this looks like bullsh*t

[yakuza racer 16]

http://www.aptuning.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=1083&category_id=160&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=14

does this work?

finding it very hard to believe it does.....

"New South Performance Power Gasket Plus, MK2/MK3 VR6 12V PowerGasket? gives you up to 5% more power from your engine by reducing the temperature of the incoming air to your engine. NewSouth Performance has designed an insulating gasket that radically reduces the heat transfer from the cylinder head to the intake manifold. This gives you cooler, denser air for more horsepower and performance from your engine. Made from a high performance polymer, PowerGasket? conducts on average less than 1/500th of the heat of the steel gasket that it replaces. Your intake manifold will stay 30-50? F cooler and your incoming air will stay 20-30? F cooler."

[legvw 0]

It might help a little.

One of the biggest problems with the vr6 intake is that most of it sits above the engine, so conducts alot of heat thats produced.

You could try to insulate the inlet from the engine with reflective heat fabric you can buy.

[Apollo 0]

Absolute bo**ox in response to it reducing your airflow temperature by that amount considering the amount of airflow passing thru compared to the surface area of the gasket.

[yakuza racer 16]

thats what im saying apollo.. how can a gasket give a car 5% more power???????

[FishWick 21]

The reality is you will get 0% more power but they'll spit the "Up to..." caveat back in your face if you complain.

I did try that New South one ages ago but it's really crap, only about 4mm thick and just falls apart. No drop intake temp at all.

This one though, does work - http://www.dgautotech.com/dgauto/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=99&Itemid=86

It's 8mm thick IIRC and uses a pair of OE gaskets aswell. The New south spacer is a gasket AND spacer.

I saw an average 8 deg C drop in intake air temp with a short runner manifold.

But to say that drop in temp gives you more power is pure BS.

For an engine to lose power agains air temp, retarded ignition and boyle's law come into play.

To verify the claimed 5%, you would need dyno the engine at every single air temp compensation the ECU looks at, e.g. -10 deg, -5, 0, +10, +20, +30 and so and so on. By which time you will have spent £300 in fuel and dyno time....to prove a cheap peice of gasket material.

They know this. They know we know they know this. It's one of those have a punt products.

[yakuza racer 16]

Thanks for the info kev....