Mike is terrible. I'm sponsored by AAM but anytime I e-mailed in with questions, I never got a response. I finally managed to get a response from him once I e-mailed your customer service department complaining about the lack of communication I got from him.

In for na dyno numbers! Alot of money to spend with no numbers given, especially after so long! Many of us are waiting for this!

I wanted to provide you all with some additional background info concerning this project.

We ran into some issues with the intake manifold, which took us some time to overcome. Many of these delays are attributed to the casting process. The first limited batch of intake manifolds we originally received for testing purposes were terribly inconsistent in terms of their fit and finish. They did not live up to AAM Competition’s quality standards. The cast manufacturer had told us that this particular mold was extremely difficult to work with. Our engineer made some minor adjustments to the CAD design of the manifold to make the casting process more efficient and accurate. In order to implement these changes, the manufacturer then had to create an entirely new mold.

Once the new mold was completed, a new limited run of manifolds were put into production. After the revised manifolds had arrived, we could resume evaluating the units. These manifolds were MUCH more consistent, which definitely made our additional effort and investment worthwhile. During quality analysis, we quickly discovered that many of these intakes were not holding pressure. Ouch! ….. yet another hurdle to deal with. We promptly coordinated with the casting manufacturer to discuss this problem, ensure that a proper solution was put into place for production, and ordered yet ANOTHER set of intake manifolds.

All of that said, we’ve FINALLY received a limited run of manifolds which are not plagued with the prior production faults. With this batch, we were able to further review and analyze the units as we intended them to be. Dyno testing on a high power, high boost twin turbo 370Z (the type of application we designed the manifold around) proved a peak gain of 36whp/34ft. lbs. in the midrange! We are very pleased with these results, and look forward to pushing the manifolds even harder to see how they perform.

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Although we do not anticipate significant gains for NA applications, we will be performing NA dyno testing as well. The AAM Competition VQ37 Performance Intake Manifold was specifically designed with high power forced induction in mind. For naturally aspirated vehicles, this will be primarily an aesthetic upgrade, with the added benefit of being much more durable than the OEM plastic manifold. I'll be sure to post these results here as soon as they are available.

$55/hp? :confused:

Think about standard bolt-on cost to gain ratios, such as exhaust components. Also, you have to keep in mind that additional horsepower becomes even MORE difficult to achieve once you're in these higher ranges.

Patrick the pricing is a bit much plus that doesn't includes taxes or shipping fees.

I admit this product is on higher side as far as pricing goes, however y'all don't seem to mind paying $1600 for a fast intentions exhaust system. What are the gains ~20-25whp after a tune? What is that $65 per horsepower. C'mon man. Don't even get me started on meisterschaft and armytrix...

Don't get me wrong I love fast intentions and I myself own their exhaust and headers.

P.S. I am no way defending AAM after their long term lack of communication.

I'm just shaking my head... So all those hoops they had to jump through, all valid and it takes this long to get a response? That's poopy. I bet they tested the"bad" ones too. Saw that they were poopier ACS didn't post it. Anyhow, not going to stir that. But very cool and good to know the have things done now. AAM are still on my "Never buy from" list unless they have a crazy stupid deal. It's not worth "saving $" if you never get the product...

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basically worthless if you are staying N/A

Wow the all new tread WHOOOOO pre sale take II

Im just saying but i just browsed threw all 5 pages and see no real manifold images whats up? Whats the big secret? Can we have a looksy first its been a very very long time? Maybe few phone photos at list.

Looks like corp. plan "B" in action

Go to there website plenty of pictures of it there

Actually, I'm thinking that an intake manifold will show its best performance on a big turbo build like you showed. So the 36 hp for $2000 is really a best case scenario, not what the average buyer can expect, right?

Also, given the track record of your company and specifically with this product, your numbers are going to be suspect. Are there any third part dynos from your customers that corroborate your gains shown above?

Would still be nice to know how "Worthless". Is it going to be an aesthetic piece with minimal to no gains, or will it cost you power and be a $2000 paper weight...

ADDED: You would think the 70mm inlet would pair nicely with ported TB's and 2.75" intakes... would have to port match to a lower manny, but in theory it works?

I'm going for 2500 hp and 100 psi. I probably need this.