I was wondering about a little more power for N/A applications and I found out about using gaskets that do not trasfer the heat from the engine block to the intake manifold and throttle body and intake arm, by insulating the heat away. I found out that this company makes those gaskets and thought maybe about getting them. I contacted them and this is the e-mail they sent me.

"*name undisclosed*,

Thank you for your interest in ThermoBlok Spacer Kits. We have been developing ThermoBlok insulators for many new applications, but the Scion is not currently on the list. Our prototyping work order is organized by demand and to date, there hasn't been much interest in insulators for the 2AZ motor, yet. We generally request 10 commitments prior to the design, prototyping, and production of a new performance part. Pricing for a set, including intake manifold and throttle body insulators along with necessary hardware such as lengthened studs would be in the $100 or less range.

Please assess the interest for your group and let us know.

Best Regards,
Sean Morgan
Outlaw Engineering"

You can enter their site and see if it would be interesting enough for us...
http://www.outlawengineering.com/index.html

I would suggest this from the people trying to gain as much hp as possible from the current motor form. While doing research I found out that this are Phenolic Spacers and gaskets. And by letting the heat away from the intake manifold and such things, the air would enter more colder than usual. Maybe there is some hp around there. They manage up to 7 whp on some of the dynos I saw...little skeptic about this, but still worth a look. What do you guys think?

 

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i read the testimonials and if it's good enough for "Chris from Coon Rapids, Minnesota" and "Mike from Who Knows Where, USA", it's good enough for me.

 

^^ heh heh.. but just so you know, coon rapids is part of the 2 million plus population in the twin cities metro But the name is great :D It is about 15 minutes from where I live.. so I get to give a lot of people from there a hard time regarding the name

I dont think you would see any real serious gains with this, although I have never had any experience with them. But, if you were already tearing down the motor, it wouldnt be bad to add for under $100 if it is designed well and everything fits.

 

nice, then I would consider it when I decide what to do with mine. Still thinking N/A or turbo.....or Supercharger.... I don't know.