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I've been searching for an Intake Manifold that would do well on a NA application. I see that most of these if not all aftermarket Manifolds are for FI purposes.

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Old 02-12-2020, 10:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I've been searching for an Intake Manifold that would do well on a NA application. I see that most of these if not all aftermarket Manifolds are for FI purposes. Been reading about AAM and how horrible everyone's experience was at first when they launched 4 years ago. Was wondering if anyone has installed the AAM Intake Manifold on a NA setup and seen results on the dyno or in general. Was looking at the GTR conversion, expensive as balls but looking for power and it's obvious if I wanna make power I have no choice but to go FI. Kinda wanna see what power I can get out of my motor without boosting it. Any advice? Or is it FI or nothing :/
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There isn't one. The stock manifold has proven itself over and over against a number of challengers.

Basically, the aftermarket manifolds are not worth the money for NA. The power gains are minimal (or negative). You'll need a lot more modifications to gain anything of note. But by the time you get there, you might as well have considered a basic SC or turbo kit.
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I've been searching for an Intake Manifold that would do well on a NA application. I see that most of these if not all aftermarket Manifolds are for FI purposes. Been reading about AAM and how horrible everyone's experience was at first when they launched 4 years ago. Was wondering if anyone has installed the AAM Intake Manifold on a NA setup and seen results on the dyno or in general. Was looking at the GTR conversion, expensive as balls but looking for power and it's obvious if I wanna make power I have no choice but to go FI. Kinda wanna see what power I can get out of my motor without boosting it. Any advice? Or is it FI or nothing :/
modern injection moulding processes are very good at making intake manifolds. combined with the modeling software used by OEMs it's very difficult to improve on the design.

that's a good thing tho - nissan already included the best possible manifold, at no extra charge!
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You could always order one of the motordyne manifolds or on of the z1 manifolds.
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There isn't one. The stock manifold has proven itself over and over against a number of challengers.

Basically, the aftermarket manifolds are not worth the money for NA. The power gains are minimal (or negative). You'll need a lot more modifications to gain anything of note. But by the time you get there, you might as well have considered a basic SC or turbo kit.
Yeah I figured haha. I'm looking into SC but honestly I dont see anything other than Stillen and I'm not sure how they are, since I haven't read or seen anyone with them besides one or two guys on Youtube. Sucks the NA class cant make decent power with bolt on mods and tune. I mean, maybe, but I'm looking at a range where it'd be cheaper to boost lol. 525-600whp range.
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You could always order one of the motordyne manifolds or on of the z1 manifolds.
Yeah I was looking at those too, but how much more HP can you gain by porting a manifold?
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Yeah I figured haha. I'm looking into SC but honestly I dont see anything other than Stillen and I'm not sure how they are, since I haven't read or seen anyone with them besides one or two guys on Youtube. Sucks the NA class cant make decent power with bolt on mods and tune. I mean, maybe, but I'm looking at a range where it'd be cheaper to boost lol. 525-600whp range.
Top gunz has an awesome SC Kit. Forget the Stillen. There’s an entire thread in the FI forum dedicated to his newest offering.

Just don’t get yours before I get mine!
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Yeah I figured haha. I'm looking into SC but honestly I dont see anything other than Stillen and I'm not sure how they are, since I haven't read or seen anyone with them besides one or two guys on Youtube. Sucks the NA class cant make decent power with bolt on mods and tune. I mean, maybe, but I'm looking at a range where it'd be cheaper to boost lol. 525-600whp range.
Here’s a direct link.
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Yeah I was looking at those too, but how much more HP can you gain by porting a manifold?
More than be gained by switching to aam lol
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I have no plans to go FI, so I decided on a Motordyne M370. Combined with my other mods, I like the power and responsiveness its added.
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Yeah I was looking at those too, but how much more HP can you gain by porting a manifold?


Granted, the two dynos were on different days, but the only parts difference was ported upper and lower manifolds and retune. Peak power and torque wasn't much but that mid-range gain the real deal.
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Top gunz has an awesome SC Kit. Forget the Stillen. There’s an entire thread in the FI forum dedicated to his newest offering.

Just don’t get yours before I get mine!
Yeah I seen his thread. Didn't he swap out the Stillen manifold for the OEM one? Ayee you're gonna SC yours? Excited for you lol, I'm in a huge debate going back and forth if I should remain NA with a ton of bolt ons or SC.. decisions, decisions lol. I personally never wanted my car to be FI but lately I've been really into FI and wondering what it can be lol
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More than be gained by switching to aam lol
That's what I've been hearing lol.
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I have no plans to go FI, so I decided on a Motordyne M370. Combined with my other mods, I like the power and responsiveness its added.
Yeah I was siding with AAM until I've read all the bs many people have gone through and the loss of power. If I don't go FI which I never had plans to either, it'd def be Motordyne or Z1 Ported Manifold. Did you tune/dyno yours to see how much whp you're making?
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Granted, the two dynos were on different days, but the only parts difference was ported upper and lower manifolds and retune. Peak power and torque wasn't much but that mid-range gain the real deal.
Nice!! That's not shabby for bolt ons honestly. Did you use TB spacers for your EPS TB's? And plenum spacers?
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