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I think I got mine in a few days really no time at all and install was a breeze.
 

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Does anyone know how long it'll take to receive my vararam Air Grabber intake from moe's performance? I ordered it today and withing 3 minutes I had an email saying that it had shipped?

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Dang, we must have been slacking...we try to send tracking info out within 2 minutes :roflsquared:

Shipping to NY is 3 days, so you should see it up there on Thursday.
 
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Thank you so much chief. I'm looking forward to installing it and getting a tuner....as soon as the encryption is cracked on the generation lV engine management!! Lol. I was a die hard ford guy until 2012 when I purchased my first ram.. an express model. I love the big horn!!!

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And even though ford never broke on me, or did me wrong, I'll NEVER go back to anything other than ram's

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2016 bighorn vararam Air Grabber intake arrived and installed!

Received my vararam yesterday afternoon and it took 20 minutes to install it. Very easy, and excellent fit and finish. I'll post pictures after work this afternoon.

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Thanks for sharing Brian and/or Chrissy. Nothing beats the excitement of new mods!
 

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Looking forward to your pictures and driving impressions.
 
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As you can see, I used a razor knife to trim the foam used to cover and protect the radiator etc. It was the EASIEST intake I've ever installed on ANY of the trucks I've owned. Vararam is an extremely well made product in my opinion...

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Looking forward to your pictures and driving impressions.
Pictures posted chief. Love the throttle response, and have gotten so many positive remarks about the look!

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