Wondering if anyone has ever tried this:

M62 Supercharged Phenolic Spacer

 

use the search!!!!

but really short answer is yes people have

 

I did used the search but found threads of people that have been using the manifold to head one, not so much the supercharger to manifold one. Just curious to see what kind of results the people have been getting.

 

if this is thicker than the stock gasket then you have to consider the bypass, how do you make up the difference in height? you would need to machine a spacer for the bypass and run a second bypass gasket on top of it. the way they have it in the kit seems half assed to say the least.

 

Get the ZZP M62 spacer. The one you posted looks like a cheap POS

 

the zzp one isnt phenolic, its just a metal plate to allow the install of meth after the blower. it doesnt block the blowers heat from entering the intake manifold.

 

Subd

 

Where is another thread addressing this mod?

Agreed Though click the link under the description. It shows a spacer for the bypass in the install and testing. And the results look pretty good.


Product Review: O.E.M. phenolic m62 spacer - Boost Forum - j-body.org - the jbody organization

Metals are great conductors of heat. Using another piece of aluminum would simply not address heat transfer issues. How does that look cheap?

 

the idea of using black rtv as a gasket in a system under boost gives me the *******. the zzp spacer has an inlaid oring and looks legit, a disk of phenolic material with nothing to keep it in place makes my skin crawl.

 

lol

 

click

 

what i want to see is a seperate cooler kit for the blower itself. a couple of fittings, a small cooling radiator with a electric fan, maybe a reservoir of fluid with a electric pump. something to help make the blower more durable and keep it cooler. putting a spacer like this eliminates the blowers heat sink, at that point the blower will run significantly hotter. if you have a phenolic spacer between the intake and head youve already isolated the system, at that point the blower is the only source of heat, heat that will shorted the blowers life if not removed and the intercooler in the intake is the only way heat is pulled out of that system, if the blower is isolated from that one cooling course then whats left to keep the blower and its fluid cool? i might have to pull a spare one apart and rig up a kit for it. colder blowers make colder temps and live forever! sound like a good sales pitch?

 

your over thinking things

 

ECOtec Phenolic Head Spacer

 

Ha I'd be hesitant to use the product as well. If it was refined I would be tempted to purchase it.

I understand your thought on this and it makes sense, but I don't see the intake manifold as being a very good heat sink for the supercharger. Airflow is the primary cooling of the SC. The air becomes much hotter after going through the supercharger because it is pulling a lot of heat from it. The IM then cools the air back down. By isolating the SC and IM, I think the IM would be more efficient at cooling the air because it is not soaking heat from the SC. The SC temps are shown to be lower with the testing of the phenolic spacer, which shows the SC and IM can dissipate heat more effectively if they are isolated.

 

I purchased ZZPs for $100. It comes with the gasket and hardware to bolt up to the LSJ. This would be a better option for someone with a SC LE5 since the hardware is slightly different. I had to buy another $10 bucks in bolts/spacers to install it properly on my LE5(as have others).

 

im interested in this idea, obviously a cooler intake manifold is a good thing, to be honest i just want zzp to make it and for it to be as professional as their intake to head spacer. i want a bypass spacer that doesnt make me nervous just looking at it. i strongly doubt the small contact point of the bypass warrants any phenolic material at all. its most rubber gasket and a tiny amount of metal to metal contact. it would seem better to just have a metal spacer with a real seal, oring or rubber.
then of course, ill whip up my sc cooler kit and reap the negligible gains that come with it, mauhahaha. hey if i make one more horsepower because of it ill do a little dance in celebration. then of course the wild claims of running 2.1 inch pulleys for 400,000 miles without even changing the oil in the sc >.>

 

yeah, i would get the zzp also, just posting it up

 

subd

 

I agree. If ZZP produced it the quality would be superior, thoroughly tested and brought to us in a kit so we wouldn't have to fart around getting another gasket/o-ring and longer SC to IM bolts.

You know I am going to be very bored this winter maybe I'll beat you to it!

 

sorry my fault, i was thinking the other one too.