I think i lost power after installing my intake manifold? What could of happened to cause this? Too much air? Any comments?

 

yup, those skunk2 manifolds are notorious for sucking in too much air.. i think they had a recall 3 weeks ago... apparently green peace got wind of this situation; they are suing skunk2 for making products that remove too much air from the earth's atmosphere.. i suggest you return it and get something that doesn't quite suck as much (pun intended).

 

what if i put my stock airbox back on? to restrict some air flow

 

give it a try, doesnt take long to change an intake.
id send skunk 2 and email or call them and ask about the recall, maybe theres a stamped number on it they can referance to see if it qualifies

 

What engine did you put this on? If you put it on a GSR you probably feel slower due to no secondaires. Your going to need to change out the ecu if thats the case with a programable ecu.

 

i put it on a d16z6

 

I thought it was running better at first b/c i got a new clutch installed at the same time. Then after driving everyday i felt alot slower than i used to be.

 

The problem isnt the Intake manifold its the D-series motor you have in there

 

hey there nothing wrong with D's man

 

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You sir seem to know very little about d series then. D series motors can make pretty damn good power(when boosted) and are cheaper to repair than most other motors made.


If you put it on your motor before a cam(s) you lost quite a bit of power down low and gained maybe a little bit up top. I learned the hard way on my NA b16a build, put a portmatched AEBS IM on and lost 5-10whp till about 4500 then gained maybe 3-5whp from 5-8500. IMs before cam(s) is a bad move, just get the 59300 cam in there, &/or go back to the stock IM and it'll feel 10x better.

 

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I was being sarcastic guys!! I have seen boosted D-series motors put down crazy numbers to the wheels

 

Just get some cams and cam gears and tune it and will feel much better

 

but me putting a stock air intake box on help me until i get a cam.?

 

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Yes, it will restrict the flow more.

 

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Did you go dyno it after installing just an IM? If not, what you 'feel' doesn't mean anything. Don't be so paranoid and enjoy your IM.

 

There is no recall. I would like to thank evosix for making me laugh about the green peace bit. If green peace came after us for anything it would be for vaporizing asphalt during burnouts.

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If you haven't already, hit us up through our Help Desk and we'll see what we can do. http://www.skunk2.com/cgi-bin/pdesk.cgi

 

Good lord. Too much air? Stock intake back on? I swear whatever it is some of you guys are on, pass it my way.

Did you dyno your car before? No. Did you dyno it afterwards? No. Do you have 1/4mph traps before and after? No. Until you come up with some sort of physical evidence as to why you think you are slower, other then the most inaccurate source of measuring horsepower on the planet, I would rethink your decisions.

What else is done to your car?

 

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There you go. You got used to it. It happens.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mr Hammond &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Good lord. Too much air? Stock intake back on? I swear whatever it is some of you guys are on, pass it my way.

Did you dyno your car before? No. Did you dyno it afterwards? No. Do you have 1/4mph traps before and after? No. Until you come up with some sort of physical evidence as to why you think you are slower, other then the most inaccurate source of measuring horsepower on the planet, I would rethink your decisions.

What else is done to your car?</TD></TR></TABLE>

i like the way to think. for what you said.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by evosix &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yup, those skunk2 manifolds are notorious for sucking in too much air.. i think they had a recall 3 weeks ago... apparently green peace got wind of this situation; they are suing skunk2 for making products that remove too much air from the earth's atmosphere.. i suggest you return it and get something that doesn't quite suck as much (pun intended).




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haha...