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Old 07-25-2004
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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?
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I have one for sale... $70 shipped.
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I have one for sale... $70 shipped.
What brand? How long has it been used for?
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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.
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I believe it doesnt really help... -_- thats what other people told me before...
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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.
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don't all intakes curve up at the top? how else are they going to clear the hood?
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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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IMO spacers don't do much for our cars.


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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.
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Originally Posted by IronFist
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.
Wow that's weird man, I remember that! He was going to dyno it and post the results on the site.
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depends on how thick it is... supposidly its supposed ot up your torque
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throttble body spacers...aren't thsoe supposed to imporve torque?
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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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Originally Posted by gearbox
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.
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