C&L Intake Plenum - Phenolic Spacer Problem?
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C&L Intake Plenum - Phenolic Spacer Problem?
How many Lightning Owners have purchased the C&L Intake Plenum and Phenolic Spacer, then to find out, the Phenolic Spacer inside diameter port is larger and needs to be machined down to fit?? Any and all replies would be appreciated. 
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Originally posted by 00Bolt
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As I am going to have to machine down the I.D of this Spacer, for it to work properly. If I do not, then I will have a bottleneck here, as the airflow will hit this raised barrier and cause a little turbulence issue, rather than a straight clean airflow flowing down across the rotors.
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Originally posted by WYD_TRKR
Did you take a look at the mating of the spacer and intake plenum inside ported area together, to make sure it was the same size matched porting of both, before installing your setup?
As I am going to have to machine down the I.D of this Spacer, for it to work properly. If I do not, then I will have a bottleneck here, as the airflow will hit this raised barrier and cause a little turbulence issue, rather than a straight clean airflow flowing down across the rotors.
Did you take a look at the mating of the spacer and intake plenum inside ported area together, to make sure it was the same size matched porting of both, before installing your setup?
As I am going to have to machine down the I.D of this Spacer, for it to work properly. If I do not, then I will have a bottleneck here, as the airflow will hit this raised barrier and cause a little turbulence issue, rather than a straight clean airflow flowing down across the rotors.
A sanding wheel buzzes right through that stuff.--Joe
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I've got the C& L Plenum with the phenolic spacer (previously had installed from JDM) and when I installed the C & L plenum - the spacer seemed to line up fine.
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Originally posted by soap
It may take all of 5 minutes to outline the extra phenolic material then carefully, using a die grinder, removing the excess material.
A sanding wheel buzzes right through that stuff.
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It may take all of 5 minutes to outline the extra phenolic material then carefully, using a die grinder, removing the excess material.
A sanding wheel buzzes right through that stuff.--Joe
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Originally posted by Robert Francis
I've got the C& L Plenum with the phenolic spacer (previously had installed from JDM) and when I installed the C & L plenum - the spacer seemed to line up fine.
I've got the C& L Plenum with the phenolic spacer (previously had installed from JDM) and when I installed the C & L plenum - the spacer seemed to line up fine.
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I took the easy way out when I got my spacer from JDM. I also ordered a "bent" EGR valve tube from them - fit perfect! From what I've seen on here though, most guys seemed to say that it wasn't hard to bend your current one to fit.
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Originally posted by Robert Francis
I took the easy way out when I got my spacer from JDM. I also ordered a "bent" EGR valve tube from them - fit perfect! From what I've seen on here though, most guys seemed to say that it wasn't hard to bend your current one to fit.
I took the easy way out when I got my spacer from JDM. I also ordered a "bent" EGR valve tube from them - fit perfect! From what I've seen on here though, most guys seemed to say that it wasn't hard to bend your current one to fit.
