VQ37VHR intake manifold???

370Zsteve · 01-02-2010, 05:18 PM

+1 to failsafe for the pics

Ivoidwarranty · 01-02-2010, 10:47 PM

Help me out here; So it looks like it's an open chamber (from both sides???) with ports that lead down to the lower manifold.

If I wanted to, could I weave a wire from one throttle body opening to the other throttle body opening?

Chris@FsP · 01-03-2010, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ivoidwarranty

Help me out here; So it looks like it's an open chamber (from both sides???) with ports that lead down to the lower manifold.

Exactly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ivoidwarranty

If I wanted to, could I weave a wire from one throttle body opening to the other throttle body opening?

Absolutely. On a couple of those pics, I stuck a flashlight inside one TB, and took a pic from the other TB, and you can definitely see a good deal of light making it through the plenum.

Ivoidwarranty · 01-03-2010, 10:46 AM

Thanks. That answers my question that no one has been able to answer for the last year.

Chris@FsP · 01-03-2010, 10:55 AM

NP

tbonesteak · 01-08-2010, 04:58 PM

Thanks failsafe! +1

DIGItonium · 05-04-2010, 12:20 AM

Instead of going OT in the Kinetix thread, I'm reviving this thread specific to the GT-R's intake plenum. It took me awhile to figure out how the GT-R intake plenum (manifold?) connected to the cylinder heads and how we got the square cutouts with our intake plenum. That 2nd piece on our VQs (intake collector from prior posts?) is pretty much the missing piece of the puzzle that takes us from the square cutout of the intake plenum to the round cutouts entering the cylinder head.

I'm not knowledgeable in this area so I may get my terminologies mixed up... but this is quite fun. It reminds me of the Honda hybrid builds back in the day.

So let's say we eliminate this "intake collector." I wonder how the GT-R intake manifold will sit in our VQ37. One member mentioned seeing a picture of a VQ37 with a GT-R intake manifold.

Pricey... but sound fun. It'll be somewhat close to building a hybrid, or an idea to get rid of the intake collector and feed the intake runners directly to the cylinder heads.

1slow370 · 05-04-2010, 03:17 AM

easiest way if it can be done is too make a .5inch alluminum spacer that has studs in the locations to hold on the vr38 upper and bolts down to the vq37 lower intake manifold. then just port it from the round upper holes to the square lower holes.

DIGItonium · 05-04-2010, 07:12 AM

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Originally Posted by 1slow370

easiest way if it can be done is too make a .5inch alluminum spacer that has studs in the locations to hold on the vr38 upper and bolts down to the vq37 lower intake manifold. then just port it from the round upper holes to the square lower holes.

Oh yea, I got

last night (sleepy) forgetting to take another look at the VR38 intake manifold thinking that we'd ditch the VQ37 lower. That makes much more sense, but then I got to thinking about those temps...

JB-370z · 05-04-2010, 11:05 AM

Let Sam in on this thread, because GTM was working on a conversion. It is up on their site but no price. Not sure if they are done or not though, or even if it is do-able at this point.

1slow370 · 05-05-2010, 03:04 AM

temps? easy as putting thin phenolic spacer for a gtr on before bolting down the upper.

01-02-2010, 05:18 PM	#16 (permalink)
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05-04-2010, 12:20 AM	#22 (permalink)
DIGItonium A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Kansas Posts: 3,800 Drives: 09 Z34-TT 6MT Rep Power: 42	Rise from the grave!!! Instead of going OT in the Kinetix thread, I'm reviving this thread specific to the GT-R's intake plenum. It took me awhile to figure out how the GT-R intake plenum (manifold?) connected to the cylinder heads and how we got the square cutouts with our intake plenum. That 2nd piece on our VQs (intake collector from prior posts?) is pretty much the missing piece of the puzzle that takes us from the square cutout of the intake plenum to the round cutouts entering the cylinder head. I'm not knowledgeable in this area so I may get my terminologies mixed up... but this is quite fun. It reminds me of the Honda hybrid builds back in the day. So let's say we eliminate this "intake collector." I wonder how the GT-R intake manifold will sit in our VQ37. One member mentioned seeing a picture of a VQ37 with a GT-R intake manifold. Pricey... but sound fun. It'll be somewhat close to building a hybrid, or an idea to get rid of the intake collector and feed the intake runners directly to the cylinder heads. __________________ Last edited by DIGItonium; 07-06-2010 at 06:03 PM.

05-04-2010, 03:17 AM	#23 (permalink)
1slow370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In the D Posts: 3,732 Drives: v8 74 260z ;) Rep Power: 7250	easiest way if it can be done is too make a .5inch alluminum spacer that has studs in the locations to hold on the vr38 upper and bolts down to the vq37 lower intake manifold. then just port it from the round upper holes to the square lower holes. __________________ ANSWER PRICE LIST Answers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $0.75 Answers (requiring thought) - - - - $1.25 Answers (correct) - - - - - - - - - - $12.50

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05-05-2010, 03:04 AM	#26 (permalink)
1slow370 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: In the D Posts: 3,732 Drives: v8 74 260z ;) Rep Power: 7250	temps? easy as putting thin phenolic spacer for a gtr on before bolting down the upper. __________________ ANSWER PRICE LIST Answers - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - $0.75 Answers (requiring thought) - - - - $1.25 Answers (correct) - - - - - - - - - - $12.50

01-02-2010, 10:47 PM	#17 (permalink)
Ivoidwarranty Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nebraska Posts: 59 Drives: 08 G37S Rep Power: 15	Help me out here; So it looks like it's an open chamber (from both sides???) with ports that lead down to the lower manifold. If I wanted to, could I weave a wire from one throttle body opening to the other throttle body opening?

01-03-2010, 10:46 AM	#19 (permalink)
Ivoidwarranty Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Nebraska Posts: 59 Drives: 08 G37S Rep Power: 15	Thanks. That answers my question that no one has been able to answer for the last year.

01-03-2010, 10:55 AM	#20 (permalink)
Chris@FsP Enthusiast Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 430 Drives: 2008 350Z TT Rep Power: 368	NP

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