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Old May 21, 2008 | 08:36 AM
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Has anybody ever had one of those throttle body spacers. I've heard that they don't really work. The thing that blows me away is that they charge like $125 for those things. Thats a lot of money for a chunk of aluminum that dosen't do anything????
Old May 21, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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No, they do not work. They worked on carburated and throttle body injection motors.
Old May 21, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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Just saw this in the FS/FT section...

https://mustangforums.com/m_4896646/tm.htm

...Bargain this guy down a little bit and you can see for yourself that they are useless.
Old May 21, 2008 | 02:30 PM
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Default RE: does a throttle body spacer work?

yes they work great, every time my fanblows by my dest all my paper work stays right where its supposed to
Old May 21, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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ORIGINAL: mustangman02232

yes they work great, every time my fanblows by my dest all my paper work stays right where its supposed to
lol i was gonna say... they're great paperweights! but awfully expensive [:'(]
Old May 21, 2008 | 04:06 PM
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The HP gained by a TB spacer is negated by the added weight
of the TB spacer itself. []
Old May 22, 2008 | 02:17 AM
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If I sold them I would not even say they work.. They suck! But no seriously, some have worked on certain applications. Just not our cars..
Old May 22, 2008 | 09:53 PM
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Only thing it really did was add the whistle, its sounds tight but i didnt get a gain in throttle response like tey say it will.
Old May 23, 2008 | 07:02 AM
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I have the same one thats in that thread for sale and I can assure you it is the biggest piece of garbage I've ever bought. I would have gotten more use out of a black and white TV and an old Atari 2600 for that price. It added an interesting whistle but made me run slower at the local 1/8th. Paul from Pauls High Performance actually reccomended that I take it off if I wanted the performance. My best with it was a 9.80. My best with out it is a 9.54.
If you just absolutely want one give me $10 and pay shipping and its yours and at that price I'll still be ripping you off.
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