Phenolic Spacer Options

[kevinatfms]

anyone have any other company that makes a phenolic spacer for the intake manifold? this is what im talking about:
http://www.sharkracing.com/acecart/bin/sho...;cate=010403000

im not looking to spend $100 on something like this. anyone know of any other manufacturer that makes one?

[kevinatfms]

also looking into picking up an intake manifold off of Ebay to do a little porting to. found a few in the $70 shipped range and professional porting is around $250. im thinking I can port the TB area and runners no problem and smooth them out but I don't have a flowbench to test it once Im done. im going to go local and see if any machine shops are willing to do it on the cheap.

This post has been edited by kevinatfms: Apr 25 2013, 01:46 PM

[RPW00Mirage]

ive paid up to $100 for a set of phenolic spacers (TB, and IM) custom made so i don't consider it a horrible price. i dont have any concrete data i would have to find the emanage logs but i was not really seeing any difference in temperatures AFTER a short period of time that the car was running.

[kevinatfms]

ive paid up to $100 for a set of phenolic spacers (TB, and IM) custom made so i don't consider it a horrible price. i dont have any concrete data i would have to find the emanage logs but i was not really seeing any difference in temperatures AFTER a short period of time that the car was running.

I guess ill pass on the spacer then and look into getting the intake manifold ported.

[RPW00Mirage]

not to say that there isn't any gains because there were. for about 5 minutes once the bay got to temp.


a better alternative would be venting the bay instead?

[slowgls]

I guess ill pass on the spacer then and look into getting the intake manifold ported.

I'v heard of people getting some results for porting.

[RPW00Mirage]

i feel the port/polish should always be done first. if you're going with a mild build, that part could potentially be the most expensive, and the mod that can take the longest to get done. so why not get it out of the way?

[songee623]

here is where im sending my extra im to be ported polished and gasket matched http://atelierhp.com/page/home.php?language_id=2

[kevinatfms]

here is where im sending my extra im to be ported polished and gasket matched http://atelierhp.com/page/home.php?language_id=2

im just going to use a dremel and try to make everything even. ill take my time and gasket match it as best i can.

[kevinatfms]

well I found another place that sells a 2.0L Beta 2 phenolic spacer for $80. Im thinking about trying it. Its for a Kia Soul but its the same Beta 2 motor as the XD.

http://www.visionpromotions.net/soulproducts.html
check the bottom of the page.

[kevinatfms]

I updated my TB thread but ill add it here too. I have found a place to cut open, port match and gasket match the throttle body and intake runners and then re-weld the manifold back up. I am waiting for my intake manifold to come in the mail and ill get it sent off ASAP.

http://www.performanceporting.com/

[songee623]

wow thats a good price think im going to go with them when i have the cash!