throttle body spacer?

[malodin]

anyone have one? do they actually make a difference? im having one built for my 3sfe right now, gonna be 1"1/4 thick...figured what the heck for the price might as well try it. just wanted to know if anyones used one yet, didnt see anything online...also if it works and helps out and anyones interested pm me and ill get you a price.

[racerb]

Hey I've seen the ones Performance Products sells for the Toyota trucks, I've thought about getting one, cause they garantee it or your money back. One thing about theirs, is that it's got like a rifled cut to it, to like speed up and disturb the air, if the one your getting is just a straight spacer, it might only give minimal gains. Check to see if yours will have this spirrol cut, it might just make it worth a few extra ponies. Good luck, let us know how it works.

racerb

[buzzbomber87gts]

wont work.....throttle cable isnt long enough. I tried it on my 22r and the throttle body is the same design as well as the throttle cables. also, the stock bolts wont work because they arent long enough

[blck87gtconv]

buzzbomber87gts said:

wont work.....throttle cable isnt long enough. I tried it on my 22r and the throttle body is the same design as well as the throttle cables. also, the stock bolts wont work because they arent long enough

Ah hell.. this doesn't mean it can't be done, it just means it'll take some modification.

[buzzbomber87gts]

well if you want to fabricate to get something done then fabricate a 60 or 65mm tb onto it...the bolt pattern is the same and the throttle linkage is on the same side. 5m and 7m all have 60mm tb's...i'm not sure what motors have anything bigger. I dunno what size the 3s tb is, but i know my 22re's is 55mm bored to 58 and i noticed a small jump in power with a small shim in between.

[malodin]

first off, it is capable, all i did was flip my throttle cable bracket upside down and use the bottom bolt hole. photobucket.com/albums/v603/malodin/toyotapix/?action=view¤t=toyotathrottlespacer_0024.jpg


photobucket.com/albums/v603/malodin/toyotapix/?action=view¤t=toyotathrottlespacer_0023.jpg

ive had this in a week now, and truth betold no noticeble difference in throttle response or gas mileage. however mine is just a smooth bore, after looking at all the after market ones i probably should have had it cut with some kinda spiral to it....however i still dont think it would have changed anything.

i plan on taking it off here pretty soon, unless i decide to nitro it, then it would make a good spot to drill and tap for the extra fuel injector. if anyone wants mine ill sell it to them.

[buzzbomber87gts]

all the spiral does is make the air turbulent wich actually decreases power. the whole reason behind the tb spacer was to produce more torque like a carb spacer does on a v8