ssv extreme flow intake/Cosworth intake manifold?

[cookiemonster]

O.k so ive been reading through different parts of the forum and so far only found info on the plastic plenum that Kinetix do. Am i right in thinking this the Kinetix SSV Extreme flow intake is just a better option or is it not the same modification? I was intending to get a plenum spacer, maybe even the carbon fibre plenum that a forum user is advertising as i imagine that will look very

There is also the Cosworth intake manifold that i have seen and that also appeals.

Both of these are on the Z Store.

 

I guess my main question is do these mods give much of a performance improvment and are they the same mod? Prob sound a stupid question but new to all of this

 

If any members have them would be great to hear some feedback!

 

Thanks Guys!

[Stew]

Does your car run FI or do you have FI plans for the future?

 

If the answer is no then a spacer will be sufficient.

 

If yes, then Cosworth looks awesome and is meant to be good.

[M13KYF]

i thought they had no real performance gains with the cosworth one especially considering how much it costs

[nurrish]

If you are going to tune then you may see some benefit of these over a spacer although the cosworth is aimed at the TT crowd. If you have no in-tensions of tuning then a spacer will suffice

[rtbiscuit]

the cosworth and the kinetix extreme one have apparently lost people power in the USA i think thats on NA cars, you won't really see a difference with these unless you go FI or possibly have the car tuned with an ECU remap.

 

best bet is the plenum spacers, possibly the standard minetix plenum, or the one that scots having built.

 

i'm going for option 3 as its basically a plenum spacer with a carbon top and will look nicer than the basic kinetix.

[cookiemonster]

Awesome thanks for the quick response! Im not planning on too much mods for the time being, prob just a typhoon filter and new exhaust then a ECU remap.

Was thinking about a nitrous kit but think i would be too worried about something going wrong to do it.

The only thing troubling me is that on the website the kinetix says its great for NA cars aswell? it looks but then again so does the carbon fibre plenum. I suppose both are going to give a performance increase once the remap was done.

 

hmmm guess its going to come down to personal taste?

[scottsoulby]

As above really, the ssv and cosworth are only really worth it if you go FI

 

I've had the kinetix before I got my spacer, I swapped it because I got paranoid with some people saying it's prone to cracking, although some people have never had a problem, it's got a gurantee but I couldn't be bothered to mess about swapping them over if one did ever crack

 

as for looks it's down to personal choice.

 

I'm making the carbon plenum, it will have a nice shiny finish and will incorporate the same size spacer as the motordyne 5/16 which is very popular and gives good gains

[cookiemonster]

The stainless steel cracked??

[scottsoulby]

The kinetix ssv cracked along the welds, zmanalex had this problem

 

the kinetix v4 black one is plastic so has been heard to crack, although a few

people on here have had no problems

[cookiemonster]

thanks for the advice, you have managed to sway me onto the carbon plenum your doing, i can imagine its going to look awesome and im not planning any FI tuning on this one. Cant afford it for another month, are you doing another batch then if you get the numbers?

 

Thanks again!

[rtbiscuit]

as far as i remember its a good few weeks away yet, and only deposits have been taken.

[Stew]

The kinetix ssv cracked along the welds, zmanalex had this problem

 

the kinetix v4 black one is plastic so has been heard to crack, although a few

people on here have had no problems

 

 

Alexs SSV cracked running over 600bhp at the wheels. I think this is quite an important point.....

[scottsoulby]

That is a very good point stew

 

The carbon plenum is in the making stage at the moment so I'm just taking deposits, but the first will be ready in 2-3 weeks, then I'll have it tested, it's £250 + delivery,

 

Pm me if you want to go ahead mate

[Mark@Abbey m/s]

Cosworth Mnaifold is only good if you want to go over 8000rpm in N/A tune F/I never heard anything yet if they work or not with F/I, Kinetix,s well they make a good door stop.....

[cookiemonster]

600bhp? guess that could contribute How much money are we talking about to get the essential mods to get to 8000rpm safely? im guessing a little more than a cosworth intake

[Chris`I]

The kinetix ssv cracked along the welds, zmanalex had this problem

 

the kinetix v4 black one is plastic so has been heard to crack, although a few

people on here have had no problems

 

 

Alexs SSV cracked running over 600bhp at the wheels. I think this is quite an important point.....

Did he have over 600BHP when it first broke? I seem to remember him doing it a few times In the US they mostly say its uselles anyway unless running FI!

[Mark@Abbey m/s]

Alex,s cracked we think due to the boost being pushed through it, but they are also not that well made , welding of the seams isnt deep enough . But we have also have seen them cracked on N/A cars this was due to vibration.

[andlid]

my tuner is a bit sceptic about the ssv kinetix plenum... (typical since I got it) Said that FI it might be good. If it doesn't crack (they've changed the welding according to themselves) looks good anyway ....

 

(my cage got enough air and petrol true my last tune so the only thing left is either E85, rebuild with bigger bore and turbo setup)

 

(did I just say that about 'looks good'?)

 

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