Phenolic Spacers Anyone?

[y2dgone]

He didn't bash, he asked a legimate question about the intake manifold that did not seem to be meant to deter people from your product. So both xtreme and spec-r let's keep it that way.

[mtlswift]

someone needs to chop up an aveo IM and measure the thermal conductivity wrt to phenolic.
I guess the point is that you can't directly correlate HP gains between a metal IM and a plastic IM... with metal IMs I've read about 4% gains after heatsoak... plastic + ~90 whp stock might net you 1-2 hp max.

[subachad]

From the research I have done which included running phenolic spacers on my Subaru, they don't actually add power, but they help keep you from losing it as your engine gets heat soaked. I can vouch for their effectiveness on an all aluminum engine as found in the subie, but I simply do not see how they could work on a car which already has a plastic intake manifold.

Swaybars would sure be nice though

[khan4rtist]

oh yes we definetly need some swaybars big time, this car rolls too much

[xtreme 2]

working on it... but since the only test subject I have is a complete engine on a stand, I don't have much to work with right now for suspension products...