firechicken76

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Im just wondering if anyone has done a before and after dyno on a throttle body spacer...such as the poweraid? I have one on my car (i got it free) and didnt notice anything. A fellow third gen owner (has a tpi though) has a tb spacer on his car, he swears it makes more power....I called it a ricer mod....he got pissed lol

so yea, if anyone has any links or info that would be great!

ANTICOP RAM AIR

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That spacer is about as useful as my shock tower brace.. haha...

firechicken76

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anyone test one?

LSxPwrDZ

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TB spacers came into the realm because old carb guy's would use spacers under their carb's... Long runner EFI intakes see 0 gains from a throttle body spacer. If you think about it, what does it benefit? The only thing you are effectively doing is increasing the plenum volume by a marginal amount.

WhiteKnight '01

I had a friend tell me that my car has a TB spacer on it after examining the intake. He said between my TB spacer, Lid, and cat-back, I was making 30-40 extra horsepower. This is what people who believe in these things think...I've never put in a TB spacer, he obviously thought it was a spacer, and it was something else.

IMO, a TB spacer is worthless, ricer mod is right on the head. Maybe .3HP to be gained from it.

firechicken76

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my tb spacer came with a radix magnacharger i bought, the supercharger had a poweraid 78mm tb spacer. when i bought it, i took it off and put it on my n/a car until i got the s/c installed....but its coming off when i do that because i upgraded the s/c jtube from 78mm to 90mm. the spacer whistles....thats about it.

i would love to see some real proof it does nothing though...flow charts, dyno graph etc...

parks450

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I remember seeing a dyno graph of someone doing this a few years ago but couldnt find it. It was only like a .8 HP gain. Worthless in my opinion. Alot of people who wash their car think its faster after to haha.

Nowhereman

At least 40 psychological horsepower gain... LOL

black00ssFL

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Spacers only work if used in applications where fuel is introduced at/before the opening to the intake (i.e. carb'ed and TBI).

CHADsterss

I had one put on my truck, the only noticeable gain was better throttle response. Waste of money lol.

Z28Z06

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You must have used an off brand made out of pipe cleaners.

ANTICOP RAM AIR

iTrader: (7)

Negative sir... Hotchkis STB... haha

firechicken76

iTrader: (14)

strut towers work, i took one off my trans am and I did notice a difference....adding the tb spacer....i noticed no difference.

Z28Z06

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Ok, rather thick pipe cleaners...

Hey your HTKS STB looks fancier than my SLP STB.

sprayinracin

Throttle Body spacer = waste of money. At least it was on my old truck!

ANTICOP RAM AIR

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It is pretty flashy huh... I like it and honestly, it did help with some interior vibrations... Id say its 97% looks, 3% other.....

Full-Force

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My spacer added over 100 rwhp. Nevermind the braided lines going to it

99'CajunFirehawk157

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I've had two knowledgeable tuners of ls1 engines who frequent this forum tell me a spacer interrupts the airflow and reeks havoc on maf tuning and the overall performance of the engine. Of course, this was after I bought one and installed it on my car.

On a side note; know anyone who wants to buy a nice red anodized thunder racing tb spacer?

bww3588

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Take that thunder racing spacer, mill some holes into it, and turn it into a nitrous plate.

LSxPwrDZ

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Best answer so far haha!