any updates?

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bump

gimme. I'll be your test dummy to see if it fits on the NISMO :tup:

Pricing will be 1k for the intake manifold.

I would prolly give 1k for this on looks and an intake sound improvement alone. As long as it doesn't take away any power I think its a great looking product and would love to hear what kind of howl it makes for I'm pretty dissatisfied with the sound of the intake as it is even with my G3s. Hope to get an update soon

I know I am very interested! Though it does look sweet, I myself am looking for the results, so I will wait for updates and make a decision then.:iagree:

those look awesome, would be excellent for those looking to stay all motor.

In for results!

Will get info on tuesday

In if there is any gain in performance.

subd the thread, cant wait for results.

I don't see there being any good results to this product, due to the fact that there last product was a complete flop on the 350. It's just one nice polished terd. In which I have a story for with proven results. Read further.

At first I was bought into the hype and bought one. At start my 350 was stock and eventually went FI with a turbonetics kit. Well after the install and tune I only netted 323 whp on a dnyo dynamics. I was very disappointed. Others were getting anywhere from 350 to 370 on this same dyno. So that only brought speculation that it was from the Kinetix intake. Well later I came across a Crawford plenum and swap it out. Went back to the same dyno, same shop and netted 348. So for me enough said. Here are the result before and after. I know there are other small factors to consider from these results but even then it's still shocking to me. But no other mods were added nor was a further tune even added.

http://http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...Z/dynopics.jpg

http://http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/e...50Z/forge1.jpg

Update!
Called the guys at Kinetix.

Still working on some tests. Hp gains are unknown but there having trouble producing hp with the NA motors rather then FI. The FI is producing hp somewhat. The price is 1k. Hope this helps!

hmm...yeah.....this thing seems to be more of a bling mod than anything else.

a lot of things these days has been mods for looks and not performance..so you know people will buy it period!

No engine bling bling for me, thank you. I want performance gains for 1K

:iagree:

Pathetic..don't make power NA, makes very little FI? $1000? Whats the point?

all show ..no go

as expected, disappointing.

Should change their name from Kinetix to Pathetix..haha.

These guys claimed all kinds of numbers with there first VQ design and didn't deliver. :thumbsdown: Check out my350z dot com. Did ok for FI applications but flopped big time for NA. Just for show and no go. :twocents:

I was kinda disappointed, but it looks good you know? but doenst look good for 1k!

As I said before, designing intake manifolds without a flow bench = crap shoot :icon14:

Or... at best LOTS of trial and error... sounds like so far the results have leaned towards error :icon17:

I agree Jordo. Designing an intake manifold for many new cars these days is a lot of work.

Bling?
 

Prefer performance over bling. For 1K you should get some of both.

We tested the manifold on a FI car. Keep in mind that this is still the prototype. The car boosted 1psi more right at spool up and through out the power band. I didn't get to finish my test because of other things that we had to do on the car before Saturday.

1 psi equals about what 3 hp? And would a NA car get that increase too?

Bump, anything new?

More info this week.

Lol I think I would be better off letting my tuner make my intake manifold.

He atleast has a flow bench

Actually, if it made more boost with no other changes made, that probably means it's flowing LESS not more air.

Boost is really a measure of restriction.

Yes, but it depends where your limiting factor lies - if the greater mass flow allowed the turbo to produce more boost pressure, that's a good thing.

But in the case of this manifold, you're probably spot on.

So is this bad for NA?

Yes, for an NA application this would mean more restriction and less efficiency/power. Only a properly-controlled dyno test will be able to tell, however. There could be a loss of peak power but gains everywhere else, who knows...

Talked to Kinetix today.

There still doing some minor teaks to the final products. They are doing some dyno testing on there FI motors.

Are they testing the Fi one or a NA one?

Both.

This just seems to be a nice dress up mod. I can't wait to see the hp results on this thing.

This should fit on a VQ35HR motor right?