FiveLeeter918
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Steve posted an update Sunday on Facebook that the spacer was en route to a test fitter and he was hoping to have results this weekend. Unsure who it ended up going to.
Phenolic Spacers
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FiveLeeter918
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Spoke with Steve yesterday. He sent the first one to Matt, who made some adjustments and sent it back to him. He has it now, but his town is on a mandatory shelter at home so he can't go to his shop to make the new ones, but said as soon as he can he will get 3 or 4 more sent out to people to get data.
There is progress on these as Steve posted the other day about it:
X35 Design
May 17 at 8:08 PM ·
Test article intake spacer #2 for the SHO Ecoboost about to head to the mailbox. Should be heading into production within a couple of weeks for everyone else, just waiting to be sure there are no hidden issues before launch. Thanks for hanging in there, as I expand beyond the world of Subaru.
X35 Design
May 17 at 8:08 PM ·
Test article intake spacer #2 for the SHO Ecoboost about to head to the mailbox. Should be heading into production within a couple of weeks for everyone else, just waiting to be sure there are no hidden issues before launch. Thanks for hanging in there, as I expand beyond the world of Subaru.
FiveLeeter918
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MKS Tom said:
Patiently waiting... sent my intake manifold off for port matching today so we'll see how it turns out with this.
Hey Hello everyone-
I am that spacer guy. I've been trying to keep a low profile up to now until things got rolling, which they now are!
I'm not set up as a vendor here yet, so I'm not going to say too much until that happens, but you can check my profile and links to more info will be there.
Thanks MKS Tom for giving me the nudge to get started on this.
I am that spacer guy. I've been trying to keep a low profile up to now until things got rolling, which they now are!
I'm not set up as a vendor here yet, so I'm not going to say too much until that happens, but you can check my profile and links to more info will be there.
Thanks MKS Tom for giving me the nudge to get started on this.
x35design said:
X35 Design thank you for signing up on the forum! I have created you a board in the vendor section to assist! This helps provide a dedicated space for you and the EBPF members find out more about your product, feel free to use it as you need! Its exciting to see new products for platform since it is a very niche group with not a lot of aftermarket support.
Please feel free to ping me if you need anything! And thank you for helping improve the platform!!!
StealBlueSHO said:
You think you're a Niche group? This is like mass market compared to my other Subaru SVX stuff lol.
Thanks for the warm welcome!
If anyone's curious for more info, the website or FB page is where I'm putting the updates, I'll put the same stuff in each place so you won't miss anything on either site.
I do hope to get some data from the two beta testers in some form, as I know that's a big question, but they both report reduced IAT due to the insulation of the manifold from the head. Ford didn't do you much of a favor by running coolant thru the manifold, but to fix that would be a BIG project in form of a new manifold.
So, anyhow..I'll be around here or in my own vendor subforum to answer questions where I can.
Thanks everyone!
So I’m particularly interested in how well it insulates the manifold when your sitting in between runs at the track?
At the track I see 150F+ at the manifold after sitting for a minute. It drops with the help of the intercooler from Gearhead but if it didn’t start out that high, then even better!
At the track I see 150F+ at the manifold after sitting for a minute. It drops with the help of the intercooler from Gearhead but if it didn’t start out that high, then even better!
Yeah I mean if this was installed my car I would have a data log to share compared to before the spacer and after showing a timed idle heat soak and some sort of WOT data before and after installation of the spacer all other mods being equal and similar ambient temp. So I'm just so puzzled that you posted this on FB and said...after towing for a bit uphill IAT2 was 90° cooler than coolant temp...and that's it?
Just for all the waiting and waiting ..for this...that's first look? Great. I have no clue how much better it is. None, zip, zilch lol!
Hopefully not offending anyone but I mean if I was the lucky revealer I would have nailed the key performance benefits for being either an advantage or inconclusive but more specific and in line with what the spacer is used for. Right now we "think" if you tow often...it could be better now?
I would really hope somone would bust my balls if the shoe was on the other foot.
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Just for all the waiting and waiting ..for this...that's first look? Great. I have no clue how much better it is. None, zip, zilch lol!
Hopefully not offending anyone but I mean if I was the lucky revealer I would have nailed the key performance benefits for being either an advantage or inconclusive but more specific and in line with what the spacer is used for. Right now we "think" if you tow often...it could be better now?
I would really hope somone would bust my balls if the shoe was on the other foot.
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802SHO said:
I felt the same way about the willwood brake upgrade kit, but apparently I was the only one with reservations of only a single dragy test and then calling it good, and this spacer costs one tenth of the brake "upgrade" kit. Crazy how that works I guess.
I'm on the list for this so if nobody else can get some heat soak data, I will be happy to test it out myself and provide data. I have been to the track enough in the past and plan to continue in the future that it will be obvious quick whether it helps heat soak at the line or not. My data logs don't have ambient temperature so past logs won't help much, but next couple trips to the track I'll start keeping track of how hot it is outside and mark my logs so I have comparisons vs once I get the spacer.
Yes that would make sense. I'm on the list too number 4 in line I believe. Emailed them back in January, unless someone else is AB? I'm going to purchase this spacer whenever I get my email sent with a link to PayPal, but it certainly would be nice to have more concrete data prior to purchase. Doesn't Matt Robinson have one? Maybe he'll reveal some dyno results with this. I read somewhere he mentioned something about runner length with this spacer and that it "should" be a benefit. This item at @$159 the price is certainly right. And install looks straightforward. All foreplay and no climax...yet.
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Agree. Would love to see some solid data...802SHO said:
A few data points on temps at the intake after a 1/4 mile run with the stock setup.
A few data points on temps at the intake after a 1/4 mile run with the spacer setup.
I would hope to see a significant drop in heats soak at the manifold...