Feeler: The demand for EDM/JDM square top intake manifold
 

Hi All,

I was telling my buddy about the square top intake goodness. He said that if there is enough demand he will talk to his Japanese brother-in-law (who is in the auto salvage business in Japan) about importing some to US. Just wanted to gauge the demand.

-Raj

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There's a ton of demand. Someone in California has already been importing and hoarding all the ones he can get his hands on and not selling a damned one of them.

this is for the 99-00 head right?

Rough estimate of price??

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How convenient. For the right price I'd be down.

^ +1 for the right price.

I have 2 available, one goes to JayL, the other one will be sold when I put the throttle bodies on my new engine.

I'd pay a healthy sum. Not an exorbitant sum, but a healthy one.

I'll let you know when it is available.

Why would he do that?

I wish i knew what we were talking about.

This is for a square top 01-05 intake. I will talk to him this evening, and it might take a week or so to get a reply.

Email is so much slower in the orient.

Count me in.

Interest.

Anyone have a pic of said manifold? This is the first I've ever heard of it.

This

and this.
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Nope.

Damn I could use them for Racewars this weekend, they'd go for a fortune.

How is that different? It looks like a normal manifold to me. What type of improvement do you get from it.

Stock 2001 manifold:
http://www.y8s.com/miata/images/DSCN0258.jpg

Ok, I see the diff now. So for the second part of my question, what type of real world gain does it give? Dynos?

I thought you were my friend :(

There was a fair amount of discussion about this in a thread on this forum about IM design last year sometime. You guys should read every single thread from last year to make sure you are caught up.:)

Sorry, I've lost track with all the PMs coming back and forth (the GB and all). Did I promise to sell you one?

No....I've just been really trying to get my hands on one even before the discussion I started :( Maybe you can find me one?

If it's less than $200 I'd be interested.

Anyone have any theories about square top vs B18?

Square top is the way to go n/a for sure. They should both offer similar gains in boost. Squaretop should be a bit cheaper i would think. I had about $500 in my honda mani.

Definintely interested, depending on price, of course. I'm cheap.

Corksport is selling these for 475.

Would you rather have this than a custom one made or a BEGI?

Are these standard equipment in Europe? First I've heard of them as well but if they are then ill start keeping my eyes open in the junkyards around here.

Has anyone dyno tested these against a 99/00 manifold with VICS switching?

Yep, these are standard on 01+ miata outside of USA.

Grab some on the cheap, sell for massive profit. :)

if you find one LMK :makeout:

BTW I mentioned this somewhere before but does anyone know if it is a different part number. A friend of mine that works for mazda asked me and I dont know. I've been looking around but I can not find out if it is a different part number.

:vash:

I'd be in for one if the price was less than $300. That should make for a really healthy profit for someone.

id be interested in one but 150$ is the most id be willing to pay for a stock intake manifold.

lolz

If a vender is selling them for 475, what makes you think you snag one for 150?

On a completely unrelated topic how would you get your hands on a mazdaspeed IM, you know the ones that I believe to have ITB's? I honestly can't remember

Going JDM 01+ vvt parts, I would want the intake and the header.

The place I have been working for the past 3 months keeps giving me the run around on them. They are saying they have some one day and none the next. Supposedly they have one now, but only time will tell. If I can start getting them in I will sell them at whatever my cost is just to get these things out there.

If you can get them, then I would be down for one.

I had a company claiming they were trying to get them new from Japan, claimed that they were on backorder for ???? amount of time. They gave up. I said I would do a back-to-back dyno to see how well it would work on a FI Miata. Too bad it never happened. Maybe one day I'll get my hands on one.

They have been back ordered from Mazda for 1.5 years.

Which makes you wonder...how the hell did Corksport get them? There was no demand 1.5yrs ago for them and it wasn't being discussed anywhere.

Makes you wonder if Corksport can really get them.

emilio said someone had been buying them out didnt he? Could it have been CS?

CS is currently out of them and are expecting another shipment towards the end of January. Guess there's a few people on the waiting list already and they aren't sure how many will be in this next shipment.

The guy I am working with is dragging his feet. The guy in Japan does not speak english and his sister here does not understand car parts lingo. I will update when I get more info.

Anyone have the part number for this manifold?

I found a neat link randomly. im not sure if it was previously posted up here but here it is:

http://www.mazdaspeedy.com/2010/03/2...-vtcs-msm.html

it shows some off-the-motor detal shots of the 01 manifold vs. the jay dee m manifold.

Yup, all of that was posted in here- https://www.miataturbo.net/showthread.php?t=42779

Welcome to the party :giggle:

my bad. i gave up looking to see if it was posted in that thread after 90% of the pictures were the http://www.balsfasdf.com/jafefasfe.jpg icon.

I figured what the hell and put my name in the hat at Corksport around last Christmas. I honestly didn't expect to get one, but it seemed worth filling out the order form on the off chance.

I got an email about a week ago. Corksport is expecting their shipment (which was due at the end of January) sometime at the end of July. They say "Mazda is backordered until then."

Alas.

I wonder if someone at Mazda is seeing orders or inquiries for these and is wondering "WTF?".