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Well they can add a tiny tiny tiny, amount of horsepower. but not noticable at all. Just because less heat transfer from the block to the manifolds. I'm not even sure what they have hear would do that any better than the stock ones. They may. Again though, even if they do, it will be a miniscule amount of power gained.
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They do help, a bit, but on the 13B I'd worry more about the exhaust manifold or header heating up the intake manifolds. A heat shield between the intake and exhaust would be a good addition to this. With these you also have heat transfer through the bolts. You can drill out the holes and install the bolts with some tight fitting rubber hose around them and a plastic washer under them to fully isolate the manifold. Also I don't know if these would stand up to the legendary heat generated by the 13B. I know they are fine in piston engines, but ours have much higher exhaust temps.
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The lower gasket was engineered to reduce the heat transfer between the rotary block and the lower intake manifold (LIM). The upper gasket further insulates the upper intake manifold from the LIM. The result is much cooler/denser intake charge, higher horsepower and greater reliability. You can expect as much as a 5% increase in horsepower with the use of this gasket set. If you prefer, you can stack our gaskets for more performance potential.
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Originally Posted by First gen man
Well they can add a tiny tiny tiny, amount of horsepower. but not noticable at all. Just because less heat transfer from the block to the manifolds. I'm not even sure what they have hear would do that any better than the stock ones. They may. Again though, even if they do, it will be a miniscule amount of power gained.
uhhh no....
im suggest you use plastic bolts too so they transfer less heat than metal ones??????????????????????????????????????
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5% increase? Stack them for better performance? Yeah i don't think so...
You'd actually be suprised, a company called OutLaw engineering makes these for the KL-ZE engine (Mazda's JSpec 2.5L V6) and I must say they do help insulate the intake manifold VERY well. The heat transfer is lessened quite a bit.
The effects of underhood heat soak are still a problem, but the intense heat transferred from the block is repelled rather effectively.
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Originally Posted by evileagle
You'd actually be suprised, a company called OutLaw engineering makes these for the KL-ZE engine (Mazda's JSpec 2.5L V6) and I must say they do help insulate the intake manifold VERY well. The heat transfer is lessened quite a bit.
The effects of underhood heat soak are still a problem, but the intense heat transferred from the block is repelled rather effectively.
The effects of underhood heat soak are still a problem, but the intense heat transferred from the block is repelled rather effectively.
If you happen to have dyno graphs then i'll recant my statement, otherwise I think this is a worthless scheme.
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i still dont believe it!! there is no way a gasket can increase power. maybe town the heat down a little but to increase power........
i wanna see proof also.
i wanna see proof also.
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i still dont believe it!! there is no way a gasket can increase power. maybe town the heat down a little but to increase power........
i wanna see proof also.
i wanna see proof also.
I think the idea comes from the phoenelic resin riser plates that you can get for v-8.. for the plenum?lim on injected cars and below the carb on a holley type setup this actually WORKS... I've seen the results at the track with nothing changed but adding the riser.... but those are asos 3/8" thick or greater.
All things considered.. I'd bet they do have a very slight benifit.
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I think the idea comes from the phoenelic resin riser plates that you can get for v-8.. for the plenum?lim on injected cars and below the carb on a holley type setup this actually WORKS... I've seen the results at the track with nothing changed but adding the riser.... but those are asos 3/8" thick or greater.
All things considered.. I'd bet they do have a very slight benifit.
All things considered.. I'd bet they do have a very slight benifit.
Yeah, the ones we use one the KL-ZE motors are 3/8"
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5% increase? Stack them for better performance? Yeah i don't think so...
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okay as dumb as this sounds they do actually work and are dyno proven. there is a company that started making them for hondas and whatnot, i want to say hasport sells them. anyway they have been tested by reputable sources (i cant remember what magazine i will have to look in my stash) but it did make a slight amount of power. it like for every 10 degrees of intake temp you gain 1% power. it is minor but it works. now on rotary there are plenty of places where the intake manifold can get heat baked. i would think possibly if you heat wrapped the manifolds and put a heat sheild between the exhaust and intake maybe you could get a small gain.
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