Phenolic Spacers Anyone?

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Originally Posted by exodus

oh, almost forgot... will it come with a new gasket, or will we have to get one elsewhere?

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Dudes, everybody has to read the 1st post carefully. It comes with longer bolts AND gaskets.

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Originally Posted by mtlswift

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Originally Posted by exodus

oh, almost forgot... will it come with a new gasket, or will we have to get one elsewhere?

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Dudes, everybody has to read the 1st post carefully. It comes with longer bolts AND gaskets.

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Yeah I wasn't going to bring that up...

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Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition... You haven't got them completed, so they aren't to be exclusive... Mine are ready to go...

I was unsure if I should post this, but.... we have plastic intake manifolds. I ran phenolic spacers on my Subaru (http://www.uniquemotorsports.com/subach ... pacers.htm) for a few years and yes they definately keep the intake manifold cooler. Thing is, with a plastic intake, it's not going to heat up. That's one of the advantages to a plastic intake manifold. That said, how is this going to help keep the engine cool on an Aveo when there is no heat transfer anyway? Am I the only one with a plastic intake manifold?

saying there's NO heat transfer is a stretch. Obviously plastic/composite is less conducive to energy than metal.

Has anyone done multiple dyno pulls to actually see if there is or isn't a noticeable drop in power between the first and last pulls?

Another good way to test would be with the use a temp gun, I think. Check the manifold temp at warm idle (before driving, but after warm up). Drive for 20-30minutes, check again. Drive for another 20-30minutes, check again.

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Originally Posted by subachad

I was unsure if I should post this, but.... we have plastic intake manifolds. Am I the only one with a plastic intake manifold?

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I said that (composite manifold). Just by touch, it stays pretty cool to the touch, both the manifold and TB (with the coolant lines bypassed) after a 1 hr city driving jaunt this weekend.

We did dyno pulls with our Probe we had, and on a stock engine (I/E/H) we got a 7hp increase. We threw on our ported manifold and got a 25hp increase total...

does a probe use a plastic manifold?

My custom metal intake is HOT to the touch because it was not coated..while i have touched plastic intakes that were at operating temp that were warm...but not HOT.

No probe is Cast Aluminum... thought he meant in general...

Does this mean I can post in your threads as long as no bashing is occurring?