http://www.volant.com/idetail.asp?ID=513

It seems to look a little restrictive with the air box. Anyone seen this in person? There is no mention of tuning required. Maybe it's like a K&N unit with an air box. If anyone has this can you post pic of it installed. I've seen pics of these installed on F-150's but not on an S197.

Thanks,

 

 

Appreciate it Got Oatz! Looks very good installed! Wonder how it compares to the more popular and tuned required intakes....

Again thanks!!!

 

I doubt you'll get the numbers that you do with a kit requiring a tune, but atleast you'll get cooler IATs.

 

I've seen a few of those Volants at car shows over the summer. Looks allright under the hood, and it is a no tune intake (MAF housing same diameter as stock). Now if you got it and had a reputable shop (like Tillman's, for example) dynotune your car, you could really get some power out of it. I am also running a "no tune intake" (AEM Brute Force) and had CR dynotune it. I'm putting down 287 RWHP/304 RWTQ. Those numbers are as good as some of the "must tune" intakes with larger MAF housings which to me says what you've read a milion times before - the power is in the tune, not the intake itself. If you like the looks of the Volant - get the Volant. Just don't expect much without the tune to go along with it.

 

Pretty much what he said. I had a significant increase swapping my maf housing and tweeqing it on the dyno but as he said most of the gains are from the tune.

 

I've seen it now.

300GT, that's really **** close to mine. I'm running a Granatelli CAI with a K&N filter. And CR was really impressed with it, tuning really close to the C&L. You're within 2HP and 7ft-lbs of mine. There's gotta be a margin for error for the quality of gas, temperature, weather (you can only compensate with the computer to a point), etc. I'd say this thing is right up there with tune-required intakes. Plus, like you said most of it is in the tune.

 

I'd like to see what a bone stock before and 'just' a tune after would look like.

 

I've yet to tune one of these Volant intakes. I've sold them for alot of diesel trucks with great luck. *scratches head*

Judging by the looks of the inlet tube, it looks like it should make 285+RWHP on 93.

 

I'd be interested in some pricing on one of these for my '07 GT, could you PM me a price CR. I'm running your 93 tune right now but with the stock air box. I'd like to see what the gains would be like with this and a revised tune.

 

I like the looks of it, really clean looking, but I think I'd rather have a less restrictive air flow