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Lot of time for this!! 

Been looking at similar for the future of my build

Jenvey air boxes - keen to know details on these and possibly to buy some if they'd fit my DE (have janveys and really really struggling for airboxes)

On 14/06/2020 at 16:49, Andy_350GT said:

That sounds awsome! Would love to hear that engine howling. Sounds expensive, but still awsome  

Really really late seeing this

I've got heads from the nismo super gt engines, titanium con rods from the same engines (longer to increase dwell time) and getting custom pistons made. Will be revving to 8-8.5k. 

Also got custom long tube manifolds, jenvey throttle bodies with drive by wire and have removed powers teeing to reduce parasitic losses

Should be fun when done. 😎

They are going to a good cause 

Sent you a pm about itb's 

Building an NA VQ at the minute with titanium con rods and the heads from the super gt engines, syvecs ecu etc - it needs itb's  

Trackspec ones? Been looking at them myself

Think I've settled on some fibreglass ones from the chevy ngtc car to run alongside my Nismo, thanks to Harry Jackson for finding them.

I had this on mine, changed pads as mine looked to be leaving deposits on the disc, and also found a tie rod end with play in it

I had not heard that, I'll have a look

Bloody good shout if it is the case!

Would save me ordering the tb's from the states

So yeah its definitely an option

Agreed, for a change

I know the arm is 65mm id with the maf stuck in the middle to further harm airflow

Imo thermal gaskets don't do a lot, I know the plenum gets hot but there's that much air rushing through at that high a speed it's not going to absorb that heat, in my opinion.

Good cold air supply to the filter will do far far more.

Veils idea the kit is done and fitted to my car, there's a thread in member traders

The rays aren't light though :/ so many other options, they're light compared to the non gt wheels, but as far as forged wheels go, they're quite the heavyweight really.

But yes they are cheap, and look good. And if you can't be bothered to find the better alternatives they are an easy solution

They don't pop up on eBay at that price, but seen loads of sets go through the likes of sxoc, drift works etc

But there are other lightweight wheels also.....

Wider regas are unicorn stuff, was just saying as an example that light wheels don't necessarily cost the earth and can be gotten second hand

Got 18x8.5 on atm which run 255 front and rear tyres and a set of 17x8/9 staggered but my mates running them on his drift car atm lol

Can't run any wider at the front due to the wise fab but hoping to sort the wise fab out and then look at getting something wider but still light

Jetpilot I'd be interested in feedback on ar1, weren't available when I bought my last set of track tyres so got ad08r.

And sorry guys but the rays aren't light, and you don't need to spend 1200 to get lighter, only if you buy brand new.

Lots and lots of lighter wheels out there. I have two sets of regamasters I paid £300 a set for, for instance.

Rays aren't that light.... And are very narrow

Problem is, I don't run a parts business, and no intention to. I wanted the bigger tb and put the work in making the kit so that I could have one without paying NWP prices, part of the reason I didn't opt for a brand new tb.

As such I don't want to spend money proving a product that it doesn't matter to me how many I sell or don't sell.

I've only offered it up here as it seemed like quite a few were interested.

I hope this makes sense and I don't come across as a nob, but why should I go out of my way and spend my money for your guys benefit?

I'm happy there is gains to be made when this kit is used as part of a bigger puzzle, and some mild gains higher in the revs when its just a stand alone item.

If others are interested I can get some more made, if not, no big deal

I 'think' it's due to the velocity being less through the tb (due to bigger size), and velocity bumps torque so that's why it drops slightly there, but what you lose there you gain later creating a quicker car, just less of a pub hp figure.

It is a piece of a puzzle though, as someone else has said, a bigger afm and intake pipe help further. I do have one of those under construction for myself in 3.5inch flavour.

Coupled with my long tube manifolds this 'should' see me to 290-300 at the wheels with just bolt ons quite a jump over the usual plenum spacer, 06 airbox etc getting 300 at the fly....

http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenolic_Spacers.html#BBTB

There you go there's also YouTube reviews etc

In a nutshell the oem intake system is restrictive on the VQ engine, and is why on the HR Nissan doubled up. Increasing the tb size helps the engine breathe better higher up the revs. Adding a larger afm and intake pipe further helps that

This isn't going to add peak hp numbers but should help area under the graph higher in the rev range

And will also help on boosted cars by putting less strain on the turbo/supercharger

Hey guys!

As some will know Ive been working on a larger throttle body kit for the DE engine. NWP do make a kit already and mine is based on that but with shipping, customs etc it seemed to me to be overly expensive for what it was. Ive not done back to back dynos, nor do I plan to, as I would never recoup those costs and NWP have already done all that and theres countless discussions on it on the american forums

Ive designed a plate and had one made and this is now fitted and working on my car.

this is the kit - 75mm throttle body, adapter loom and conversion plate

2016-07-15_11-59-46 by ben taylor, on Flickr

and this is it fitted

IMG-20160715-WA0041 by ben taylor, on Flickr

Note for testing I used a second hand TB, the kit would include a brand new one.

So I'm asking who would be interested in the kit. The guide price I'm aiming for is £250-£300, but this is only a guide as I've yet to discuss how much getting the tb's, plates, looms etc will be in bulk, hopefully the lower end of that scale

So, who's interested?

That looks a he'll of a fuel setup!

Same as usa

Very very shortly, ill speak to admin on here about it and tweak design slightly with machinists

Some Pics at last

the parts - adapter plate, adapter loom and TB (excuse the grubbiness I bought a second hand one instead of brand new to keep costs down)

2016-07-15_11-59-46 by ben taylor, on Flickr

all in place - stock intake pipe stretched over....just.

IMG-20160715-WA0041 by ben taylor, on Flickr

NWP's claims - note: not mine, Im just doing this as part of a puzzle to helping the VQ breathe as well as I can for now without ditching oem plenum. But my plate is very similar to theirs and only because importing a kit from NWP was ££££

2016-07-16_07-25-26 by ben taylor, on Flickr

Hiccups discovered:

OEM bolts are too long, I cut them down but shorter ones would need to be used really.

IMG-20160715-WA0013 by ben taylor, on Flickr

had to cut a water pipe off the TB - on the Z the pipes connect to the plenum, not the TB, so these are redundant anyway but rotating the TB slightly should hopefully avoid the need to do this

IMG-20160715-WA0017 by ben taylor, on Flickr

Other than that Bob's your uncle and Fanny is a rude word.

No before digits and now running long tube manifolds and custom exhaust and by the time I get to mapping will also be running 3.5" ibtake and maf.

Whether you believe American numbers or not, theyre dyno still accurately represent gains, the figures don't matter but the difference between them do and is relatable

And as ive said, even nissan identified the inlet/tb as a restriction hence doubled up on the hr