Guys,
It's done!! Hell mofo'in yea.....it's done!! I had a big scare when I left one of the vacuum hoses undone... but I knew what the problem was. No leaks... best of all, I'm not leaking oil into that cylinder anymore either!
Here's what we got done....
- Polished the WHOLE intake assembly (Upper,Lower Plenum, 90deg, BerkV2 interior welds.
- Removed the divider in the manifold, now a single plane setup instead of dual.
- Capped of the upper plenum with 1/4" Diamond Plate Aluminum, Polished.
- "Performance" Gaskets for the Intake Manifold, which are about five times thicker then OEM and made out of a heat resistant material.
- Iridium Plugs - NGK
- Increased to 75 wet shot.
- Replaced Valve Covers and gaskets with 2005 part numbers. Very impressed with the improved quality and smaller Orings in the chambers making for a real snug fit. Not to mention, more then HALF the price!!!
- Replaced Valve Oil Breather with stand alone filter.
- Used Permatex Ultra Black where gaskets were needed. Except gasket where Upper meets Lower. Replaced with OEM gasket.
Now..... let me just say that I am really pleased with the results. The car absolutely SCREAMS past 3500rpms. You do loose a little low end torque, but nothing enough to care. I just did about a 55' burnout on my block....lol... she still gets it for sure!! After taking it around for a little bit... the car definetly had a personality change.. sounds meaner from the front as well. Couldn't be happier... fixed my oil leak, did a very responsive mod, new plugs, etc. etc... I highly recommend this mod to people that would like to increase their top end... gotta go.... have to find me a Z or a G to toy with!!
I want to thank everyone that has helped me with this mod.. if it wasn't for this forum... I would be completely lost. Thanks again.....
