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Jul 25, 2004

SuperFrankie

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throttle body spacer?

does it really matter what brand i get and are they worth the money? will i even notice a diffrence?

Jul 26, 2004

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I have one for sale... $70 shipped.

Jul 26, 2004

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I have one for sale... $70 shipped.

What brand? How long has it been used for?

Jul 26, 2004

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okay.. does it help and if so how much lol

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well not sure if it helps or not because it was on my car the same time i got an intake. the brand is Helix it was used for a little over 6 months.

Jul 27, 2004

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I believe it doesnt really help... -_- thats what other people told me before...

Jul 27, 2004

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Yeah some guy said that if a company gave him a free one he would dyno test it, so they sent him a free one and he kept making excuses for why he never tested it, and then he disappeared off the site.

Also, some people said they won't fit with certain intakes, so be careful. I'm pretty sure it won't fit with K&N FIPK II, or any other intake that curves up at the top.

Jul 27, 2004

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don't all intakes curve up at the top? how else are they going to clear the hood?

Jul 27, 2004

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Some drop straight down like this:

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Some go up and then down to keep a smoother flow of air, like the K&N FIPK II, like this:

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Sorry for the ascii art.

Jul 27, 2004

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IMO spacers don't do much for our cars.

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...ghlight=spacer

Jul 27, 2004

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Well Frankie has a 6 gen so the hood issue is not going to be a problem for him. I don't think it would do anything.

Jul 27, 2004

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Wow that's weird man, I remember that! He was going to dyno it and post the results on the site.

Jul 27, 2004

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depends on how thick it is... supposidly its supposed ot up your torque

Jul 28, 2004

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throttble body spacers...aren't thsoe supposed to imporve torque?

Jul 28, 2004

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They DO NOT work. The manifold is already designed to give the same effect of an air vortex. You will notice no difference. If you want a little more power, get the TB bored out.

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They DO NOT work. The manifold is already designed to give the same effect of an air vortex. You will notice no difference. If you want a little more power, get the TB bored out.

That's not really the point of a throttle body spacer. The idea behind it is that longer intake runners produce more low end power and this is a proven fact. How well it will work with the D17 or variants I don't know.