someone made this carbon fiber engine cover for the 350z and was wondering if it would fit on the sedan or coupe..



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No way of knowing without test fitting, but my guess is that it will. I'm pretty sure the front mounting holes are the same, but the 2 at the rear (of the Carbon Fiber Cover) I'm not sure of. They may line up with 2 other plenum bolts on our G's.

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Yes! Rear bolts are not a problem. Modifications are necessary for cars with a mechanical fan and stock air intake system.

Here's a picture of my engine with the 350Z Air Duct, Engine Ornament (Cover) and "Stealth" installation of GordGee's 7-wire Hyper-Ground Kit.



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I'm pretty sure that's the Real Sports carbon fiber cover, and it should fit, according to the guys at Bulletproof Automotive...

"All the Power in the World resides in the Eyes..."

 

Looked at Bulletproof's site and look what I found. Wonder if it is better than the Crawford plenum? If it fits the Z, then it should fit ours. Price looks to be cheaper too. The way I see it, is that we might be able to use our stock plenum lid and look totally stock.

http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com...il.php?ID=1172

 

Mike - I emailed Colin @ BPA for particulars. I'll post any reply.

 

dholly,

Good deal.

Did you ask Colin about increases in HP - Torque?

How about a group buy if the $$/HP is worth the expense?

DaveO

 

Mike,

How did you find this on their bbs? I went to bulletproof's
site and found only aero kit stuff plus an exhaust listed
under G35/coupe/sedan. Also nothing designed for the
sedan, only coupe stuff.

2003 Twilight Blue Sedan 5AT, sunroof, Graphite Leather,
splashguards, GG red 8 wire Hypergrounding kit, 350Z intake duct, K&N filter.

 

DaveO - yes, but no reply as of now...still a little early on the west side.

find it under 350Z intake link

 

cato, its actually under the 350z section...its for the 350z...but people are telling me it fits for the sedan and coupe...but its pretty pricey...700 smackers..

The one that I found is only 2bills...

 

ok - I'm too impatient to wait. With apologies to dyenboy for the hijack, I found this info on my350Z.com:

- All you get are the blue "spacer" pieces, not the entire manifold.
- According to Esprit, the spacers add 10mm height to the stock plenum to improve the air flow issue with the front cylinders.
- It looks as if the intent behind the Esprit setup is similar to what Crawford was trying to achieve, just not as good. While the Esprit spacers would allow for more overall flow into the intake manifold, it doesn't look like it will correct for the 30% flow differential between the front and rear cylinders as well as the Crawford Plenum does.

A member there also emailed Colin and received this reply:

"The Esprit intake actually fits betwen the upper and lower manifold. According to Esprit, it acts sort of like a large gasket, lengtheing the intake runners to allow them to breath better and increase hp and throttle reponse throughout the entire powerband. They haven't posted any dyno numbers on it as of yet. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks, Colin"

That should pretty much put this one to bed.

Now, about that carbon fiber cover...would this 1/2 cover help eliminate the "bending" necessary when replacing full stock cover over the Crawford, assuming of course you didn't mind the rear manifold exposed?

 

Cato,
I found the Pleneum under the 350Z section.

Dholly,
Great. Let us know what BPA has to say.

DaveO,
A group buy sounds very interesting.

Dyenboy,
That chick in your sig always looks wasted. Cool. Where did you see a $700 price? I only saw the $495 price.

 

mbarrad,
sorry..i was looking at this one...

http://www.bulletproofautomotive.com...il.php?ID=1010 since that was my orginal post...

 

$495 just for the gasket is a bit steep.. I am very interested in the gain versus Crawford. If similay I will go with gasket..

-PratG35