ID This Intake Manifold

  • #1

    ID This Intake Manifold

    How about a what is it? Game for those who know!

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/87-96-VG30E-…12469f&vxp=mtr

    What did this come from, will it fit the vg30et, and has anyone used it? Looks like a plastic upper, perhaps help with heat soak?

    Here is another one, this time all aluminum, but looks like same basic design?
    http://www.ebay.com/itm/83-89-VG30-N…7e1858&vxp=mtr

    The bonus round is, with they fit under the stock hood? Looks potentially like a more compact version of the Frontier manifold, better flow I wonder?

    Other thoughts?
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  • #2


    Interesting.... it looks as tall as the Frontier/Pathfinder manifold, but like you said more compact.
  • #3
    The only one's I've seen that are plastic are the one's that came on the mini-vans.

    If it's really from a VG30E, then it will fit an ET just fine. No difference in the manifolds between them. Just depends on if that one needs a specific LIM or not.
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  • #4
    I'm thinking its gonna be pretty friggen tall, just really an interesting deal.
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."
  • #5
    listing shows it comes with the LIM. the question is injector capabilities.
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  • #6
    Black plastic type is a Villager/Quest setup.

    Not sure what the second one in aluminum is. Need more pics to see the rest of the upper.

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  • #7
    Both minivan, and they fit backwards on the engine, so the throttle would be next to the z31 battery…

    I expect more hood clearance issues than a stock pathfinder style, but less than the pathfinder's installed backwards…
  • #8
    ^^ ah, never thought about the orientation! I knew someone would be able to shed light on these!
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."
  • #9
    if the lower is the same design as ours, flipping it to sit like a truck intake would be pretty easy.
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  • #10
    And what do you do about the distributor that you just decapitated?
  • #11
    I guess that's a good excuse for coil packs with crank trigger!
    Butter (credit where credit is due): "You have this "gift" where you can make cooking a Hot Pocket seem like you need a certain wavelength microwave and involve brown mustard."
  • #12
    Fail
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