austin Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Howya all goin Ive been sitting here day and night for about a week now lol, of course due to the fact that in a few days/weeks Ill become a proud owner of the Zed Im already making the list of mods which will be going in (and boy, is that list long already) and some are very close to ordering, but being a complete 350 noob I have few questions and would ask if you could kindly clarify as if I was slow Im looking to buy an earlier model, 05 reg, so I believe DE, not HR engine. Now I understand that uprev is only available to the newer model but here I got confused: ENVY sells Motordyne MREV2 Manifold but they say 'We recommend this only for 296hp "Revup" engines and not the earlier vehicles'. However on Motordyne website they say 'A universal manifold modification for use on any VQ35-DE engine.' Please correct me if I get it totally wrong, but will I be able to have a revup with this manifold AND plenum spacers? If so, would you advise 1/2" or 5/16"? I know 1/2" doesnt fit under OEM strut, but thats going to be replaced as well. Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hi & to the forum. 5/16" is the spacer you want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Welcome Austin... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Thanks Now i do know that most people here have gone for the 5/16" but that makes me curious why that one and not the 1/2"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Thanks Now i do know that most people here have gone for the 5/16" but that makes me curious why that one and not the 1/2"? Becuase the 1/2" doesnt fit under the standard strut bar, the 5/16" with some washers can fit under the standard strut. Also the gains of going from 5/16" to 1/2" are very minimal if all other things are kept equal. btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich5259 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zedrush Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Walker Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Welcome to the forum Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UNABASHED Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Welcome - I'll leave the questions answering to the people in the know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wookiee22 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
introspect Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hi Austin, I've got the Revup (296) engine with the MREV2 and a 5/16ths spacer and can highly recommend them for this engine. If you get the earlier DE engine then you will only need the spacer. If you do go for the Revup engine and the MREV2 and spacer combination the be aware that you will gain in the mid range at the expense of top end power. However, I would strongly recommend you get a remap done if you go with the MREV2 and spacer as this will give you back the top end and give you further improvement throughout the entire range. Hope that helps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Hi and welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vik54 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 Welcome to the forum Austin...happy zed shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisS Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 and enjoy looking for your baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dene8 Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 To the forum........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austin Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 Awesome, thanks guys, especially Introspect. The reason I want to buy the DE model is because of the road tax and insurance. I checked premiums and 05 Zeds seem to be the last ones with a 'reasonable' premium of just under £3k. Now, don't gasp for my first year of ownership of Volvo c30 t5 i paid just over £5k. Im 23, live in london, 5 years NCB (but no one wanted to transfer it from aus so effectively i now have only 1 year NCB), never had a scratch regardless of fault. Sigh, oh well, what can I do hey. Cant wait to get the Zed already! Its a fun little thing to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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