i can't believe there's isn't a thread about this (that i could find). this is my first run modding a GTP, i'm a little new to this, all cars before have been (turbo) hondas. car is a '00 GTP sedan Gold Edition, as it stands has a thrasher intake, zzp downpipe, zzp PCM, 3.4 pulley, MSD plug wires, custom Alt. wiring including ZZP stage 1 booster, 1.9 rockers, yellow GM springs, front log manifold. so when i got the car ZZP told me my intake temps where a little hot, about 115 degrees. so my first order of business was to cool down the engine bay. first thing i did was order some gold heat wrap from Summit Racing (Design Engineering DEI 010393 - DEI Reflect-A-GOLD Heat Barriers - Overview - SummitRacing.com) and wrapped my thrasher air box. second thing i did was order a 6"x6"x.025" teflon (Amazon.com: Teflon PTFE Sheet, .125" Thick 6" x 6": Industrial & Scientific) and made myself a throttle body heat barrier gasket. (i know it's after the IAT sensor) installed that along with 2 rubber gaskets (zzp). my third and latest mod was hood spacers and removing the rubber seal at the back of the hood. i got the brass (non rustable) spacers at Lowe's, they are 1" spacers, a little extreme but i'm all about function>form, and it still looks better than all the ugly ass hoods for these cars with the gaudy scoops and vents. here are a couple pics of the spacers , wrapped air box, and thermal gasket.
after going back to ZZP and having tim check the car again i had intake temps of 91 degrees on a high 80s day. not to bad if you ask me. soon i will be adding a fog light hole intake tube leading to the air box. updates later! give me some input!!!
