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You know me, it's all about the JDM bling factor!
Nope, they just removed the manifold, welded the hole cleaned it out and put a phenolic spacer on. Whether that translates to any additional power, who knows. If nothing else we removed weight, potential boost leaks and made the car 100% emissions non-compliant. Everything I've read about the spacers say that the intake manifold will become noticably colder to the touch.We were originally going to plug the head, but I wasn't terribly comfortable having to worry about a potential catastrophic engine failure should that plug ever come loose. As it turned out, the shop where my friend is tuning the car has an excellent welder on staff, so welding the hole shut was a no brainer.
Nope, they just removed the manifold, welded the hole cleaned it out and put a phenolic spacer on. Whether that translates to any additional power, who knows. If nothing else we removed weight, potential boost leaks and made the car 100% emissions non-compliant. Everything I've read about the spacers say that the intake manifold will become noticably colder to the touch.We were originally going to plug the head, but I wasn't terribly comfortable having to worry about a potential catastrophic engine failure should that plug ever come loose. As it turned out, the shop where my friend is tuning the car has an excellent welder on staff, so welding the hole shut was a no brainer.
show before go, thats what I always say. 
I'm curious to see your results with the spacer. I was going to run one when I did my HG install over the winter. I've had great results using them on other motors but i was advised against it with this one because I was told it doesn't hold up and eventually causes boost leaks.
I'm curious to see your results with the spacer. I was going to run one when I did my HG install over the winter. I've had great results using them on other motors but i was advised against it with this one because I was told it doesn't hold up and eventually causes boost leaks.
Pete, thats becasue you still have EGR and your exhaust is circulating through the mani. Ben is complete removing the system and block off the flow, so his should, in theory, run much cooler.
with the EGR blocked off/removed I'd bet there would be a difference in IM temps. I don't usually bring my IR gun to autox's, but I can. Problem is I don't know when I'll be able to make it to another one...
