anyone have any experience w/ this product?
12-06-2003, 09:03 PM
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anyone have any experience w/ this product?
http://www.wheelskin.com/Merchant2/m...code=SPE-91001
just curious if it really is as good as advertised
just curious if it really is as good as advertised
12-06-2003, 10:19 PM
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well, I dunno about the whole "swirling" crap, but throttle body spacers have been around for a long time. The only thing they really do is lower the power band a bit and provide for more low end torque, they really don't so much "add power" as they add more USEABLE power (well, if you want to talk around town). V8 guys have been using them forever, it's just the same principal of long pipe vs. short pipe - a CAI will gain more low end power, and probably is better suited for a low reving engine (under 6900-7000rpm redline), and the short ram is more suited for a higher reving (7000+rpm) car.....the same thing with intake runners, the s2000 has mega short runners because it makes its power up around 7500-8500rpm.....and an accord has super long ones because it makes power down low.
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12-07-2003, 12:18 AM
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Originally posted by 92lx
well, I dunno about the whole "swirling" crap, but throttle body spacers have been around for a long time. The only thing they really do is lower the power band a bit and provide for more low end torque, they really don't so much "add power" as they add more USEABLE power (well, if you want to talk around town). V8 guys have been using them forever, it's just the same principal of long pipe vs. short pipe - a CAI will gain more low end power, and probably is better suited for a low reving engine (under 6900-7000rpm redline), and the short ram is more suited for a higher reving (7000+rpm) car.....the same thing with intake runners, the s2000 has mega short runners because it makes its power up around 7500-8500rpm.....and an accord has super long ones because it makes power down low.
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well, I dunno about the whole "swirling" crap, but throttle body spacers have been around for a long time. The only thing they really do is lower the power band a bit and provide for more low end torque, they really don't so much "add power" as they add more USEABLE power (well, if you want to talk around town). V8 guys have been using them forever, it's just the same principal of long pipe vs. short pipe - a CAI will gain more low end power, and probably is better suited for a low reving engine (under 6900-7000rpm redline), and the short ram is more suited for a higher reving (7000+rpm) car.....the same thing with intake runners, the s2000 has mega short runners because it makes its power up around 7500-8500rpm.....and an accord has super long ones because it makes power down low.
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thats what i noticed when i went from my CAI to short ram. CAI was all top end (5.5-6 grand) and the short ram makes some noticable torque from 3.5-5.5 (as compared/feeling from my CAI)
12-07-2003, 07:08 PM
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how much would throttle body spacers cost...is it a bolt on job...as for that helix thing...i'm always kinda skeptical about these products taht make a 'vortex flow'...the pic looks like the air is gettin mangled...but when i went to go buy seafoam at napa...this guy was askin about the vortex intake add-on...and said that like 5/10 ppl he talked to had big mpg gains...i say no...thas juss bs
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I never believed those things cuz it would seem that even if it did spin the air...that spinning would stop as soon as it got a few inches farther down the manifold...sniining air probably doesnt go around 90 degreee angles....but my freind has one, and it does make s cool sound, almost like a blow off vlave when the car shifts (auto)
