how come no love for the sohcs when it comes to intake mani's? i see alot more sohcs going boosted these days too and i've been waitin for these things forever. i kno skunk is *supposedly* releasing one sometime this spring and edelbrock should be coming out with one when they release their new turbo kit. i've seen some cheap ones out but i think it was a focuz brand or something. then i remember recently golden eagle had a post here saying they just came out with them. i haven't seen that post in awhile and i wanted to check if anyone got one, but i couldnt find the post anymore. i did a search in the eg, classified, FI classifieds and forced induction forum for "sohc intake mani" "golden eagle" etc and i have come up with nothing. what happened with those mani's?

 

hehe oops i finally found the golden eagle post, but still, whats up the other manufacturers? i was thinkin about the y8 mani for my z6, but then i was comtemplating whether or not it would be worth the trouble. i mean, stock, the y8 only makes 2 more hp than the z6 and its not like i see boosted y8 puttin down drastically better numbers than z6. i would say on average they both seem to perform the same.

 

yeah where is the love for the sohc that golden eagle one is pricey as a *****!!!!! hope skunk is cheaper

 

I am putting a Y8 mani on my built SOHC setup. The plenum is bigger on this mani so it can only help. I too am waiting for the JG or skunk 2 one.

 

when u get the y8 on, let us know if it is worth it. it would be awesome if you could get dyno #s, but since that's expensive, even g-tech runs would do. the y8 mani does look huge compared to the z6, but i'm wondering if its design will net siginificant gains or just a few hp

 

<-- Waiting for the Golden Eagle cast manifold, Skunk2, or the JG....

 

Just because the z6 makes 2 less horsepower than the y8 doesn't really say so much about individual parts. They make up for power in different areas. The z6 has a better flowing head (flows better than a ported and polished y8 head, y8 head was designed for emissions), the z6 also supposably has a stronger bottom end, but .2 less compression (actually due to smaller combustion chambers on the y8), the y8 on the other hand has a bigger, better flowing intake manifold, and a better tranny (not due to better gear ratios, but stronger shifter forks made out of forged steel)

 

I plan on maybe swapping my y8 head for a z6 head and building the y8 block.

 

This was Skunk2's response to an email I sent them on Friday about when we could expect their manifold.
"it should be out next month sometime. its good both for N/A and forced induction."

I think we have been hearing this for a while now though. Just thought I would let everyone know.

 

can anyone confirm that




[Modified by Civic420, 2:09 PM 3/23/2003]

 

What part do you want confirmed? Mista Bone can confirm most of this. You can also read this recent thread on dseries.org about the y8 vs z6 head http://pub143.ezboard.com/fhondadser...icID=672.topic

If you search on that page some more I guarantee you will find more information on z6 vs. y8 parts. I know I have also seen the topic on the intake manifold and shifter forks there.

Edit: I see you bolded the head flow part. Check that link. Zex Man lost 40hp from stock z6 head to ported y8 head on his 400whp race motor.


[Modified by RyanCivic2000, 4:00 PM 3/23/2003]

 

i have a y8 i might put on and dyno after I dyno my y7..if I do it, i will post up results

 

awesome man

 

Wish I would have known this when I still had my Y7 and did the Y8 headswap. Oh well.

Of course the compression is the least of your worries. Hello machine shop...mill my head a little!