Re: RE: Throttle body risers?

From: GS- (GSWillhite@ualr.edu)
Date: Wed Jan 12 2000 - 12:54:50 EST


My truck never came with the insulation. I don't care for it anyway,
I like to keep an ear to all the noises....hehe...like a heartbeat.
Oops...did I say that?

GS -

Jason Grubb wrote:
>
> did you take off the insulation because of the riser, or was that off for
> another reason?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "GS-" <GSWillhite@ualr.edu>
> To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2000 11:44 AM
> Subject: Re: DML: RE: Throttle body risers?
>
> > Alan, I've had the spacer w/helix now for about a year. Its
> > aluminum, 1" thick and fits under the hood well (w/o insulation).
> > I was told to expect about 11-14 hp on the 5.2L. NOT SO. However,
> > the truck has run a little better ever since and I don't care to
> > take it off. Not sure about the HP gains but I'm sure its real low.
> > (guessing 1-3hp). I noticed one advertiser in Sport truck magazine
> > (I think) was boasting 15hp for Chevys. Sounds like another
> > "splitfire" boast *lawsuit* to me.
> >
> > GS -
> >



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