BlueSS

I have the 80mm TB on my car. I had it with the poweraid 1" spacer (the one from the 99+ chevy trux) but then saw that the inside bore of the spacer was less than 80mm so I thought the spacer was restricting the air flowing into my intake, so I took it off and installed the 1/2 adapter that BBK provides. It may just be me but I felt my car a lil weeker at high RPM's... I'm thinking about reinstalling the 1" would do you guyz think??? <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />

99 SS Volant cold air induction, 80mm BBK TB, 1" poweraid TB spacer,HPPIII,HP 160 stat, accel 300+ race wires and Bosch +4 plugs,transgo shift kit w/vette sirvo,3:73 gears,flowmaster exhaust w/cutout, and all free mods...
Spokane Wa. track before transgo shift kit
13.15 @ 108.6 60ft 1.91
Edingburg Tx. track after transgo shift kit
13.20 @ 107.8 60ft 1.83
I had less top end in texas I think it was due to difference in elevation...

<small>[ March 13, 2003, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: BlueSS ]</small>

Fenris Ulf

I think the 80 mm TB is worthless either way.

BlueSS

I would have to disagree with you... cuz I felt a gain... but I am curious as to wut reasons u have to say that

pimpmaro

Why not dyno them back to back to see what the numbers show?

BlueSS

thas a good idea camaro... but where i'm from i don't have access to a dyno... plus i drove my car to texas from washington and left it in my brothers garage cuz i din't want to drive it back in the winter plus it was another 2500 miles...
it's a 99 with only 22,000 total and i wanna keep it low miles maybe i'll dyno it in texas i'm sure there's gotta be a place

rob-ss

A throttle body spacer on our cars does nothing. They are intended for TBI cars where the injectors spray through the TB and the intake manifold. They are a complete waist of money.

Buckwheat

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I've heard that throttle body spacers do indeed do something. The fellas on the truck board claim they emit a very annoying whistle. Probably a good combo would be the woo-woo exhaust to go along with it. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Razz]" src="gr_images/icons/tongue.gif" />

Hyper SS

I've done that mod back in 99 on my 98 Z28. The power aid spacer came off my 96 Tahoe. The spacer will up the torque ever so slightly on the LS1 but that damn whisle noise it makes gets really really old!

IMO it's <img border="0" alt="[bullshit]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_bs.gif" /> and not worth the money. It's better suited for the truck guys and I sometimes doubt that it really helps at all.

<small>[ March 14, 2003, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: Hyper SS ]</small>

BlueSS

Thax for the responses guyz... Personally I like the whistle and wit the 80mm TB the whistle isn't as loud as when I had the stock TB... I too noticed torque gains... I think it's going back on... Thanx again...

J'sRamAir

Well one thing is that the opening in your intake is only 75mm, so an 80mm TB doesn't really make sense. Secondly, I believe that most TB spacers are used on cars with metal intakes to reduce heatsoak to the TB. Since Ls1 intakes are plastic, heatsoak isn't an issue.

Fenris Ulf

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BlueSS:
<strong> I would have to disagree with you... cuz I felt a gain... but I am curious as to wut reasons u have to say that </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">An 80 mm TB will not promote any more flow through the LS6 intake than the stocker will. Time and time again people have proved the BBK TB is worse than a ported stocker at the track and on the dyno.

The BeaSSt

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</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Fenris Ulf:
<strong> </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by BlueSS:
<strong> I would have to disagree with you... cuz I felt a gain... but I am curious as to wut reasons u have to say that </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">An 80 mm TB will not promote any more flow through the LS6 intake than the stocker will. Time and time again people have proved the BBK TB is worse than a ported stocker at the track and on the dyno. </strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">True Fenris. You will however see 12-15 hp more on a sheetmetal intake with the BBK. This was proven earlier this week in Houston. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />

Dave
SAM 436
www.thebeasst.com

BlueSS

So what are u guyz saying? The BBK would work better with Edelbrock's alluminum LS6 intake???
I don't mean to contradict any body but the reason I say this set up helped me is cause I had lost a street race to a 00' WS-6 and after the BBK and the volant from a car clearance behind I past him and gave him a car clearance but I have not tried them both at the track... Maybe it was the volant and the BBK is just hurting me I'll have to check it out... thanx...