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The new Prank Parts High Clearance Intake Manifold is a limited run of only 6 hand made intake manifolds that gain hood clearance with j series engines and saves 7 pounds over the stock j32a2 intake manifold
Sorry I should rephrase - Why exactly would one get this for a j32a3 TL. From the phrasing I sort of assumed this was geared towards J-swapped builds. Would there be a hp advantage here like a 3.7 im swap?
I get that you're looking at a weight reduction and increased clearance, but if I remember correctly we've never had hood clearance issues with the 3.7 swap or otherwise. If I'm missing something obvious please enlighten me
If the height clears the fuel rails and injectors, it very well could be used. Even if not, a spacer could be used. Obviously the IMRC valve would have to be removed, you will probably need a throttle body adapter to run your stock TB and the EGR port shapes will need to be blended to match between the lower runners and the manifold if I'm not mistaken...I believe the j32a2 has oval ports and the j32a3 are round.
^ So the answer is "not without some work / troubleshooting". I'm going to imagine the 3.7 swap is more worthwhile if clearance issues are not a concern
Sorry I should rephrase - Why exactly would one get this for a j32a3 TL. From the phrasing I sort of assumed this was geared towards J-swapped builds. Would there be a hp advantage here like a 3.7 im swap?
I get that you're looking at a weight reduction and increased clearance, but if I remember correctly we've never had hood clearance issues with the 3.7 swap or otherwise. If I'm missing something obvious please enlighten me
I don't think anyone ever mentioned a reason for you to buy this. This is a j-series specific forum and the manifold is a custom part that may help someone else. Leave it at that and let others be enlightened. No disrespect.
The throttle body will obviously be situated further back in the engine bay, so major CAI changes will be necessary. And of course, that's going to cause clearance issues with the fuse box and strut bar. It can still be made to work I bet.
Yung I'm not sure if you read my post as confrontational or if I'm doing so with your post but I genuinely was curious as to a reason to buy one, seeing as I was looking at a 3.7 swap and this came up - I didn't mean it in a "wtf would you buy this" way and im sorry if you read it as such...
If the height clears the fuel rails and injectors, it very well could be used. Even if not, a spacer could be used. Obviously the IMRC valve would have to be removed, you will probably need a throttle body adapter to run your stock TB and the EGR port shapes will need to be blended to match between the lower runners and the manifold if I'm not mistaken...I believe the j32a2 has oval ports and the j32a3 are round.
The lower IM ports are the same for the j32a2, j32a3, and j37. The EGR port is slightly different though. Gasket for either car should work. You are probably thinking of the runner to head ports.
Last edited by brian6speed; 02-21-2015 at 02:33 PM.
My first thought when seeing the intake was it had numerous advantages from the tubular style runners and the equal air/pressure distribution plenum. This could allow for much better air/fuel mixture into all chambers not to mention simple wet port nitrous installation and/or meth injection setups. This long runner design will also improve low end torque production if the correct math was done in the length and size of the tubing.
My first thought when seeing the intake was it had numerous advantages from the tubular style runners and the equal air/pressure distribution plenum. This could allow for much better air/fuel mixture into all chambers not to mention simple wet port nitrous installation and/or meth injection setups. This long runner design will also improve low end torque production if the correct math was done in the length and size of the tubing.
Hard to say without dyno comparisons. I would be surprised if any ever get posted. Someone can be the guinee pig. Seems more suited for drag cars since it won't clear a strut bar. Are you interested in trying it over your custom setup?
Prank Parts owner is on this forum. Username is pinkBatman, you could PM him. He is very friendly.
Originally Posted by yungone501
To clarify, I meant the EGR port only, not the intake ports.
Was thinking that might be what you mean. You can just leave the egr alone and run the j32a2, j32a3, or j37 gaskets. They all should work. I would go with the j32a3 or j37 myself.
Last edited by brian6speed; 02-21-2015 at 02:42 PM.
shit looks sick af, my egr has been turned off since flashpro no worries. The piece def catches my attention, but i like my strut bar intact. Good find op! That steel would cause MAJOR HEAT SOAK too, something a lil meth cant fix...hmmmm
Heyevery one, it's me! I found this thread while looking at my site traffic, so I'm a little late. I'm not going quote too many posts, just answer some of the other questions I saw.
These are indeed made for swap cars, you can try it on your native J cars if you would like, but without numbers I'm sure you wouldn't want to risk it, especially with all your hood clearance.
These are made of mild steel for a few reasons, cost, build time, and strength are big ones. Heat soak has never been a problem on my car, I get ambient air temps pretty consistently and my intake hardly ever gets warm.
That black intake is indeed mine, and the runners are smaller on that one. 1.75" compared to 1.88 on the ones listed on the site.
Here is a customers car with the intake in Jamaica that the owner modified to accept a nitrous kit.
Heyevery one, it's me! I found this thread while looking at my site traffic, so I'm a little late. I'm not going quote too many posts, just answer some of the other questions I saw.
These are indeed made for swap cars, you can try it on your native J cars if you would like, but without numbers I'm sure you wouldn't want to risk it, especially with all your hood clearance.
These are made of mild steel for a few reasons, cost, build time, and strength are big ones. Heat soak has never been a problem on my car, I get ambient air temps pretty consistently and my intake hardly ever gets warm.
That black intake is indeed mine, and the runners are smaller on that one. 1.75" compared to 1.88 on the ones listed on the site.
Mil-spec harness looks good. Who is your supplier on materials for these?
Btw, your build was looking good. Still in progress? Last I read, you were doing some crazy Fit j-swap.
Hard to say without dyno comparisons. I would be surprised if any ever get posted. Someone can be the guinee pig. Seems more suited for drag cars since it won't clear a strut bar. Are you interested in trying it over your custom setup?
Prank Parts owner is on this forum. Username is pinkBatman, you could PM him. He is very friendly.
Was thinking that might be what you mean. You can just leave the egr alone and run the j32a2, j32a3, or j37 gaskets. They all should work. I would go with the j32a3 or j37 myself.
I'm getting a tune with this manifold on in 2 days I can let you know how that works out
The build is a j32a2 LSD cl-s trans, prank intake mani bored to 90mm, 90mm skunk2 tb & thermal gaskets, UR light weight crank pulley, 4" intake, 3" strait pipe exhaust. Its going to be tuned tomorrow at 1pm.
02-21-2015 | 01:44 PM
