Z1 Performance

iTrader: (564)

thats cool you'll be testing it vs other strut braces...though in terms of the overall design, the stock one blows away anything else currently offered by the aftermarket

cdrami

Very Cool.... put me in for "interested in a plastic top plenum"

G35 Coupe here... so a plain black plenum sounds great!

Quick Question though... Will we (G35 owners) be able to put the engine cover back onto the plenum?

Thanks in advance and best of luck to you!

Ultimateone

TTT

trackstar

This is very exciting *giggle giggle*

Enron Exec

Uber nice guys!

For your FI plenum, instead of aluminum... what about dry carbon fiber? Low heat soak, light weight, a bit exotic, but a lil pricey.

I agree, leave it plain black plastic with no logo, ppl will end up painting it to match the other stuff under their hood.

MY350Z.COM

iTrader: (2)

let's be realistic here.

mdracer76

iTrader: (1)

mmmm... carbon fiber

Good luck on the plenum.. add me to the interested list

daytona350zr

Ok heres the million dollar question: Assuming we can retain the OEM strut bar w/ the plastic plenum, is your planned design going to allow as much flow increase as the current crawford plenum? With the crawford you have to remove the strut bar because they raise the plenum clearence all the way to the hood. Im interested in what kind of design you have in mind.

Stock plenum= 30% difference in air flow from front the rear cylinders.
Crawford plenum= 5%
Lsdunique plenum (plastic)= ?????


PS. put me on the interested list.

John

03daytonablue

Same thing I was wondering about. I know he said that it would be a new 1 piece plenum unlike the stock 2 piece plenum now which would give us extra room to work with but can will still make it large enough to get that 100% flow to all cylinders and still keep the stock strut bar? It would be pretty nice if so

Apexi350z

iTrader: (3)

I don't think there will ever be 100% even flow from front to back, since the air comes in from the front (thottle body) and not from the middle... but 5% difference is pretty good!

lsdunique

iTrader: (3)

Yes, the design will maximize the flow to the front cylinders while keeping the strut bar. Hopefully we will get as close to 5% as possible, or even closer. By using plastic, we can make our design and use of space as EFFICIENT as possible. Closely hugging the strut bar and the actual thickness of the plenum will be less as it passes under and around the strut bar, while maintaining a comlpletely smooth path for the air to travel.

We are confident we can get the same performance, while keeping the strut bar. This is a top priority with this plenum.

ajk4

any new updates? has the r&d begun, or is it still in the planning stages? any updates would be appreciated, 'cause if this falls through i'm probably gonna go with crawford.

FLY BY Z

dude have you not read this thread?

oblivion112

iTrader: (1)

the plenum would be cool if it function like the top secret one in the pic below. air would flow from front to rear. might help with the clearence issue too. just my .02 cents

lsdunique

iTrader: (3)

ooooohhhhh I like, anyone have any info on this manifold? more pics or specs or anything?

daytona350z

iTrader: (19)

that setup would be sooo sweet!!!

12SecZ

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FLY BY Z

What would it take to relocate the throttle body way over there? Just a longer wire or is it more involved? Also, any ramifications of having the MAF pretty much right next to the throttle body as obviously the intake tract will be quite short. Also, how does this integrate into/over the radiator?

VQ35DES

thats somthing id be willing to pay big bucks for

ajk4

yeah in fact i've read all five pages, and the only real info was lsdunique saying that development would take 5 weeks with the final product ready 2 weeks after the prototype is put on. this was a couple pages back (weeks ago), and i was simply wondering if there was any new info from them, about what they're doing. hopefully they are doing something instead of rehashing over the idea for weeks. here is the original info as posted "plastic plenum - best case scenario - 5 weeks - prototype on car - with release 2 weeks later". like i said, i was wondering if things were still on schedule.