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Shatto
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6/24/2006
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Have you installed a Throttle Body Spacer and experienced a measurable change?
Dyno showing better HP?
Track record of more speed?
Math showing MPG improvement?
Speeding Tickets?
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Mr Google
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6/24/2006
18:24:59
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do a search on the subject. youll find many opinions on the matter.
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Shatto
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6/24/2006
19:41:07
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I'm not interested in opinions and what someone "feels" which is why I worded my question as I did, thank you.
Somebody did tell me they do nothing for a fuel injected engine.
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Mr Google
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6/24/2006
19:59:00
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i did a search on the subject and found out that "somebody" is right.
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ScojoDak
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6/24/2006
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From v8performance.com
Throttle Body Spacers (Primarily the "Helix" style):
These spacers do not provide any gains in HP at all. They claim to increase TQ and MPG but we tested one and it gained nothing. The Dyno showed no gains in HP or TQ. We also had contacted one of the manufacturers for their comments on them and here's the direct quote (from email):
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From: AirAid Info
Subject: Re: AIRAID.COM Contact Form
Date: Fri, 09 Mar 2001 09:20:36 -0700
Dear Sir, thank you for your inquiry in our products. The spacer makes no HP on the Dyno. It makes all of it's power in torque in the low end. If you haven't noticed any power on the Dyno or the track then it's doing what it's supposed to. You would not see any gains down the 1/4 mile or increases on the Dyno. The idea of the spacer is to improve overall drivability and fuel mileage. In most cases when people install a bolt on part they expect better mileage and power, what happens is they are into the throttle a lot more than before trying to test performance and that's when the decrease in mileage happens.
Sincerely,
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Points to look at:
"The spacer makes no HP on the Dyno. It makes all of it's power in torque in the low end."
"If you haven't noticed any power on the Dyno or the track then it's doing what it's supposed to."
"The idea of the spacer is to improve overall drivability and fuel mileage."
So...it doesn't make any more HP, is not supposed to help in 1/4 mile performance (or on the Dyno), and is mainly for mileage and bottom end Torque. Well, Dyno's show TQ figures and there were no changes, mileage stayed the same, and 1/4 mile performance wasn't affected on the several others who have tried it (including us). They also are still not able to explain how the spacer keeps the swirl effect through the two turns (90 degree and 45 degree) in the intake plenum of the Dodge Ram/Dakota/Durango manifolds.
While the Throttle Body Spacer showed no gains on the 3.9/5.2/5.9L Magnum engines, the 4.7L engines have been reported to show noticeable gains from the spacer. Why? It's a much more efficient intake system with less restrictions than the Magnum engines. It may work just fine for the 4.7L crowd but we'll look into this at a later date for Dyno and long term MPG testing.
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Kowalski
GenIII
6/25/2006
08:44:29
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One has to wonder if even the claim of more low end torque is true. If it was, that should show up in lower elapsed times...
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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N56629
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6/25/2006
12:34:22
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Adding a spacer effectively increases the volume of your plenum and nothing more. If this is what you want then by all means put on several spacers or as many as will fit under the hood and then add a hood scoop if you want more spacers. If one is good, two should be twice as good.
If you want to make a spacer effective, drill a hole in the side an hook up your NOS.
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toolfan
GenIII
6/28/2006
13:25:06
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Don't waste your money! I have one and it looks cool thats about it.
mine is a helix power tower so it works much better than airaids spacer, and thats a fact!
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Obio3
Dodge Dakota
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6/28/2006
13:50:11
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For TOOLFAN>>>>>"and that's a fact" ?????? Fact of what and how was this verified please.
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Kowalski
GenIII
6/28/2006
15:47:48
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I'm pretty sure he's kidding - let's hope so !
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N56629
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6/28/2006
22:00:05
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"mine is a helix power tower so it works much better than airaids spacer, and thats a fact!"
That's right, the Helix Power tower is approximately one hundred times better than the Airaid. The improvement for Airaid is ZERO.
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LeRoyBrown
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6/29/2006
00:00:19
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Pressurize yer intake manifold. Here's how it works.
First thing you need is a basic high output DC-to-AC converter. Then you get one of those new high tech electric leaf blowers. I bet by now you know where this is going. Take yer converter and give it a 12volt source, then simply plug in the leaf blower and attach the output to the in-hole on yer intake system.
You can get real fancy and put the leaf blower in the passenger seat. Then it will suck out all the bad air, farts, smoke, etc and feed it to yer engine. If it's a loud one, it can do double duty by drowning out the noise of the kids in the back seat.
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SXT4x4
Dodge Dakota
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7/11/2006
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dont laugh at that the leafblower adds bout 20 hp its dyno proven they did it to a s-10 on streetfire. it was badass
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D5.2
Dodge Dakota
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7/11/2006
10:44:34
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Instead of using the spacer, get a ported throttle body, this will be a better upgrade.
Best of Luck.
D5.2
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