ok, i'm doing this for VE guys (VG guys too if i can get a test car and used gaskets).
anyway, http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=270283 should explain alot.
i just took a look at the 4th gen gasket and it looks pretty similar to my VE gasket.
i'm also willing to make throttle body spacers. i just need someone to send me a used (or new if you want) upper/lower plenum gasket to match and someone from RI (ahem erty67) to be the guinea pig.
again all thats done is the raw material is in my possession and this week i'll have the gasket cut (whether i end up doing it or if a machine shop cooperates and does it for me).
in exchange for being the guinea pig, i'll do all the work to install it however, i do need you to pay my cost as far as material/shop fees go and assuming all goes well, i want you to post reactions on here...i WILL NOT go through with this for 4th gens/VGs unless results prove to be worth while on at least my car (i'd like another guinea pig VE that is a little closer to stock than i am).
as it says in the 3rd gen thread, if no one is interested, no problem, just throwing the idea out there, i'm doing mine regardless.
if you have any questions/comments/suggestions/interest, feel free to IM me, my account is listed in my profile, i'm always on so leave a message and i'll get back to you when i'm near my computer.
thanks

 

I'm interested.

How much would something like this cost?

 

i'm hoping for no more than $70 shipped for the upper gasket...it'd be nice if i could do upper and throttle bodyh for $70 shipped..or less..
again, it depends on machine shop fees really because if it were just parts, it'd be like $40 shipped for the lower only.
i'll find out tomorrow..if i end up having to cut them myself i'll assess difficulty, to see how much i should charge, if any.

 

i should have an extra throttle body in the mail any day now i got on ebay cheap. i'm local too so if you needed it for testing purposes, let me know. i'd also be interested in this depending on price and results. thanks for trying to get this all done for us


are these similar idea to the ones i've seen on ebay for the pathfinder throttle body?

 

What is the point of the throttle body spacer in this application?

 

further heat dissipation...i dont know exactly, if it does nothing then whatever..just bypass your throttle body coolant and you should be ok...i'll do more research on the throttle body spacer..the only reason i'm making it is because i have extra material, but not enough for 2 plenum spacers.

 

i just need the throttle body gaskets..
not sure about the ebay ones, if they're very cheap, chances are they are just spacers made out of aluminum, and do little or nothing for heat dissipation.

 

http://www.mm-inet.com/518512.shtml

http://shop.sportruck.com/poweraid/#Nissan

sorta like these ones? sorry if i'm wayyy off and just being a pain.

 

sounds interesting i think i'd be in if it were to work, can't help with the other stuff tho. sorry

 

not really, those seem to be a piece of aluminum between 2 gaskets, that only increases length of the intake tract, mine is going to be my "mystery material" that isnt supposed to transfer heat. not really familiar with those, so i cant comment too much.

 

ok guys, my spacer works great, check my original thread in the 3rd gen forum for my review.
for you guys, all i need is someone who is preferably local to be a guinea pig, contact me for more info on being the guinea pig.