Ice cold air.

[fast_Orange]

Hey guys. kinda new to the site. just wondering what your opinion is on the best cold air intake for a 2007 style hemi? I was thinking either Vararam or Volant, but figured I'd ask someone that's actually swapped their intakes. thanks!:rockit:

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

First things first: Welcome!

Second, you can't go wrong with either. The other Admin, OklaHemi, has a Vararam and loves it. There are complaints about fit and finish though. Hopefully he'll chime in soon.

BTW, how did you find us?

[ramthis9501]

Welcome to ORC! I helped Mike with the install on his vararam and it was actually pretty easy, looks cool under the hood lol

[fast_Orange]

I just did a search for ram forums, then decided id rather go more local. I'm a member of the onepercent.net forum as well,mainly just from having some buddies that had cars that i drooled over.

How hard is it to fully install the vararam VS just swapping the box and filter and tube if i were to get the volant? the only somewhat difficult thing i saw on the instructions was routing the tubes to the front of the truck, which didnt even look that hard.

BTW david, i love your ram, before i purchased my '07, i almost bought an '11 outdoorsman, but do to getting the runaround from a salesman i bailed. i LOOOOVE the new hemi's

[Matt]

I just did a search for ram forums, then decided id rather go more local. I'm a member of the onepercent.net forum as well,mainly just from having some buddies that had cars that i drooled over.

How hard is it to fully install the vararam VS just swapping the box and filter and tube if i were to get the volant? the only somewhat difficult thing i saw on the instructions was routing the tubes to the front of the truck, which didnt even look that hard.

BTW david, i love your ram, before i purchased my '07, i almost bought an '11 outdoorsman, but do to getting the runaround from a salesman i bailed. i LOOOOVE the new hemi's

ha this sounds familar lol seems like thats the new thing to do on the 11 outdoorsman ... :welcome:

[fast_Orange]

yea it was the last of there 11's, i just wanted a single cab hemi,possibly the express package, and he offered the brand new outdoorsman to me at 22.9, upon almost jumping all over it , told me he didnt do his homework and told me the rebates were only for militiary,etc.. so the price magically jumped back up to 25,9 and he couldnt understand why i didnt wanna buy it anymore.

[OklaHemi]

installing the vararam took about 30 minutes total, not bad at all. i really like it and once i made the modified funnel for oil changes i started liking it a lot more

[fast_Orange]

Yea I bet it made the oil cap a pain to get to for oil changes.

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

If it were me I would do the VR.

[fast_Orange]

well i plan on getting an srt-10 hood or some kind of ram air system down the line so i want to make it all work together.

[ramthis9501]

A member on here has a srt10 hood and just ran a cai to where it was sitting right behind the opening in the hood. Pretty good air flow

[fast_Orange]

i think volant has a cold air that fits like that, i was thinking i could get a CAI for it and hook the srt-10 scoop to it. tryin to figure out how I'd make that work.

[hemipowered22z]

If your planning on an srt 10 hood Id wait and get the ram air intake by K&N built specifically for the srt 10 hood. FYI there was an SRT10 hood on tulsa CL the other day for 650

[fast_Orange]

I think I came across it. I'm gonna look into it.

Also, is the k&n ram air worth it? Usually with them I find you pay for the name.

[OklaHemi]

It has been said many times that the scoop on the srt-10 hoods are not meant to function as a ram air but more a heat extraction point but i dont have one so i dont know. but for something that custom you will be paying regardless of what name.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Volant-Cold-Air-Intake-04-06-Dodge-SRT10-SRT-10-8-3L-/400214265432?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item5d2ea10e58#ht_3424wt_1398

guys have ran this type of setup which is cheaper

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BCP-03-08-Ram1500-5-7-HEMI-V8-Dual-Twin-Air-Intake-Kit-/130537134005?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ARam+1500&vxp=mtr&hash=item1e649e97b5

or you could just run the vararam which is "true" ram air and looks bad ass.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vararam-02-07-Dodge-Hemi-5-7L-Cold-Air-Intake-Induction-/230655172647?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr&hash=item35b41ea027#ht_3940wt_1165

[fast_Orange]

the second one look pretty neat, but the fit and finish seems kinda sketchy, if i went with a route like that ,id probly just go with spectre.