i see all these threads about iso thermal and 5/16 spacers etc..can someone just give me a quick and dirty explaination of which one my brother would need? he has an 03 6mt..what is recommended?he has a Kinetix SSV Intake Manifold, will a spacer work with that?

 

doesnt that replcae the upper and lower? i dont think a spacer works man..

but i am by no means an expert with the kinetics ssv so dont quote me on that..

but im pretty sure it wont work lol

 

yeah the kinetics ssv replaces both upper and lower plenums so the spacer wouldn't be needed. Unless he's thinking of putting back in the stock plenum, no need for the spacer Usually people only get the SSV for FI cars b/c on NA g35's it seems to be too expensive of a product. But IMO it IS a hot looking piece ... i dont even have a G yet and here I am explaining about stuff ... how sad...

 

hahaha thanks..i mean plenum not spacer its one or the other right?

 

if your friend already has the ssv then theres no need for anything else if im not mistaken. correct me if im wrong, please

 

right. if he isn't F/I... tell him to take the SSV off right away... it looks nice under the hood but when your bro pulls upto a civic and it craps on him... thank the SSV... wasted a heck of a lot of money in my opinion if he doesnt have F/I

 

if he already has the ssv there is a need for F/I! lol

 

in terms of plenums and spacers that is..lol

but +10000 for going f/i

i wish i had that kind of money!

 

so ssv is no good at all for cars without f/i?

 

You mean +$10000 to go f/i right?

 

yup

 

that would be a no go at all on ssv w/o F/I

 

If you check out Kinetix's website they have before and after dynos on both F/I and N/A engines. There are substantial gains for F/I, but much much smaller improvements for the N/A engines. As someone else already said, you can achieve the same results for significantly less money by buying one of the Motordyne products (again, that only applies to N/A engines).

 

na i think he meant +10000 for going F/I with the SSV... bc ssv is proven to suck the life outta our Gs w/o F/I

 

so then no ssv because the car is N/A, no lets say we do a plenum and a spacer? is that the right combo?what kind of spacer? and plenum?