THrottle Body Spacer

THrottle Body Spacer's do they really help i mean can u tell adifference at all putin one in? just wounderin if i was gonna be wastin my money on one

[Redog]

Don't do it!

I have a buddy who put on in his S-10 and it started misfiring and backfiring.

[Skiboarder311]

I will be getting one, but just for the soul reason of puttin my NOS jet in it.

I'm converting to a wet kit, and to prevent puddling i want it to spray after the TB hence gettin a spacer and drillin the NOS jet into it.

other than that, i'd say no don't waste ur cash on it

Carb or throttle body spacers used to have a benefit on older V8/V6 engines when the throttle body or carb sat on top of the intake. This basically made the air/fuel mixture travel down a longer distance, thus increasing the flow rate slightly, which helped high-RPM power somewhat, at the cost of low-end throttle response..

Intake runner length and design has changed so much that a spacer would be useless on modern engines. Like ski said they're just for adding N2O spray nozzles.

[springs fastest alero]

the spacer designed for the alero is more for isolating the tb from heat than it is to add length or anything to the plenum
they are very effective on the 3800's but I've yet to test one on my car.

[springs fastest alero]

Originally posted by Skiboarder311@Mar 10 2004, 09:39 PM

I'm converting to a wet kit, and to prevent puddling i want it to spray after the TB hence gettin a spacer and drillin the NOS jet into it.

thats not going to effect if you puddle or not.
what brand of kit are you going to get?
and what shot do you plan on running?
it will take a pretty big shot to even have a problem with puddling. but putting the nozzle after the tb will be almost identical to having it right before the tb.
a good designed fogger nozzle will resist puddling as well

[Skiboarder311]

Right this second i have a Nitrous Works powerwing nossle.

But i am getting a new one, i just havent decided which one i want to get. I was thinkin about the NOS fogger2, but i can't find any info on it anywhere.

Normally for the street i'm gonna be runnin a 75. Everyonce ina while i may bump it up to a 100 at the track. But i don't wanna start runnin 100 often 'till i get a lil more buildup done. and eventually i wanna put a small fuel cell in the trunk with a separate line and pump just to supply the nitrous kit.

[springs fastest alero]

even with 100 you shouldn't have problems with puddleing
I'd recomend a dual stage so you can get some traction off the line

[Skiboarder311]

I don't have a WOT switch, I didn't trust it.

I have a handheld push button so that i am in control of it.

I dont' get on the button until after i catch traction off the line, then i let it ripp the whole quarter :thumbsup:


BTW Have u heard anything about the fogger 2 nossle, how does it differ from the normal fogger nossle?

[springs fastest alero]

no idea
I'm more into the nx stuff honestly
I'm running a tps sensing switch and prolly going to go to a wot for the track (tps seems to have a delay)
problem with a push button is consistancy at the track
unless you hit it at the exact same point every time its real hard to run consistant times.
ultimate would be dual stage with 35-50 out of the hole and another 35-50 above a certan rpm or time delay.
you can also use the nex maximizer and other controlers to adjust the solenoids but this is hard on them.

[Skiboarder311]

see i've been considering all the alternatives, but when it comes down to it i like havin control in my hand.

Eventually i wanna get a dual stage setup, and with that i'll have it be all computer controlled. But for now, with just a normal wet kit, i'll juz keep my push button :thumbsup:

Originally posted by Redog@Mar 10 2004, 06:16 PM
Don't do it!

I have a buddy who put on in his S-10 and it started misfiring and backfiring.

I had a 96 s-10 4.3L with a helix power tower TB spacer. It gave me NO problems AT ALL. The only gains i got from it was better throttle response and a cool hissing noise when i got on the gas (sounded like a lil turbo..veery little). The helix power tower is a spiral ported 1" thick spacer as opposed to the alero's 3/4" non-ported spacer. All in all i'd say it ISNT worth it. Thats just my 2 cents.

Adam