SungNamZ lives by me.....I've seen the dyno and have been in the car....Its fo real!!!!

 

Phunk,

You have very GOOD and valid questions, however the answers are exactly what took us so long to find. So of course, I wont be telling you all the exact dimensions and plenum volume ratios that we came to.

But here are a couple answers.

All the runners are the SAME length overall, so yes some are staggered

** the factory lower plenum runners are not the same length!! , this may have been due to space limitations but they are different by around .5"

We may in the future offer additional "bung" welding for nitrous, injectors, etc.

The manifold does come with 1 extra 1/8" npt bung with plug welded in.

 

You must have me confused with someone else. I have advised people in the past to choose Crawford over Kinetix because two of my friends have had issues with their Kinetix plenums cracking and what not. My opinions are from personal experience. I don't recall "bashing" Kinetix, especially in "every one of their plenum threads..."

Also, it is true that I have a Crawford plenum, but that makes no difference. The guys at Crawford have been great to me but my loyalty is to making power above everything else. If it turns out the gains are that significant my Crawford will be up for sale in a heartbeat. I am definitely not afraid of spending money to make power.

And if you read my whole post you would see that I am hoping the intake manifold makes that much power. It just seems too good to be true. Especially with the VQ35.

 

you will lose low end torque...lots

you will only see minimal gains at valve floating rpm's

you could mount a wash tub on the z for an intake and blow 15lbs in there...would run like hell

 

topfri...did you read the thread?

 

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yes I've read them all

this guy is primarily talking about FI gains, I don't doubt that

this looks to me like another n/a dispointment

unless you want to drive your z like an s2000

 

So it's ready for N20, I might have to get this!

 

Looks promising!

It was not very clear to me ... but, do we have access to the passenger side spark plugs w. this plenum in place???

 

This sucks ****! Im driving two hours to the Z garage on the 18th to get my car tunned. Any chance I can get one before that?

 

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NA NUMBERS!!! and i dont think we can expect it to clear the strut now, can we?

 

YES! The only thing you can't get to once the INTAKE is installed is the injectors on the passenger side. By your question, I know you have changed the plugs and know the relationship of coils to some of the harnesses and grounding wires in this pic. Hope it helps and answers your question?

 

The pics I have posted is of the "prototype". Strut was removed for installation and testing. lsdunique in is announcement states, "*This manifold WILL clear the factory strut bar and most (possibly all) aftermarket strut bars."

 

This manifold WILL clear the factory strut bar, and should fit most aftermarket bars, however I cant make promises on the aftermarket bars yet because we have not personally tried them.

 

Do you have any updated info on the actual release date of this plenum as well as the pricing? I know you stated a range, but when will we have a definitive price? As I said earlier, Vortech goes on hopefully later this month and I really want one of these!

 

Did you state when we will see NA dyno numbers? I remember something about your testing it on a stock 03 Z but don't recall any results

 

This new "upper half" manifold sounds great. BUT, it still maintains the extra bend of the OEM lower manifold, keeping an extra bend in the intake air flow. Is it not possible to make a COMPLETELY new intake that bolts directly to the heads? Having the straightest run to the intake valve just makes sense to me. This would require a cross ram manifold. But why hasn't anyone explored this concept?

 

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Exactly what I was thinking.

I have a feeling that NA gains will not be as exciting.....but I'm hoping for sure.