Throttle Body Spacer?
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Throttle Body Spacer?
Anyone think this might work? Just cruising and saw it; looking for some advice from the pros on the forum.
http://www.everythingoffroad.com/ind...id_spacers.htm
btw, thx for your response re: lexan, rocknss!
http://www.everythingoffroad.com/ind...id_spacers.htm
btw, thx for your response re: lexan, rocknss!
Monte Of The Month -- March 2007
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RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
i personally dont think they work on anything except for carborated engine's, i've had them, and didn't notice anything from them
some people say they work, but one guy i talked to put one on and a cold air intake, and he said he noticed a difference...but of course he is, because he put the cold air intake on
some people say they work, but one guy i talked to put one on and a cold air intake, and he said he noticed a difference...but of course he is, because he put the cold air intake on
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From: CFB Petawawa, Ontario, Canada
RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
For a carbed engine, yes they do work simply because of the increased time the fuel has to diffuse with the air, on an efi system, nothing should happen because your just moving the TB an inch. I cant see anything good happening unless of course the spacer has a port for NOS.. lol
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RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
It's suposed to add volume to the intake manifold. I've seen them work on carbed engines, never seen it work on a stockEFI engine,but I think you are right as far as working with other mods, like bigger throttle bodies etc..
Just my $.02
Just my $.02
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From: North Fond du Lac, WI
RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
On a NA car they really won't do anything. On the supercharged cars they can help if port matched properly. The supercharge heats up the throttle body and with the spacer in place it won't heat it up.
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RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
Hello Everyone,
The TBS shouldnt show much difference over stock in a EFI application...
The reason that is , is because a TBS is disigned for carberated engines, The idea is to get the carb away from the hot engine and manifold...Getting space between the carb and engine helps because if the carb doesnt get as hot as it would in stock applications then the air and fuel in the carb are being delevered into the engine at cooler temps...at the end of the day we all want colder air and colder fuel being shot into our motor...
On EFI this shouldnt make a difference...
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RE: Throttle Body Spacer?
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[align=center]Hello Everyone,[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]The TBS shouldnt show much difference over stock in a EFI application...[/align][align=center]The reason that is , is because a TBS is disigned for carberated engines, The idea is to get the carb away from the hot engine and manifold...Getting space between the carb and engine helps because if the carb doesnt get as hot as it would in stock applications then the air and fuel in the carb are being delevered into the engine at cooler temps...at the end of the day we all want colder air and colder fuel being shot into our motor...[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]On EFI this shouldnt make a difference...[/align]
[align=center]Hello Everyone,[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]The TBS shouldnt show much difference over stock in a EFI application...[/align][align=center]The reason that is , is because a TBS is disigned for carberated engines, The idea is to get the carb away from the hot engine and manifold...Getting space between the carb and engine helps because if the carb doesnt get as hot as it would in stock applications then the air and fuel in the carb are being delevered into the engine at cooler temps...at the end of the day we all want colder air and colder fuel being shot into our motor...[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]On EFI this shouldnt make a difference...[/align]
The superchargers heat up to about 350* and that heats up the Throttle Body soaks that up. The TB spacer on a Supercharged engine allegedly takes the brunt and keeps the TB cooler. There are some infrared pics on the ZZP website that show this.
I don't know how much it helps or hinders though. If it is port matched correctly it should work great, if it is a little off it may hamper getting air into the supercharger and become a bottleneck.