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Old 04-10-2004, 09:49 AM
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Exclamation throttle body spacer poll

how many of you think there good and how many think there a waste?
 
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Old 04-10-2004, 12:14 PM
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Waste, waste, waste. That's all they do, take up space. There have been tests done on these and the tornados and they have improved nada.
 
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Old 04-10-2004, 03:08 PM
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Waste of time, effort and money.
Other than that they're OK
 
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On their own TBS may not help much, but in conjuntion with at free flowing intake and exhaust it does help.
 
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Old 04-13-2004, 02:07 PM
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I have heard good and bad and dont know if i want to waste the money on them or not
 
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Never been proven to provide any improvements, with or without other aftermarket products.

I would love to see a dyno to prove otherwise.

They are going to REDUCE your horsepower with the "whistling" turbulance they provide!

Save your money for proven products.
 

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Old 04-16-2004, 10:06 AM
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I put a TBS on the same day that I added a new intake, it felt like a whole new truck. The engine responds better, better gas mileage, more torqe, and in addition to my dual exhaust, its louder. So in my opinion, it isn't a waste.
 
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Old 04-16-2004, 12:37 PM
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Below I am linking a thread that has discussed this recently.

Personally they are junk.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...d.php?t=187682
 
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Waste of money
 
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wanna buy a bridge???
 
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It's kinda funny that the only people who have any claims of the spacers working did them at the same time as other upgrades, and think that the spacers work! Try taking the spacer back off, leave on all of the other upgrades and get back to us on the spacer being part of the HP increase....
 
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I think its kind of funny that TBSs have been around since fuel injection became more popularly used and they still are obviously used. Now if they were found to not have any performance increases, they would have left the market long ago
 
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Old 04-18-2004, 03:40 PM
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It has nothing to do with performance increases, as long as people keep buying them, they will obliviously keep making them.

There are many, many products that have been on the market for a very long time that rely on marketing hype, not on quality or performance as advertised.

Bought any "Sea Monkeys" lately.....
 
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You can't say they don't work when you haven't done any testing or researched to prove otherwise. Based on the research I have done and by other people's claims, this product works.
 
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Old 04-19-2004, 11:46 AM
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I used one on a truck in the past and took it off, it did nothing, and was easy to tell it did nothing when installed by itself and not at the same time as other upgrades. There was also the whistling, this never equates to a power gain when you are getting that kind of turbulance in your intake. Part throttle felt flat at the rpm level that the whistling occured...these things are nothing but crap, probaly less HP with one on I would say.

Many here would be happy to look at your before and after dyno results, the companys dyno results? Oh, nothing? humm, wonder why?

PS-give you a great deal on the one I have here if you like them so much!
 


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