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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:25 AM
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throttlebody spacer

Has anyone tried to fabricate a throttlebody to intake spacer?? Seems to be a market for them on other vehicles.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:40 AM
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it all depends on where you want your power our motors are effected greatly by intake length. i'm sure if you searched you would find some threads pertaining to this. i like the telescoping intake they use on the 787B....
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:46 AM
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Bad idea it would shift the power range lower, out of the rotaries shinning area.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 01:49 AM
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is this a spacer maybe 1/4 a inch and has a disign on it to make the air become a cyclone type thing if it is when i had my truck i was going to get one but i found out that they are useless until you get up to 5000-8500 rpm and then even not much of a gain in hp
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 02:39 AM
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A TB spacer will do nothing. Resonant tuning takes place in the individual intake runners, not at the TB.
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Old Sep 5, 2004 | 06:52 PM
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It's typical marketing hoopla.
It does very little for piston engines if anything, and I doubt it'll do anything for a rotary.


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