Lower intake spacer?

[coolbet13]

Lower intake gasket sprung a leak tonight so i was gonna ask you guys what you thought bout this since I gotta fix it now.
http://www.cheetahonline.com/products/g3023.html

[Smoke Panther]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

yea, you're gonna have serious clearance issues putting a half-inch gasket under the intake

[UDLOSE98]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

hmm, thats cool, never seen that befor, and 1/2 an inch will NOT cause clearance issues. However a regular gasket will run you like $20 plus you get a TB gasket. Its a cool concept and it may be good for some hp, but not enough to even feel. I would go with a stock gasket.

[WickEdSix9838]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

While it probably wouldn't hurt to add some runner length to our intakes, that spacer will completely interrupt the flow through the intake ports.

[UDLOSE98]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

While it probably wouldn't hurt to add some runner length to our intakes, that spacer will completely interrupt the flow through the intake ports.

good point, it would really interupt the flow

/ -upper intake
| -spacer
/ - lower intake

[Smoke Panther]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

hmm, thats cool, never seen that befor, and 1/2 an inch will NOT cause clearance issues.

yea, looks like I was wrong.

to the OP, you'll gain much more from buying a stock gasket and eBaying an intake setup (CAI if it's a 97 or older, whisperlid if it's a 98+) than buying a half inch gasket to stick in there

[IDoVoodoo]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

While it probably wouldn't hurt to add some runner length to our intakes, that spacer will completely interrupt the flow through the intake ports.

Yeah, you're right. But how about porting the spacer to match the intakes? If possible, I think it's a good find.

[coolbet13]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

well I go to School for mechanical engineering and thats sorta what I thought the upper and lower runners are matched but the spacer is straight so someone needs to redesign this thing.

[UDLOSE98]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

Yeah, you're right. But how about porting the spacer to match the intakes? If possible, I think it's a good find.

with the way the are setup it cant be done.

[coolbet13]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

would be cool if someone could use this for a nifty direct port setup!:naughty:

[IDoVoodoo]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

with the way the are setup it cant be done.

Yeah, it wouldn't be perfect. But you could smooth/round out the angles and make it like slight backwards "S". Well, that's the image I have in my head.

[97burnout]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

your talking about what is also know as a "plenum spacer" (lower and upper)... word

[Kal-El]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

how would it interupt the flow????? i kinda like it

[IDoVoodoo]

Re: Lower intake spacer?

how would it interupt the flow????? i kinda like it

because the ports on the intakes are angled toward the heads. The spacer looks to be straight.

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