Polling the Pusher Intake System. Anybody want to participate with pros or cons?

 

Likely zero benefit from the system. Only thing is it separates the air out of the turbo and the air going into the engine. This may have an effect on manifold air temps but not likely.

 

They look neat, can make servicing stuff slightly easier.

I am still not convinced that they or their clone from swag performance (I got one sitting on desk for a project and am considering just returning it and using a free stock one) will flow evenly to both heads like the stock design

 

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I've seen the idea of divorcing the spider before, very much doubt it will have any measurable impact. There's 100 ways to get more ponies before I'd spend coin on that.

 

Keep in mind that the spider is designed the way it is to add additional points of rigidity given that the stock plenums and boots themselves aren't very rigid. If you use plenum inserts or RR plenums this is less of an issue.

Also the air isn't in the spider very long; I'd be surprised if it contributed a statistically significant portion of heat to the air.

I'd say don't bother.

 

That's what I needed to hear. Thank you guys. I just spent a lot of money on necessary and efficient upgrades so I don't need to waste any money on something that doesn't produce for me. Thanks again!!!!!

 

But it looks cool!

 

That's the main advantage I can think of. I imagine it would be easier to install the 2 piece than single piece manifold. Just worried about getting the plenum boots started, then the turbo connection being a separate piece.

If it were natural asperation and throttle body injection that might be an issue with air fuel mixture not getting distributed evenly. Being forced induction and direct injection it shouldn't be. Air downstream of the turbo is under positive pressure, pressure inside the manifold and plenums is equal. Air is going to flow into what ever path it can take.

Having actually seen it now, I think deleting the AIH is a bigger gain than these intake pipes will ever be. Nothing wrong with the stock cast piece so ain't going to replace it. That said if something happened to my stock intake, I'd replace it with these or the knockoffs in a heart beat. If I just wanted bling (and these intakes do look cool), I'd probably be more likely to replace the stock charge pipes first.