C6 Vararam Intake Install with Throttle Body Spacer – Medium

Shockerracing.com - C6 CORVETTE VARARAM INTAKE & THROTTLE BODY SPACER INSTALL

Tools Needed:

Razor Knife
Flathead Screwdriver
Size 4 and Size 5 Allen wrenches
Pliers
White Marker or Crayon
Scotch Tape
10mm Socket and Ratchet

Sorry I have not yet updated the photos in this post but here is a link to the photos on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14476980@N ... 093735345/

Step 1: First you will need to remove the stock air box assembly. In order to do this unclip the two metal clips on each side of the stock air box and pull the 2 stock air filters up and out. Then there is the long plastic cover that goes over and across both filters, this just pulled up and off once the two factory filters were removed. Then unplug the Mass Air Flow sensor connector, there is a light gray safety piece that has to be pulled out of the plug so that you can unplug this connector. Then unplug the other sensor from the air bridge between the MAF and the Throttle Body. Next, using the flathead screwdriver you will need to loosen the hose clamp that holds the air bridge onto the throttle body. Once that is loose you can pull the bridge off of the throttle body and pull the whole assembly up and off(note; there are two plastic plugs that hold the factory airbox down these unplug just by pulling them up and off).NOTE: Thanks to JBSBlownc5 I have been made aware of the fact that the 2008 Z-51 cars have a new oil cooler that is in the way of the Vararam. He mentioned that Vararam can include a relocation bracket that seems fairly easy to install. I am including a couple of JBSBlownC5's pictures at the end of this install write-up

Step 2: Installing the Throttle Body Spacer: in order to remove the throttle body spacer you will need to remove all 4 of the 10mm bolts that hold the throttle body to the intake manifold. These unscrew pretty easily and will allow enough room for the spacer to slide behind. Using the new bolts that have been provided with the spacer(they are longer), slide the bolts through the throttle body and through the spacer and screw them back into the manifold. You will want to tighten these until they are snug but do not overtighten as the rubber with then become smashed. You will want to come back and tighten these up again after the intake is completely installed and you let the engine run and warm up a bit.
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Step 3: Next you will want to assemble the whole intake just so that you know what the whole intake will look like. You can attach the MAF to the intake using the provided adapter (red) and using the two clamps. Then this will all be ready to go after you cut the hole in the radiator shroud.
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Step 4: (NOTE: Many people have accidentally damaged their Condensor when cutting the shroud. I highly recommend sliding something up behind the shroud such as some thick cardboard or preferably a board to protect your Condensor. Also, it will help if you start to make your cut at the top of the shroud and finish at the bottom)Next you will need to cut out the template for cutting the radiator shroud. You will need to lay the template out on the radiator shroud and center it. You can see in the next picture how I traced the template. Then the next two pics show how it looked after I initially cut the shroud. I then found after trying to put the intake in that you need to cut further down on the shroud to allow the intake to sit properly. The two plastic humps at the bottom need to be almost completely cut off in order for the intake to sit flush and mount properly. We took our time and kept cutting small amounts off at a time to be sure not to cut off more than was necessary. Once you cut enough and test fit the intake so that is sits properly you can install the rubber gasket piece that surrounds the edge of the shroud where you just cut. This gasket gives the radiator shroud a nice clean look.
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Step 5: Next you will need to remove the two allen screws that are in the front of the radiator shroud. The stock allen screws were a size 4. Then you can use the new allen (Size 5) screws that are provided to screw in the red bracket. Once the bracket is mounted be sure to check that the bottom part of the intake hooks on the two plastic bumper tabs so that it looks like picture g. Once this is all set you can slide the bridge back over the throttle body and tighten down all of the screws for the clamps. Double check all of your screws and bolts to be sure they are tight.

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Here are some pics of the finished product:




Once everything was installed and checked start her up and let her run a bit so that the Throttle body spacer gets warm and resnug the throttle body bolts.

Vararams instructions are pretty good but I just felt that some things would have gone a little more smoothly if they had been mentioned so that is why I did my own write up.

The notes and write-up I have done were for my own personal use in the future. I noticed that many people were having issues installing their Vararam so I thought it would be helpful to post my write-up online. This write up is just to help my fellow Corvette enthusiasts, and I accept no responsibility for any mistakes or errors that are made. Shockerracing.com will continue to update our writeups as we find out new information or complete more installs.

Added JBSBlownc5's 2008 Z-51 Oil Cooler Bracket Pics:



Here is a video that allows you to hear the Vararam sucking the air in! A lot of people have asked if the car has a turbo on it!
http://www.spdkilz.org/Video-Audio/Rand ... r/Ryan.wmv

JAMES WHERE ARE THE PICTURES?!?!?!?!?!?!?

I have to find them somewhere and reupload them.