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I have 2015 ram 1500 with 87mm moes ported throttle body arh headers on way as well . Running pedal commandwe with hemi fever tune. What's best with my mods to run, an s&b or vararam ????


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I've never had the opportunity to check out a Vararam in person but I've seen a few guys mention that they thought it seemed a bit flimsy for the money. I installed a S&B on my 2012 four years ago and I've been pleased with it. Planning to put another one on the 2013 I bought last month.
 

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vararam,,, some like them others say cheap quality for for the price. others have posted pictures of them full of snow.

S&B, seems they are coming through with gaps in the box and are not air tight.

keep in mind i have neither and there are many folks who are happy with either.
 

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I really like the vararam. I've had no issues and it seals to the hood well. And when you pop the hood people are like damn.
 

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I have 2015 ram 1500 with 87mm moes ported throttle body arh headers on way as well . Running pedal commandwe with hemi fever tune. What's best with my mods to run, an s&b or vararam ????

You will likely not like my answer but here goes. You have put a lot of money into your truck to optimize its power. In order to get the right intake, you need to find out how many cubic feet of air the engine is capable of moving with the headers and larger intake. Once you learn that, you can select an intake that has the ability to flow the cubic feet or air the engine is capable of consuming.

Or, just buy the prettiest one :hmm:
 
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Don't care what you install, that's simply a great looking truck



Haha thanks it's a work in progress just trying to figure out what works best


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You will likely not like my answer but here goes. You have put a lot of money into your truck to optimize its power. In order to get the right intake, you need to find out how many cubic feet of air the engine is capable of moving with the headers and larger intake. Once you learn that, you can select an intake that has the ability to flow the cubic feet or air the engine is capable of consuming.



Or, just buy the prettiest one :hmm:



Thanks thats a good point . Moes performance made mention that vararam makes more power (I'm assuming because it's pulls more air due to its much larger size) so I'm leaning towards that but just trying to get the pros and cons of both. The s&b seems to be more restrictive due to it being enclosed .. I don't see how it pulls more air than stock ....


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Are swapping to the vararam intake and ported tb going to require a tune?
 
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No I don't believe so . I'll have Sean at Hemifever look at my log once headers and intake are installed and he will tweak it if need be


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Dont waste your money on a cai just buy a supercharger kit, they come with an open filter [emoji41]


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Dont waste your money on a cai just buy a supercharger kit, they come with an open filter [emoji41]


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Hahahs I wish . That is out of price range for the time being. Lol maybe in 5 years when my warranty runs out


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That's a great looking truck, where did you get those headlights

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I separated lenses and painted them black and installed a switchback halo kit in them. I could hace had retro shop do them but would have cost me 900 bucks !!! Did them myself for about 350.... Lemme know j could do u a set!


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I separated lenses and painted them black and installed a switchback halo kit in them. I could hace had retro shop do them but would have cost me 900 bucks !!! Did them myself for about 350.... Lemme know j could do u a set!


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Ya keep then halogen or get a retrofit kit and hid

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I bought the S&B. Seems to be pretty good quality overall. Haven't been able to get it installed because of rain this weekend.

I was debating between these two intakes myself. I found some threads about poor quality, fitment and rubbing on the vararam.

The S&B doesn't seal well and I've seen some threads here about the lower part of the intake getting loose and making rattling noises.

Neither are perfect.
 
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I run led bulbs and painted the lights myself and wired in the kit myself too . Ordered them off ledconcepts.com


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Where did you get that hood and what cai did you end up getting?
 
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