The Truth About The Kinetix SSV Intake?
01-13-2008, 07:07 AM
#21
Originally Posted by booger
I personally think the thing is ugly as sin , but to each his own . You can see it did take much thought to put it together . A basic mailbox type plenum box and some runners . You allso have to take it off to change plugs , mixed results [ mostly no results ] on power gains , and a $700-$900 price tag . NO THANKS !!!!
I take my stock plenum off anyway to change plugs. It makes it som much easier, and I don't have to worry about dropping any of the hard to reach bolts. It only take about 10 minutes to pull the upper and lower plenums.
01-13-2008, 07:37 AM
#23
Originally Posted by QuadCam
Larry,
have you seen this intake manifold? It looks similar to the SSV, but with a different plenum and this one is aluminum (the SSV is stainless.) I keep seeing it on Ebay.
have you seen this intake manifold? It looks similar to the SSV, but with a different plenum and this one is aluminum (the SSV is stainless.) I keep seeing it on Ebay.
The welds look beefier too.
01-13-2008, 07:54 AM
#24
Originally Posted by QuadCam
Larry,
have you seen this intake manifold? It looks similar to the SSV, but with a different plenum and this one is aluminum (the SSV is stainless.) I keep seeing it on Ebay.
have you seen this intake manifold? It looks similar to the SSV, but with a different plenum and this one is aluminum (the SSV is stainless.) I keep seeing it on Ebay.
01-13-2008, 08:16 AM
#25
Originally Posted by Zivman
I would at least consider that one because it does say "KINETIX" across it.... I can only imagine how embarrassing it would be to pop your hood to have that name spelled out in big letters across your plenum for everyone to see.
01-13-2008, 09:06 AM
#29
Someone please buy the ebay one and dyno test it asap!! 
BTW it cost almost as much as the Cosworth..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSA...spagenameZWDVW
BTW it cost almost as much as the Cosworth..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSA...spagenameZWDVW
Last edited by Jay'Z; 01-13-2008 at 09:08 AM.
01-13-2008, 10:58 AM
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Originally Posted by George@GTM
Man now I have to decide between this one or the cosworth, Damn! 
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lol.. KU Engineering actually make really nice stuff for being an "ebay" company. It's definitely light years ahead of the SSAutochromes and OBX's
01-13-2008, 12:31 PM
#32
Originally Posted by IntenseFab
KU Engineering actually make really nice stuff for being an "ebay" company. It's definitely light years ahead of the SSAutochromes and OBX's
True..
http://www.japengineshop.com/index.p...7420&Ntype=777
01-13-2008, 01:03 PM
#33
wow that's some expensive shipping on that manifold
gotta wonder how strong it is if it's made out of aluminum with aluminum welds - no wonder the welds look heavy duty, it's aluminum
I also noticed it doesn't have a mounting bracket at the start of the manifold like the SSV has though I'm sure someone good at welding aluminum can weld one on. It'd be more hassle to add additional bungs to it than the SSV because of it being aluminum
curious if it weighs less than the SSV or if they had to make the aluminum really thick
looks like a nice design though, wish the SSV was more curvy like it
gotta wonder how strong it is if it's made out of aluminum with aluminum welds - no wonder the welds look heavy duty, it's aluminum
I also noticed it doesn't have a mounting bracket at the start of the manifold like the SSV has though I'm sure someone good at welding aluminum can weld one on. It'd be more hassle to add additional bungs to it than the SSV because of it being aluminum
curious if it weighs less than the SSV or if they had to make the aluminum really thick
looks like a nice design though, wish the SSV was more curvy like it
Last edited by sentry65; 01-13-2008 at 01:11 PM.
.. But its coming from Thailand.. 
01-13-2008, 01:16 PM
#38
Originally Posted by QuadCam
It says "Karuisawa, Japan" in the ebay listing.
My bad..... Some of their ebay listings said Thailand http://cgi.ebay.com/Nissan-Skyline-R...QQcmdZViewItem.. But you are right.. That one is Japan..
Last edited by Jay'Z; 01-13-2008 at 01:21 PM.
01-13-2008, 01:18 PM
#39
Vizage, when I overlay your graphs (not that this is scientific being months apart, with the different DD software etc), you show that you got a power increase with the crawford but lost low end tq.
do you have aftermarket headers, cams, or any headwork done?
my hunch from looking at your sig is you're on the stock engine and stock exhaust manifolds right?
you're sure the SSV was the only thing changed between dynos?
one last thing, how do we know what gear sharif did your dynos in? Could it be possible he did the first one in 5th gear and the 2nd dyno was done in 4th gear where the turbo wouldn't spool up as early in the rpms as it would in 5th gear?
do you have aftermarket headers, cams, or any headwork done?
my hunch from looking at your sig is you're on the stock engine and stock exhaust manifolds right?
you're sure the SSV was the only thing changed between dynos?
one last thing, how do we know what gear sharif did your dynos in? Could it be possible he did the first one in 5th gear and the 2nd dyno was done in 4th gear where the turbo wouldn't spool up as early in the rpms as it would in 5th gear?
Last edited by sentry65; 01-13-2008 at 01:29 PM.
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