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does anyone have any experiance with this? you basically bolt on a one-inch spacer beneath the throttle body which should will improve drivability and increase fuel economy.
The Helix Power Tower is designed and tested to provide a better low-end torque gain to better off-idle performance. The threaded bore takes the standard incoming air entering the engine and swirls the air. This swirl action enables the incoming air to navigate and past obstacles in the intake port to better fill the cylinder. and odviously the more air entering the cylinder mixed with fuel will better the power output.

this is not a fan in your intake like the tornado . this simply is a spacer below the throttle body. i'm not sure about why it will give better performance because i'm not familiar with this but i think it swirls the air into the manifold so if there is anyone who can help me out a little bit that'd be great. it kinda sounds like a tornado fan you put into your intake but i don't think so. grey, anyone can help me out?


heres the DIY.


Loosen 13-bolt positions as located in the first diagram. Remove air filter lid.(just like your installing the CAI or SRI) Loosen the throttle body to air cleaner base connection. Dislocate the Air Temperature Sensor (ATS) from air cleaner. Lift and remove air cleaner base from vehicle. Remove two throttle cable bracket bolts. Remove three bolts and one nut used to secure throttle body to intake manifold. Lift the throttle body from intake manifold. Remove the stud from location.

Install Helix Power Tower onto intake manifold. Place a gasket on Helix Power Tower. Place the throttle body on gasket. Secure assembly to intake with longer bolts provided. Torque these bolts to 15 ft/lb. Assemble the throttle linkage back onto manifold with two 25mm spacers and longer bolts. Torque these to 12 ft/lb.

There are two vacuum lines that need to be lengthened. Seen in the third picture are the two positions that need replacement. Route the longest hose from the back of the intake; loop this over the throttle cables, then to the EVAP solenoid. The second hose goes from the EVAP line to EVAP solenoid. Reuse factory clamps.

Reinstall air cleaner base to throttle body in reverse from removal. Torque throttle body collar to 12 ft/lb. Install two 25mm spacers under each air cleaner base locations. Use the longer bolts and wide washers to secure this assembly. Install air filter lid to base. Tighten all 13-bolt locations to 12 ft/lb.

Parts List

1 Helix Power Tower

1 Gasket

4 6mmx70mm bolts

4 6mmx25mm spacers

2 6mmx60mm bolts

2 6mmx35mm bolts

2 6mm flat washers

2 6mm wide washers

2 8mm Vacuum hoses (long/short)

 
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I've heard about those before, but if I remember correctly, those are mainly used on cars and trucks with big engines and off-road vehicles like jeeps and ****.

 
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yeh but they have an application for our cars. i was gonna get it check it out.

 
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Don't waste your money. I've seen a dyno of one on a V8 Mustang and it actually caused a loss of power.

 
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Where did you see the dyno graph of a mustang where the Helix redused power?[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif[/IMG] I know the guys who build those and I know they dyno all of the ones they build to find out how thick to make the spacer and what pitch to use on the treads inside to get the most gains. Right now they are building me one for my 99 CR125 Shifter kart motor.

 
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yeh i was gonna say, this isn't some tornado POS. i was wondering what kinda gains i could expect from this.

 
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It was either on corral.net or stangnet...can't remember.

 
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neither works, but i'm really interested in this. seems like its reasonable.

 
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anyone know if this would be worth the money?

 
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yeah its worth the money last price i saw was 89 bucks i think. only thing is will it fit in your engine? i dont have enough room between the hood and intake to raise it up another inch so i didnt get it. dont use those paper gaskets that come with it though, get some high temp silicone gasket maker, otherwise the paper gasket can chip or break and get sucked into the engine. and it sounds like a mini turbo if you were wondering.

 
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Assuming that you do get it, how the hell are you going to make it fit with a stock airbox or an aftermarket intake? There's just no way. The AEM CAI is out of the question since it would hit the hood. The K&N FIPK is out of the question since it would hit the hood as well. The stock air filter box doesn't work either. Pretty much the only intake that might work is the short Injen. That might work, but the mounting locations will be off, so you'de still have to customize it.

Anyway, this thing doesn't really do anything. Swirling the air? Yeah, whatever. It will make the plenum bigger, so if the plenum wasn't appropriately sized from factory then it might make a small difference. Other than that I can't see any benefit. Don't waste your money. Save up and get something that's known to make more power.

 
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yeh i have the injen SRI and i was thinking about this and it doesn't seem like it'd do much if anything at all. i just saw it one day and was wondernig about it.

 
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im selling super duper 50 doller superturbocharger only $50

kit contains 1 bigass bottle of compressed oxygen and a rubber hose

DIY instructions: drill hole in intake, run hose from tank to hole, silicone that bish up and crank open that o2 bottle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

have fun