im looking into the Skunk2 manifold for my d-series......and i have got a few quick questions

1) where will i notice the most gains???
2) does i work wit the stock throttle body with no mods??

thats all i mainly have for now.....any help/advice will help.......

 

i have a skunk2 IM on my b18c1 and i noticed a huge difference when i installed the new manifold..

as for the throttle body you should not have any problems at all cause its designed to use the stock tb

 

upper RPM band, works with stock TB w/ no mods.

 

cool guys.......what about installation, was it hard and time consuming, or pretty much a walk in the park?? cuz im curious as to how u get to the underside on the manifold to get to the bolts.....

 

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Take off the hood and cover your fenders with a blanket so you don't scratch the paint. Remove any auxiliary **** in your way and go at it .

 

simple, just unbolt anything in the way. make sure you get a new IM gasket and you scape ALL of the old one off, or you'll have vaccum problems.

 

go ahead and grab hondata/nextgear gasket while you got that **** off that is what i did on my d16z6 when i did it.

 

also get some stickers so you can mark all the hoses so you put them back in the right spot......ecspecially if you have a bad short term memory like me

 

Yeah might as well get that Hondata gasket while you got the intake manifold off. It helps keep the intake charge temps down.

 

direct bolt on to your TB.

Do some searching, you can find alot of good info about this manifold and the advantages of the edelbrock manifold.

 

I would recommend the edelbrock manifold over the skunk2 for the D series. I installed the skunk2 on my buddy's car and didn't feel much if any power gain over the y8 manifold. However I am sure you can make more power with tuning such as using an adjustable fpr to raise the fuel pressure. Also those bolts under the manifold are not hard to get through. You should be able to get to the middle bolt on the bottom from the engine bay, but for the bottom bolts on that bracket that holds it up you will have to jack it up and go underneath...I did anyways. Good Luck!