Installing Ported Upper & Lower Intake Manifolds on The Z

[@4runner_litty]

How could anyone dislike this great video. Great instruction bro.

[@ryerci9618]

@EMAH MUSIC u missin the point of modding/ sleeper cars

[@TheCybusterGundam]

@EMAH MUSIC Say that to literally any car guy and they will avoid you 💀 Dude you're missing the point of modding cars.

[@zebraheem]

Arm chair analysis: smooth ports promote flow therefore air velocity...rough ports promote turbulence... turbulence is good for fuel mixture. So it's a matter of determining what engine likes what more...in this case we got fuel injectors so I think the whole mixing might not be as important

[@gkada8016]

The dislikes are mechanics😂

[@performanceoverlooks]

Thanks for the help! Would like to note for others that you don't have to remove the coolant lines from the throttle body if you're just replacing the upper manifold.

[@ravenXcozmo]

What if youre replacing valvecovers ??

[@shad3128]

This job reminds me a lot of when I rebuild my 2/4 stroke dirtbike engines. Especially laying the new gaskets and torquing the bottom and top ends together. The small details are clutch for the proper fit and no coolant leaks! This video was done amazing. Thank you for sharing man. Most z owners are people I would not wanna sit and watch for 15 minutes on youtube...

[@milanmastracci]

Thanks Chris! I appreciate it 👊

[@Seany370Z]

just installed the ported upper intake manifold. thanks a lot mate haha. keep up the good work

[@isaihaguirre6533]

Any major difference?

[@interstatebullly3nyg551]

Good clear explanation throughout the video. Makes a big difference in their types of videos where detail is key

[@general38]

Another great video milan. The way you instruct gives me confidence to do the bigger projects. With ported manifolds, i would be thinking of forced induction of some kind - it just seems to make sense! If not, bigger cams perhaps - either way you have done an awesome job on the z.

[@Marcos0ne]

Great explanation, great view of the bay/ area being worked on. I was a bit iffy about installing these myself but after watching this I have no doubt I'll knock it out in no time.

[@interstatebullly3nyg551]

I need to get me one of those ratchet drills.. I'm seeing these things in all the videos now and they look so convenient

[@MRxhalemotorsports1]

I don't typically comment. But that was the best instructional I've ever seen.

[@S.Madman]

This video is great quality. The lighting was amazing, your pace is superb. Had a question, some animal chewed my fuel injector harness, can it be removed/replaced without having to remove the fuel rails?

[@boondocksaint8088]

Great and informative vid! Most of the other Z vid people I've watched seem to annoy me but you aren't cocky or annoying. lol Thank you for the great video...subscribing! Very well edited and well produced.

[@revvolutions]

Yeah us VQ guys are usually douchebags.

[@kilalamadness]

Awesome video the upper intake and lower intake ported nice the one thing to help it breath better upgrade the throttle to bigger size and port the heads and port the exhaust as well and upgrade the intake valves to go with the ported heads on the cold side and hot side It's sounds crazy and money to do all of that u will see more power and worth it depends on the individual but I would

[@crossroads2027]

this is a very clear and concise instructional video. welldone

[@streetlegends]

Thank you so much for a very detailed explanation on how to install and torque specs. 👌🏻

[@MiguelAngel-cx5dq]

Thanks for sharing I want to do this to my car now lol cant wait for the dyno tune. The Z1 intakes supposedly make a decent difference. I heard you can diy the intakes and now after watching your videos I know I can get it done. Thanks bro

[@ianjones1498]

You are better off getting a 3" intake and bigger throttle body's on the plastic intake models. The Japanese are very smart and knew what they were doing when that designed the smaller ports due to Bernoulli's principle. Also a quality exhaust is a huge plus on Z's and the G's

[@162mikey]

Most detailed I've seen. Thank you for this

[@milanmastracci]

Glad it was helpful!

[@christiansmith2425]

This also helps down the line if you do choose to go for boost, like I hopefully will be going for down the line.

[@ianjones1498]

Are you going turbo or supercharger?

[@runemproduction3187]

Nice video bro thanks I finally built up the courage to port my upper manifold thanks to your video and a few other I'm glad I did after 5 mins I felt like a pro I subbed thanks

[@grudepc901]

On NA cars ported cylinder heades and bigger injectors are pretty much evrything that can make huge difference.

[@lowlifespore8993]

Are you Chrisfix’s brother? Because this video was immaculate.

[@Pendaws]

Hey Milan, bolts are NOT measured by head size but by THREAD size. Head sizes can be different for the same thread size. IE 10mm thread size could have a 14 or maybe 15mm head size.

[@ABoyIsMe]

Big fan, I have a G37 and it's very similar. Can you show a video of how to clean the throttle bodies?

[@christiansmith2425]

motorvateDIY has an awesome video series on this process, worked perfeclt on my G and its idle is pretty good now.

[@bobbyholts5594]

Thx bro. 😌🙏 I used this video last nite... It's a keeper. 🍻

[@videomaniac108]

Very nice. Did you also port match the gaskets?

[@Ocho474]

I wish my engine looks this clean😄

[@ravenXcozmo]

Damn im impressed with your videos brotha, going to be doing this to my g37 soon.

[@lilflip416]

Can also preform an air intake re learn using the key and pedal.

[@reyes-rn8wu]

Any CEL from upper and lower manifold upgrade before tune? And does this effect how realiable the g37 will be?

[@pay_attn]

The editing is glorious

[@henrymatthews9365]

Bro don't use gas as a lubricant for the fuel injector o-rings. Just put a little spit on them glides right in no snags and no worries about premature o-ring failure.

[@JSpool1]

I hope you measured the head ports. While this may help slightly and I mean slightly .... no point in more air coming in if the actual head ports are smaller and basically creates a bottle neck effect.

[@climbingthewall4169]

Man explanation is so damn good in this video thanks for it 🙏

[@milanmastracci]

Happy to help brother!

[@claudioagmfilho]

Great vid, I am from Recife in Brasil South America, I think your videos are great let’s see what hp it will have with these ported intake manifolds

[@tomgt007sugden]

Brilliant video mate

[@TUNERJDM]

Question. Why did you open the lines if it’s already attached to the throttle body?

[@pospc2]

This is a good mod on the vq35de as well. If you take the time and do it right. Research it. You can find a lot of info and pics of ways people have tried if you are willing to google a lot. Also something else to look at is the performance shops and their ported parts to base your port job on.

[@slfrules1]

man i love when you Canadians say things like "out"

[@milanmastracci]

OOUUUWWWTTT

[@fernandohood5542]

Dyno before and after? Flow Bench before and after?

[@elcolin_]

Love the video and the project. Props to all of us DIY guys. Question though: doing it manually at home by hand... my concern is that you'd end up with slightly different sized ports just due to human error and "eye-balling it". I wonder if there is any way to measure each port to make sure they're as close to identical as possible?

[@Uurrgg3]

Very interesting question.

[@ElectricWolf1983]

Interesting video, however most tuning specialists I've heard of usually re-profile the intake and exhaust camshaft to accompany gas flowing (porting) the intake manifolds. Otherwise even after a "tune" the gains are minimal.

[@v36vhr]

I didn't make any power with upper and lower ported manifolds, dyno proven unfortunately. I went with a knock off company lol. Even with a tune it made no power. Maybe it depends on who does the porting and if it's done right? The upper and lower manifold should be port matched with one another. NoTrigga and z1 are the best on the market.

[@ravenXcozmo]

@@v36vhri just got triggaspec ones ! :) the dude is pretty chill and explained everything very well prior to installing he also supported everything needed for install

[@thetraindriver01]

Great work Milan 👍👍👍👍👍

[@ptinker106]

Who makes the black upper strut tower brace?

[@Juanhjess]

Hey is like to know if you would need a tune right away or can you run it with no tune

[@JonaPark97]

Aaayyeee nice. When can we expect the dyno video?

[@milanmastracci]

As soon as I can get a tune for the Z

[@MrDucatiV4]

Great video! Thank you very much!

[@milanmastracci]

Thanks Michael!

[@migueljordan36]

Great video

[@Christian-ws3xs]

Would sand blasting it be a good idea? Like it won’t mess up the size of the holes when the head gaskets are replaced?

[@torvarrisevans3961]

Did you feel a difference in performance with out a tune bruh , am interested

[@Zombii]

Great video thanks

[@swanblake]

Way too much work for 4 HP hahaha. Thought you need upgraded throttle bodies (enlarged) and 3inch intake pipes to get benefit from porting ?

[@nighthawk0077]

Welcome to the world of NA tuning. He also has post maf tubes that make 1-2hp

[@dukenukeman]

Any mod for this car is pretty much useless unless you go with a super charger or turbo The amount of money you will spend for bolt ons can be used for forced induction I only have test pipes and long tube intake installed then called it a day...left the nismo stock exhaust alone Has enough power for everyday spirited driving for me

[@michelleedwards7913]

On the lower intake manifold, did you have to put and kind of gasket maker to hold the gaskets in place? Or do you just clean the old ones off the surface and lay the new ones in place.

[@ryanscanlan9875]

Great content. I'm doing mine now but I have a question re lower intake to head gasket. The gasket can be installed with the ports on the gasket either tapering in or out. Which way did you do it? Really don't want to do it the wrong way.

[@rodrigomunoz6424]

10/10 great video!

[@milanmastracci]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Rodrigo

[@jeremygalloway1348]

Have you done the throttle body coolant bypass mod?

[@shorna.darling6353]

question: as pertaining to removing the upper intake manifold...there are two nuts that hold the manifold down once removed and the rear end of the manifold is stuck on the rear bolt...after the nut is removed how do I get it loose...and not damage the plastic manifold..thanks

[@irwinjimenez]

Did you have to upgrade any of the timing chain/tensioner components? If so, what & how

[@Daddychill945]

How much more power will you get

[@Mackenzielynn29]

Would this be the same torque specs for a de ?

[@JoseGutierrez-un1bk]

Please consider going with 3” admin intakes and getting a revup admin tune. You’re looking at an average of +35whp with just the intakes and tune.

[@HorgretorGellantara]

Not true. The intakes are not worth crap.

[@Cheeseypoofs85]

@@HorgretorGellantara 3" intakes have shown up to 22whp over 2.5" long tube intakes on the VHR

[@HorgretorGellantara]

@@Cheeseypoofs85 have you been on the dyno and compared them side by side with no tune changes except for the scaling? Because I have

[@Cheeseypoofs85]

@@HorgretorGellantara what's the point of an upgrade if you don't tune for it?

[@HorgretorGellantara]

@@Cheeseypoofs85 I guess I worded that incorrectly. It was at max timing already, 3in intakes made 3 whp over the factory timing with both tunes maxed out. There's actually a video comparison on here somewhere that shows exactly what I found out on the dyno.

[@RzVids]

8:20 Everything straightforward until here. I still don't see the knock sensors and what is that long metal pipe in the middle??

[@MrDizaier]

Any dyno graph gain power?

[@axelguadalupe8770]

What are the gains to hp one gets for having these two installed?

[@ravenXcozmo]

Do you need a tune right away??

[@arturosegoviano6821]

Do you have to replace the gaskets I heard they are reusable

[@TrollingSRT]

How was the shipping? Did they send the part first? Or did u pay core ? Was a little confused , want to order

[@milanmastracci]

Hey Jay, shoot me an email if you need some clarification. [e-mail]

[@sergnextdoor5213]

Was this properly ported? I’ve heard over gapping the manifolds causes turbulence thus losing power

[@vitiboyzfj1370]

Did you had to bleed cooling system ?

[@cozyboy7366]

what new gaskets do i need to buy

[@_ebj_]

Where did you get part ?

[@bruces12]

After you install your long tube intakes, you next should consider installing a dual PCV oil catch can system.

[@milanmastracci]

Got a link? :)

[@ashmore_ofcl_3305]

Here do you get your torque specs from? Great video, i actually emailed you, i dont think you ever got it

[@easypeasy8690]

Hello i have a crankshaft problème in my 08 350z since i’am from Morocco and there’s no way to find a VQ35HR arround. I managed to find a VQ37VHR MY QUESTION is can i put the heads of a VQ35HR into the short block of a VQ37VHR reading your thread says yes, i would appreciate your answers Thank you

[@nicpirez]

I been having problems with my G35 VQ35HR, my coolant is consume to fast and my car have a stall episode, I check for leaks and nothing is posible the manifold gasket have a leak or so, this can be a solution? No leaks anywhere in the visual inspection and this is the last chance 👀

[@saintsfan7268]

Make a quick video on how to use a torque wrench ??

[@z33hayden23]

Can this go on the DE model?

[@lilhubraider4880]

Nice

[@NitrousDe]

How much power did it gain?

[@allenpolintan1614]

Where can I get them both and how much? I live ontario

[@williamhartwell9160]

Does this give you any horsepower gains?

[@TheOmegaSanction]

Not enough to justify all the time and work not to mention if you paid for a ported unit instead of doing it yourself.

[@DjNeighborhood]

Lol what's the link to that ending instrumental? After installing them does it require a tune asap?

[@milanmastracci]

If you have the funds to get a tune, I would defs get one after changing any engine related part. To prevent wasting an excessive amount of money on multiple tunes, try to play out when you're modding your car so you can get one tune with every part installed.

[@frasierhaber4388]

Did you install all new gaskets for the upper plenum , lower manifold and the TBs?

[@milanmastracci]

I replaced the plenum gaskets, but if yours are in good condition, I suspect you can reuse them.

[@ryanscanlan9875]

Awesome.

[@milanmastracci]

Thanks!

[@silvestrepascual1387]

Where could i get a lower intake manifold like the one you installed

[@jakefromstatefarm13]

Z1 Motorsport

[@JuanRazo-m2p]

So would you be able to drive the car without a tune for a while until you schedule a tune and nothing will happen because I was told not to drive with them before a tune because the motor will blow

[@omarali6726]

How many horse power you gain from these manifolds bro

[@danielargueta5182]

I have a question... can i use that kind of intake manifold in another vq35? I mean can I use the vq35hr intake manifold onto a vq35de ?

[@sirmark8528]

Daniel Argueta no because the HR manifold pattern wouldn’t fit with the DE lower manifold. I gotta buy a DE ported manifold

[@sirmark8528]

Daniel Argueta you*

[@18aldane]

Hey bro how did you fix the rough idle??

[@crucialgaming1836]

You need a retune.

[@SubwooferVideosx]

what throttle bodies do you use ?

[@milanmastracci]

As of now, the OEM ones.

[@TheRealMrRoboto]

Making anything larger regarding fluid dynamics is going to decrease your velocity regardless of how smooth it is now. The smoothness just decreases the turbidity of the fluid

[@revvolutions]

Lol the smile said it all

[@Tha_Zhuk]

Not doing bigger injectors?

[@milanmastracci]

I don't plan on maxing these out for now. If I go boost, I'll just take the manifold out again. Nbd

[@ДмитрийТокарев-ь6ш]

Отлично !!

[@saved1777]

Check engine light?

[@crod6431]

What's the total labor hours for both the upper and lower plenums? I'd like to buy the parts from Z1 and have my mechanic install them.

[@flatsix1943]

According to Z1 site, 30 mins for the upper, up to 2 hrs for the lower.

[@pmote00]

Would this work for the vq35hr

[@milanmastracci]

Yes it would!

[@moneytooblowrellsz]

Any hp gains between the two

[@klajditupi3464]

No

[@TheOmegaSanction]

Double no..

[@shadzuchiha6691]

I changed mine this morning on my G37x, car worked fine for about 3 hours but went into limp mode & shut off. Tried to start it but would not start only the fan would come on.. You have any idea what it could be??

[@briarsawyer2903]

I would guess you need a tune!

[@itsdannyb5795]

You changed both?

[@kevinvilchez2525]

1ST NOTIFICATION SQUADDDD

[@zaddylexx1971]

do you use metric or standard sockets?

[@milanmastracci]

Metric

[@Enkies]

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