I am looking to pick up a Skunk2 Pro-serires intake manifold for GSR for 180. I know this eliminates the dual butterfly design and you lose midrange power and gain high end, but is it worth it? Also will my gsr TB work on this intake manifold??? I need these answers soon plz plz plz. Thanks.

 

i wouldn't do this modification until you have cams/ecu.
Your throttle body will be fine, you just have to get a pulley for the throttle cable from a non gsr throttle body.

 

will i not gain much?

 

you lie. you did not search because I was wondering some of the same **** and when I searched so much **** came up I couldnt read it all. There is also a official skunk2 mani thread. you weaksauce. from what I read you will lose low end but people I ask in real life says its alot better. so I dont know. I have one for sale though

 

u won't really loose power, but u will bog out cause the vtec engagement point is way to early for a single stage mainfold. that is why stated above u need an ecu, back when i was n/a i had skunk2 stage 1 cams, with the skunk2 intake mainfold and soem other goodies i got a vafc and just raised my vtec engagment point and everythign worked perfect and smooth...(but always a good idea to get it tunned)

 

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I did search, I found all the threads, but my main question was will a gsr TB fit on the Skunk2 IM. that is how I found out where you make power.

 

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The Official Skunk2 IM thread!

I wouldn't upgrade the intake manifold to a single stage manifold unless your willing to have it port matched to the head. The Skunk2 IM ports don't even line up correctly to a gsr head. Compare by using a intake manifold gasket.

You wont gain enough power to make the ~$200 price tag worth it. With cams/tuning of a chipped ecu I bet to differ though.

 

i did the skunk2 IM install on my gsr. I used the stock gsr throttle body, got a new itr throttle cable, itr throttle cable bracket, and a non gsr throttle body pulley. As what the others have said, if you think your going to gain power with just the new single stage intake manifold, then forget about it....

...BUT... in my case, I only have a ctr intake cam, i/h/e, and running one of my custom gsr all motor maps. Click on my vouch thread below in my signature. The guy who dyno'd my car posted up my graph. We did a back to back dyno run w/ no tuning with a stock ecu vs my chipped ecu.

 

you will loose power before you tune it. but once you tune it you will see mild increase in numbers. like someone else said....wait for some cams to see real power.

 

thx I probly won't get it then. I was wondering because I was looking at the Turbo smog legal integra build up and jus adding the IM gave them almost a 6hp increase without cams.

 

I had a similar setup. I had the Skunk2 Pro manifold with I/H/E, retune ECU, and a CTR intake cam. I could smoke GSR hatches in my full interior Integra any day. I cant really give you any power numbers as I never dynoed it. I would recommend the Manifold though.

 

hey i see that you have ecu's for $185 .. let me know how to contact you

 

not to hijack this thread, but im going to be running skunk2 stage 2 cams with cam gears and valvetrain soon and i also have the manifold and throttle body? im going to lose one of the two stages of vtec? wouldnt it be better to keep the gsr manifold and throw the throttle body one so keep both stages or do the cams make up for the loss of the one stage?

 

[QUOTE=JDMDC2GSR] im going to lose one of the two stages of vtec? QUOTE]

What are you talking about?

 

im talkin about the skunk2 manifold not being a dual stage intake manifold

 

Having a dual stage manifold doesnt add another stage of VTEC. VTEC is just that, variable valve timing.

 

i understand that, i just didnt explain myself right. switching to the skunk2 from a stock gsr is going from a dual stage manifold to a single stage?

 

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duhrrrr, ull lose ur butterflies and i wouldnt recommend a sk2 mani unless u have bigger cams and sum other goodies.

 

I did the S2 pro series IM, 65mm STR throttle body on my B18C1 with a CTR intake cam and stock header and made 168/123 after tuning.

It was 164/119 before tuning, and low end was poor.

 

I Am Using The Skunk2 Pro Series IM, Mine Matched Up Pretty Close Nothing To

Extreme That Needed To Be Port Matched, I Am Using A JG 65mm TB, Type R

Throttle Cable & Bracket, AEM Type R CAI, JG 4-2-1 Header, Magnaflow 2 1/4"

Exhaust Tuned On A P28 With An S300 And I Made 165/121 At The Wheels On

A Completlety Stock Internal Gs-R

Its A Lot Of Fun For The Street When VTEC Hits


Modified by 4DRDB8GSR at 7:59 PM 9/13/2006

 

I did my SK2 mani and I gained 4WHP but on the dyno graph it dipped when it hit Vtec...

but I can feel the top end power for sure......

 

yea because a strong midrange is completely useless...Uncammed Skunk 2 IM GSR's are SLOOOOOOW....I think Ive said this way too many times but: Using a skunk2 IM shifts peak torque upwards on a stock rev limit GSR (this surge of Top End people confuse with speed)...Its optimal operating range is outside the GSR stock rev limit...Youre better off with your stock IM if you have a stock head

 

In total I gained 8whp from tuning with the S2 pro series IM. The key to this mod is tuning, as the power dips a lot when vtec hits if its not tuned.