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Two inches to short??

LITTLEREBEL

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So yesterday I decided to replace my wobly varam intake with this mopar intake and found out its two inches to short. I was in a bind, so I cut two inches off the varam intake tube and cut the lip off my old throttle body as a temporary fix. It looks bad and the sensor wire is in a bind, but it doesn't leak. Has anyone else ran into this issue and found a fix?


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No issues and looks like the front is sitting too high? I'd have to look at mine.
 

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Just raise your engine a couple inches. Problem solved. :ROFLMAO:

The Ram Air intake I used to have fit perfectly. No need for a spacer. Not sure why that one comes up short.
 

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So yesterday I decided to replace my wobly varam intake with this mopar intake and found out its two inches to short. I was in a bind, so I cut two inches off the varam intake tube and cut the lip off my old throttle body as a temporary fix. It looks bad and the sensor wire is in a bind, but it doesn't leak. Has anyone else ran into this issue and found a fix?

Hate to be Captain Obvious, but one possible fix would be to remove the 2" body lift. Maybe that's why the Vararam was wobbly before. :oops:

Or do what you did, make an adapter from materials you can source locally. I'd have thought some tubing would be available cheaper than cutting up a throttle body, but if it works for you I'm fine with it. :)
 

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Hate to be Captain Obvious, but one possible fix would be to remove the 2" body lift. Maybe that's why the Vararam was wobbly before. :oops:

Or do what you did, make an adapter from materials you can source locally. I'd have thought some tubing would be available cheaper than cutting up a throttle body, but if it works for you I'm fine with it. :)

Thank you cpt. obvious, because that makes sense and I didn't even think about that. Like I stated above, chopping the throttlebody was a fast fix because this is my work truck. I will just look for a better clamp and extend the sensor wires.
 

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