Re: Those weird helix throttle body spacer thingies

From: andy levy (andy-dml@levyclan.us)
Date: Fri Nov 28 2003 - 14:50:10 EST

KenCo wrote:
> Peter Grace wrote:
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>>Guys,
>> I'm thinking of investing in one of those throttle body spacers that do
>>that whiz-bang vortex action to the incoming air.. Does anyone else
>>have them and if so, did you notice ANY improvement? :)
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> if its a TBI (fuel mix's b4 plate) it works a tad,
> if its a straight TB, no, it doesnt work.
>
> many yrs back a friend dyno'ed the propeller type spacer,
> that type actually worked well and gained 5-10+ HP.

I think Ed Halterman (Olznut) found that the TB spacer helped his 4.7L.
  I keep forgetting to email him about that and the cams. 

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-andy

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