Hit 20,000 miles, so thought I should give my baby a present for being so good to me. Just got this thing strapped on yesterday. Gonna try to make an independent review as I have now had both the crawford and kinetix plenums (although I have not had v4 kinetix). Don't argue which is better here; these are just my experiences, doesn't need to be a flame war.

Opening the box
Both packaged extremely well
Both come with all hardware needed
Kinetix came with loctite, crawford did not
4 lower plenum bolts: crawford hex heads, kinetix allen heads
Both look high quality

Installation
Both very similar. I would say crawford SLIGHTLY easier as you don't have to hook up the cooling block and don't have to be as careful with torquing the bolts.

Driving impressions
Both pull well. Crawford seems to have more power up-top, but Kinetix has more power down low. Both sound great. The car now roasts my toyo 275s on the 1-2 shift instead of just chirping them.

Bottom line
I've loved both of these plenums. If the Kinetix v4 has no problems, I think the two are very comparable. I am considering nitrous as one of my freinds has a kit from his old mustang, and I would not feel comfortable F/I with the Kinetix manifold, but I do with the Crawford. Basically I think the decision comes down to personal preference and if you plan on going F/I or NA.



VIDEO CLIP

 

Wren

I think it might be time to clean your POPCharger!

Lou

 

Yeah, I need to do that. Is this you?

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...earchid=137530

 

Link No Bueno

 

Thanks,

I am waiting for Crawford to send me mine. Suppose to get red powder coat. Maybe it will help my times at the track. Last night I only did a 14.7. While another guy with less mods was around 14.4. NOS will get you in the 12s. Mysunset350z is in the lower 12s with his NOS. I am thinking of getting NOS in the winter.

 

...psst the lock-tite was already on the bolts from Crawford!

 

Hrm...

If you want it, PM me your email address. It is just 1.85mb. Can anyone host?

 

PM me or IM me at PhoenixINX.

Crawford's will be happy to help!

 

http://www.crawfordz.com/videos/crawfordplenum.MPG

Thanks!

 

Your car sounds gooood man

 

DAMN...that sounds awesome....honestly, does kinerix plenum make the engine sound like a v8 like crawford does?

 

sounds good.

u sell more stocks to buy that? haha. complain about money...sell stocks....buy toys.

 

Nope... sold Kinetix manifold to buy that.

Kinetix does sound similar; it growls a little bit more, but I'd say the crawford sounds a little deeper.

Here is an album of vids of my car with the same mods, only the Kinetix plenum instead of the crawford;
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4287122789

I hope this will work... another video of crawford under load. I have a 40mb vid of me driving around town in all conditions (WOT, cruising, etc). if you want it, PM me or IM me...
http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4288557365
Movie is at the end of the album.