Has anyone adapted a varioram intake onto a 95/96 3.6 motor?
What would be involved?
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RDS

 

Adding a vario intake might be beneficial, but one should add the later heads to work with the vario.

 

Kim Ouye did it to his '95, 3.8 liter-equipped car

 

I think Bill Verberg added a Euro-Spec Varioram to his car.

 

 

And Kim almost immediately removed it, so it's in the lump of spares that came to me with the car! Steve didn't find any significant gain; and I believe it came down to this particular car being a track car, so only wide open (or nearly so) mattered.

 

Lot's of stuff. There's no differential in classing the 993 (94-97) from the vario cars whether it be PCA/POC so that tells you right there the varioram isn't the issue. Most of the faster cars ar 1995's!

 

"There were major revisions to the engines required to gain the full benefit from the Varioram installation." Porsche 993 The Essential Companion

 

its great to speculate, but I actually have a varioram on my 95 race car. I can tell you that it made a significant difference midrange from 3K and on.

 

The bigger valves '96+ are just for top-end power, right? Varioram on a small valve car would just give you the torque. The smaller valves might even help with that a bit.

If you look at the dyno plots, the '96+ hp advantage is only in a small range at the very top.

I've thought about it. An extra 30 ft-lbs at 3000-4000 rpm would be most welcome! What's the whole rig cost--$2k or so?

 

That is what I am talking about

 

Danny, I searched on your username but didn't see anything about the parts and installation. Did you ever post details?

 

I have a Varioram that i am thinking of selling if anyone is interested. Complete with Throttle body.

 

Did you supercharge? If so, we need DETAILS AND PICS!!!

 

No I never posted the install. My intake came from germany 3 years ago and its a bit special Its an RS varioram and my mechanic modified the harness to accept the intake. We used the stock 95 ECU.
The car was going ballistic after 4500 RPM before the intake. After the intake it pulls like a freight train from 3000rpm and even lower you can notice the difference. I feel that I may have actually lost some top end, but that maybe just my impression because it pulls so hard and linear from 3000 now. All and all it was worth it for sure for the street it feels great. Trouble is my car is not a street car anymore