Throttle Body Spacer worth it?
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Throttle Body Spacer worth it?
I've been looking around on eBay and came across this TBS for my 3.0
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-06...spagenameZWD1V
Is it worth getting? Pros? Cons?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/01-06...spagenameZWD1V
Is it worth getting? Pros? Cons?
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#10
Just think for a moment. Throttle body spacers came out when carbs where still used. It helps mix the fuel and air better since it sits right under where the fuel is introduced. If you put it on a fuel injection car it wont do anything since the fuel is added at the back of the intake valves. So the spacer will have no effect on mixing fuel and air. It might work a little on a engine that has a short intake manifold because the extra area from the spacer will add velocity to the incoming air. I though they used to work and I almost bought one but then I read the facts.
#12
Just think for a moment. Throttle body spacers came out when carbs where still used. It helps mix the fuel and air better since it sits right under where the fuel is introduced. If you put it on a fuel injection car it wont do anything since the fuel is added at the back of the intake valves. So the spacer will have no effect on mixing fuel and air. It might work a little on a engine that has a short intake manifold because the extra area from the spacer will add velocity to the incoming air. I though they used to work and I almost bought one but then I read the facts.
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If you add Runner length and decrease the runner diameter some, you will gain in velocity and column the air better twords/into the cylinder. If you increase the intake plentum area, you will lower intake velocity, and increase volume. Because its air thats just kinda floating around until the valve opens, then it has to line up to the runner, and it goes in. Takes more piston speed to get that air moving 'better'.
Mopar 'Long Ram' (long runners = more velocity)...aka TORQUEY and lots of low-end velocity in that manifold
Tunnel Ram (adding volume to the plentum), great for higher rpm ranges, doggish in the low end rpms.
Just my opinion! Everyone's got one
#16
i say the hell wit these guys cause if ur into rangers and ur itchin for a qiuck, easy and inexpensive mod just buy it and see what happens. every car is different just go for it. i mean what u got to lose it doesn't cost that much. i was in your position and i heard alot of mixed things and i just bought it anyway. the same one your lookin at. i got a 96 ranger 3 liter v6 and its worth 80 bucks.
#19
i say the hell wit these guys cause if ur into rangers and ur itchin for a qiuck, easy and inexpensive mod just buy it and see what happens. every car is different just go for it. i mean what u got to lose it doesn't cost that much. i was in your position and i heard alot of mixed things and i just bought it anyway. the same one your lookin at. i got a 96 ranger 3 liter v6 and its worth 80 bucks.
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um... fddriver, how are u gonna put a throttle body spacer on a carb, wen there is no throttle body on a carb? carburetors control the air/fuel mixture. throttle bodies control the amount of air that is mixed. they're the same thing except throttle bodies are on fuel injected engines.
A carb technically does have throttle bodies since it has throttle blades that open with a cable just like the throttle body in a fuel injected car. They just aren't called that. The only difference is how and where the fuel is added.
The point we are trying to make here is that throttle body spacers do nothing for Rangers not the difference between a throttle body spacer and a carb spacer.
#24
I don't see how they would change a/f ratio by just adding a little more volume to the intake. It might burn slightly learner since you are giving the a/f more time to mix so it burns more completely.
#25
I literally just LOL'd at that.
Of the three different vehicles I've owned, (Dodge Neon, Ford Mustang and my FX4) every forum has tested these spacers. All of them have had people do dyno runs with them, and all had the same results. ZERO.
Maybe if our motors were revving to 8k RPM and were sucking alot more air, then maybe the spacers would be worth a damn...
Of the three different vehicles I've owned, (Dodge Neon, Ford Mustang and my FX4) every forum has tested these spacers. All of them have had people do dyno runs with them, and all had the same results. ZERO.
Maybe if our motors were revving to 8k RPM and were sucking alot more air, then maybe the spacers would be worth a damn...