throttle body spacer

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

ok i got one given to me by a local shop to try out. have any of you bought one? if so have they worked? i'm lazy and don't want to go through the trouble of putting it on if it's not gonna do any good...

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[Beerdrnkr 5,000+ posts]

Yeah they work nicely. I had one in my old ranger and my dad puts them in all his vehicles alont with intake and exhaust.

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

makes a good paperweight lol

unless u have a CAI and a bigger throttle body the spacer does nothing your throttel body is going to take in the same amount of air no mater how big of a spacer you have if u have a spacer and upgrade throttle body and get a CAI u might see 3-5hp tops not worth it

sell it

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

i've got a flowmaster exhaust on my truck and since dodge intakes are expensive i figured i'd try the spacer instead. plus my truck runs fat as hell and i was hoping this might help that out a bit. idk tho i don't know a whole lot about this stuff

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

trust me u wont notice no more power from that at all get a custom tuned programmer u will see a big difference

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

upppp

and what year is your truck with what engine

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

95 with the 5.2...i'm not really lookin for more power i'm more focused on fuel economy to be honest. i drive alot and this 14 mpg crap is pissin me off

 

[95ZJ 10+ year member]

Our trucks guzzle gas, can't really change that.

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

sucks don't it? they are fairly quick tho...i've beat alot of chevys at my school. which is always nice lol...gotta admit tho i do like supporting and advertising a local shop

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

custom tuner for 87 gas mileage trust me it will make a difference

 

[goonandbuck 10+ year member]

i have one on my truck......i dont know that it does anything though.........i have a flowmaster exhaust as well it sounds nice

 

[king ranch 5,000+ posts]

does your truck have a obd-II

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

i think it does. but no one makes a tuner for my year model.

and yea the flowmasters do sound nice

 

[JeepSound 10+ year member]

All a throttle body spacer does is move the engines peak power delivery. (the powerband.)

It will work better in conjuction with other mods like others have said, though.

With that being said, my dad has one on his Grand Cherokee with the 4.0.

Other than a K&N FIPK and Flowmaster 40 on it's pretty much stock.He said he noticed a small difference but nothing major. For the $70 or so dollars though, what do you expect.

Expect a nice whistleing sound at certain RPM's also. Most do it, I've never really found it annoying, sounds kind of cool actually.

 

[lowriderram_95 10+ year member]

i didnt expect it to make a huge difference. hell i got it for free so regardless i'm not out anything but the time it takes for the install