New VQ40DE Frontier Intake Manifold Spacer - Please share your comments

[blackcc06]

Come on people .We need this thing done and tested by the end of the month . No is not an option Aaron !

[JMD]

I cannot wait to see the dyno number for these products!

[bigdog]

I could not disagree more! I am very interested to see what aaron comes up with and what type of documented performance gains he can achieve.

Personally, I will never buy anything from WRP until those members of this board that have been harmed by him, are satisfied with the resolution. I don't care what he sells his "performance parts" for.

[Autospirit]

Originally Posted by mastiff

wrp just got a new gasket and lowered price to 145 for ims.......


aaron, my thoughts are simple. lets not waste time recreating something we already have available to us...... make some other performance part that no one is currently offering......if everyone pitches in with their own unique part, well get further quicker....

Well, Aaron's part could be unique in the fact that multiple prototypes will be tested prior to settling on a final design. Not just a build something that fits, cross your fingers and hope it works part. As far as I'm concerned, there is no one currently offering an IMS that I would pay for.
From the list of "ordered"(but awaiting delivery) parts in your sig, I see this isn't a concern of yours.

[Aaron92SE]

Originally Posted by NCFronty

Still interested to see what this one turns out like, since its not aluminum.

Our intake spacer that goes between the upper and lower manifolds will be made out of 6061 billet aluminum. There is no reason to use our phenolic material for this spacer since the upper intake manifold is already made of a composite resin, which is not effected by heat soak. So thermal insulation is not going to be the reason for this spacer.

But we do plan on testing to see if the lower intake manifold will benefit from a Thermal Intake Spacer. Since it's made out of cast aluminum, it will definitely help. So our kit will most likely include more than one spacer along with all the hardware needed to do the install.

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We do have several other product ideas for the VQ40 that have not been made yet. But I can not release any information until I have fully tested the prototype.

Originally Posted by tomtom

In the meantime I am very interested to see what aaron comes up with. I really like the idea of multiple prototypes and testing to come up with the best possible product.

We do plan on testing more than one thickness of spacer to see how much the torque band is shifted. But, once we have chosen the overall best design for this spacer, we will only offer one version. For instance, a 3/4" thick spacer will hurt top end, but drastically improve low end power. But, a 1/2" spacer may shift the torque less without such a drastic loss in top end. We plan to look closely at which torque band is best overall for the 1/4 mile and 0-60 acceleration times. We also have software to measure this accurately. And no it's not an accelerometer.

I want to appeal to the majority of the members here. I know some like the added low end power because they do a lot of towing and some strictly do 1/4 mile racing. But, I am assuming most members here are more interested in 0-60 times and 1/4 mile ETs. Would you agree?

[scurvydog]

Originally Posted by Aaron92SE

I want to appeal to the majority of the members here. I know some like the added low end power because they do a lot of towing and some strictly do 1/4 mile racing. But, I am assuming most members here are more interested in 0-60 times and 1/4 mile ETs. Would you agree?

Start a poll.

[agtitan06]

Please keep this thread on-topic, which is NWP Engineering, Inc intake manifold spacers.
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[2WD_NISMO]

Originally Posted by Aaron92SE

As far as a TBS, I have not tested this yet, but I will. But I do plan to test this before it is released.

Smooth or rifled bore?

[bigdog]

Originally Posted by Aaron92SE

We do plan on testing more than one thickness of spacer to see how much the torque band is shifted. But, once we have chosen the overall best design for this spacer, we will only offer one version. For instance, a 3/4" thick spacer will hurt top end, but drastically improve low end power. But, a 1/2" spacer may shift the torque less without such a drastic loss in top end. We plan to look closely at which torque band is best overall for the 1/4 mile and 0-60 acceleration times. We also have software to measure this accurately. And no it's not an accelerometer.

I want to appeal to the majority of the members here. I know some like the added low end power because they do a lot of towing and some strictly do 1/4 mile racing. But, I am assuming most members here are more interested in 0-60 times and 1/4 mile ETs. Would you agree?

Understood, I am just saying that the fact that you are experimenting with a variety of thicknesses and combinations to come up with one that works best for us is awesome! I don't subscribe to the notion that more is better, in fact I often assume that "less is more" So if its upper and lower spacers, spacer and tbs, spacer only we can feel confident that you've experimented with a variety of combinations and come up with the best one.

As for what the majority wants, I agree with the notion of creating a poll to determine that. My vote would be for power over speed, and frankly with gas prices where they are improved fuel efficiency would be a great selling point too.

BTW - Thanks for doing this I hope that it becomes a win-win situation.

[ToddG]

0-60 would impress me more than what's going on at 90+mph like in the 1/4 mile.

Remember, it's not how fast you go it's how fast you get going.