I will be replacing the Intake Manifold soon and I was wondering if anyone has used an Intake Manifold spacer such as the one shown below? Any reviews, otherwise I will be going with the stock gasket.

http://www.vividracing.com/catalog/p...ducts_id/29706

Thanks!

 

If, as you say, you are having the intake manifold off, that would be the time to do it. You might want to look at the Hondata intake gasket as well.

 

Hondata is awesome

Thats one of the first things I did to my car.

PS: Quick reply is not working

 

Yes, it does. I have the Hondata version, and it works great.

Depending on the ambient temperatures, How long the car has been running, etc. and if dogs and cats are living together, I have with my pyrometer measured at a MINIMUM a ~20 degree difference in head temperature vs intake manifold temperature. The temp's were taken just above the gasket about 1/2", then on the intake manifold about 1/2" away from the gasket. After installing it, I did notice a subtle difference in my recently calibrated a$$ dyno. I have taken readings with the car at operating temperatures just after driving, and idling for a few minutes, etc... I must admit, I was impressed.

Is it worth the ~$50 I paid for it? Yes. Was it worth the install? Umm, well the excessive amounts of beers and loud obnoxious music made it a little better. Getting that manifold off was a bizzatch.

 

I put the Hondata intake manifold gasket on my B18C motor and had to get longer studs....do i have to do the same on the EVO?

 

No you shouldnt have to use longer studs. You need a new gasket when you take the manifold off so you might as well just buy a hondata one. They have been dyno pruven to work and people with hondas have been using them forever. if you need one we have them in stock, there $58 shipped.

Thanks,
Chris

 

I dunno. I changed all mine to SS studs, all around the head. Exhaust studs, manifold studs and a few others. So, I never knew if the factory stuff would work.

 

Good price...anything else I can do besides porting the IM to help anything?

Any tips to taking off the IM any easier?

 

Not that I trust Ebay but obviously there has been some problems with the Hondata gaskets per this auction?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=330060879047

 

I have been using the Hondata version on my B18C since '01 and it works wonders for lowering the IAT. I did not use a gasket because the spacer, in essence, is a thick gasket. I saw at least 20* temps drops whenever I datalogged.

 

So you would trust the Hondata gasket for the EVO?

 

Yes, I would trust the Hondata gasket or one of the copies on an EVO. It's kinda difficult to screw up this item.

 

I used the Hondata IMG on my K20A2 and I can honestly say that IAT temperatures were much lower. I monitored the temperatures via K-Pro (Programmable ECU) and saw significant changes in temperatures during stop-and-go traffic as well as at cruising speeds.

-Carl

 

Where were you monitoring temperature from?

 

On the B18C the IAT sensor is mounted on the manifold. I also bypassed the coolant line for the IACV because IACV is not needed when you live on a tropical ROCK.