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Old 03-28-2010, 04:50 PM
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Throttle Body Spacer

I'll bet there are lots of eyes rolling now seeing that title.

Ok.. so give me the benefit of your experience. If you have ever installed a helix spacer did it work or is it junk??

Don't hold back.
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Old 04-10-2010, 08:57 PM
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Well since no one responded to this I'll just sit here and talk to myself.

Previously I purchased a throttle body spacer from eBay. It was one of those clone make-pretend things. Didn't work. Whistled. It did have some grooves in it but basically useless. So, since no one had any advice for me I researched what was out there and what specs they had. Airraid is pricey... $100+ but has lots of dyno data to back it up. So to make a long story short I discovered Steeda also made a helix spacer and it was a lot cheaper and also had dyno data to back it up. Soooo... I bought one.

Here's my own unprofessionl findings.
HP gains.. no idea. The claimed 5 to 6 HP gain would be so low I really can't feel it. All I can confess to is a guy who tried to blast past me like an *** when we came off the ramp onto the 401 and I just planted my 12's on the floor (he pissed me off) and his Impala couldn't even begin to keep up. I just pulled away... no competition at all.
MPG increase.. you bet. My little V6 usually gives me around 32 mpg. (31.8 to 32.2) Now after a few tanks I get over 33. (33.1 to 33.4) small gain but anything makes me happy.

Oh... and no whistle at all...!!

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...
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Old 04-10-2010, 09:29 PM
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Hmmm ... Thanks for the info. Pretty interesting actually.
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Old 05-19-2010, 09:53 PM
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OK..

If you have a 99 or newer 3.8/3.9 just buy VAP Auto's Windstar Upper Intake kit. It's money well spent. Period!
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Old 05-20-2010, 12:07 AM
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I am curious about the no whistle thing, please expand if you don't mind
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