I Saw This Product On Ebay Has Anyone Try ?

Please Let All Of Us Know If You Have This On Your Car And How Did It

Work ?

 

there was a thread about this. I think it would work.

 

what are these call ? if you know please post the link to that thread.

 

they are called intake gaskets, upper/lower




https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...=intake+gasket

 

I believe those are "Phenolic spacers." The idea is that they act as an insulator, so less heat is transferred between them. In theory, they could prevent heat-soaking of certain components. In reality, how do you know which parts are hotter? It might be worse to prevent heat transfer, in some cases.

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honestly i would just buy the factory ones, they pretty cheap and there are metal.

 

nevermind, found it.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...3ARTQ%3AUS%3A1

 

The honda guys have been using these for a few years. And most have had very positive things to say about them.

 

so no rx7 people try this product ?

 

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ht=ebay+gasket

Searching is your friend

 

Not many. Taking off the turbos, uim, and lim is a heap of work, and once it's done I think most people want to install something that's guaranteed to work. If that phenolic can't handle the heat of the engine block or leak, that would be pretty crappy. I'm curious what kind of material that is.

However the principle is sound - insulating these parts thermally will reduce the temp of the LIM a little, and the UIM a lot. This would lower air intake temps, the readings on the air intake temp sensor (assuming it's in the stock location), and bake everything in that area a little less. If I was bored I would start by installing the lim/uim gasket since it's easy, and if it works and seals well, install the lim/block gasket later.

Dave