3100 throttle body spacer

[jeremy96gase]

Originally posted by BobGAGT
Hmm... was that a joke?

I hope so :rolleyes:

[darkfox]

yeah i wanna see if this stuff gives any results... if anything a gain would be seen from increased air velocity.

[91OldsDOHC]

How is it going to increase the velocity? I know how it works for carbs and velocity stacks...but not for a fuel injected, side mounted throttlebody.

[BobGAGT]

Same theory applies doesnt it? Oh well... they will be made out of phenolic, so the throttle body will be cooler than the manifolds, and thats at least one positive thing.

-Bob

Originally posted by BobGAGT
Same theory applies doesnt it? Oh well... they will be made out of phenolic, so the throttle body will be cooler than the manifolds, and thats at least one positive thing.

-Bob

well if i got one (whch im not, wrnog engine lol) id use it to puit a nitrous jet in there so it could take it back out if i had to for some reason or another, very quickly.

[ZipFly]

you would need 2 gaskets now right? or you could just use RTV like i did

[91OldsDOHC]

On a carb they use gravity to increase the velocity. Of course, I haven't read into them that much since I dont play around with carbed engines. It makes sense for them that the increased height gives them more area to pick up speed, which is what i mean by gravity. Increasing velocity would come from a smaller throttle plate as well, but what good does that do? Larger throttle plates have shown low end power increases as well. You really have to do the math for runner lenth, volume, plenum volume, and throttlebody design and size. The throttlebody spacer would theoretically increase the plenum space, as far as I know anyway. However I am not sure that is even applicable because of its location and diameter matching that of the TB plate itself.

I think its use for a nitrous injection port is far more useful than the small amount of space behind the plate it gives. Cooling factor though is a total joke. I have a peltier setup I can slap on a TB next year and put that whole ordeal to rest. For those that don't know, a peltier has a hot side and a cold side. Water cooled I was able to form ice on the CPU in my computer. Ill have to make sure the TB doesn't get to -200 degrees, cause I can't imagine that being good on it.

[DarkMage]

Throttle Body spacers were orginally made for TBI, where there are 2 or more injectors IN the throttle body, like the "Dual Point" 1.5L honda crap... the cooler part, no, and the nitrus jet on the spacer sounds like a winner. In fact, the coolant lines, that go to the throttle body keep it warm, because the constant air rushing through the throttle body will make it freeze, (i e vapor lock)

[91OldsDOHC]

Um, I have no coolant lines and have used my car in 0 degree weather without it freezing. Maybe if I was in alaska, but im not.

[mallard]

I thought only carburated systems could suffer from vapor lock? Could somebody give a clear explanation of what "vapor lock" actually is?

[DarkMage]

Vapor lock, to my knowledge, is when ice builds up inside your intake system, causing shit to freeze, it really all depends on the humidity, not too much the temperature, its more common in carborated, and TBI systems

[BobGAGT]

DarkMage... did you find that thread about the STB for the 92-98's? We were worried you weren't coming back. Check it out if you get a chance :)

-Bob

[DarkMage]

No it musta got deleted, if you want something made, you should e-mail me ixidarkmageixi@hotmail.com, so i can make some kind of request list

[JohnTheMan]

ya my carbon fiber intake manifold, it was custom made at a local shop here in town, it only cost me like 450 bucks since i put it on myself.

all the carbon fiber under my hood should look really nice as soon as i get this and my new carbon fiber engine mounts, ya know, the super stiff ones
:D

[JohnTheMan]

maybee i should start a thread on my carbon fiber intake manifold and see how many replies that gets