New Volant Intake

[Rick]

Here's a shot of my new Volant Cold Air Intake.




I bought it off of ebay. The seller included the polished aluminum top. The directions were terrible though it's pretty evident where everything goes. I looked at a few pictures on the web where people had installed the same intake. That is pretty much all you need. The fit and finish overall is okay at best. The fit was very, very tight. My worry was that the breather tube needed a little more space. It was jambed up against the throttle body. I figured the flex of the engine would mess something up so I trimmed the length of it by about a 1/2 inch to allow a little movement.

Volant forgot to add a few parts so I needed to improvise a few things. The tube for the breather hose coming off the back and a few screws. They ended up giving me two more hose clamps than I needed. I reused the stock coupling for the throttle body because I didn't like the look of the one they supplied.

I haven't driven it yet but you can hear the throaty roar as it sucks in air when you nail the throttle. I'll post back after a few hundred miles to see if there are any mileage gains.

Overall.. I like the "bling" factor under the hood... Though a polished aluminum tube (like the polished K&N) would make it look even better.

[H3MAN]

Looks great that is the kit I am going to get. I also looked at the k$n 77 series that you had mentioned, the only downfall to that one is that it is not sealed like the Volant is. I am curious to know if it has performance gains with it being enclosed and not opened like the 77 series. How much did you pay for that system?

[DDWH]

Looks nice

Cool-underhood bling. I'm sure there will be more of that in the future.

S.

[Rick]

Thanks all... H3Man... I paid $249 with free shipping from a seller on ebay. To tell you the truth... I think the claimed HP & better gas mileage claims come mainly from the fact that the engine breathes better... Not so much because of the cooler intake charge. The Volant is not a true sealed box either. It has a funnel type hole in the bottom of the air box and the instructions say "add accessory"... I think that you can add a bottom scoop to get additional cold air. But if you don't buy the add-on item... You just have a hole in the bottom of the air box. I would imagine that it's just pulling in hotter air from the engine bay.

All in all... I like the bling factor and I like the throaty sound of the throttle. I have always put K&N filters on my vehicles. The Volant is very similar... Gauze fabric with their "special" oil on it. Volant's is dyed blue instead of red like K&N.

I'll post every now and then as to the gas mileage after a few tanks of gas.

[BB]

I have installed the same intake system with Poweraid TBS. The combination of Volant and Poweraid is really good.

[HummerHawaii]

Poweraid? Isn't that a juice?

a sportdrink like Gatorade...

[Rick]

I added the throttle body spacer too. It's pretty annoying to hear the hiss/whistle... But it's tolerable. My wife thought something was broken.

So far I've added the Volant CAI, the TBS and the Mangaflow dual exhaust. The butt dyno says that it's got a much more responsive throttle and a little more power at speed for passing. Gas mileage hasn't increased at all... But then I regularly cruise at 80+MPH. My high was 17.6 on a day I took it easy. I would imagine that 55-60MPH would net 18+MPG... But then people would be honking and flipping the finger when passing.

[startin\' young]

does it use ther stock tube from the outside of is it useless now