old skool V8 trick.

this is basically a really thick (1/4"-3/4") intake-manifold-to-head gasket made of a thermally non-conductive material. This way the thermal energy from the engine block does not get to the intake manifold, which will stay cooler, maintaining a cooler (denser) intake charge, thereby making more power. There is also a benefit from lenghtening the intake path, which should gain some torque.

I'm looking into this on the side. I'll post some references on this later. If there is enough interest, we should go for it.

juan