Do Throttle Body Spacers Do Any Good?

[Dan Ro]

I was thinking of making a throttle body spacer. I had a set on my Intrepid's 3.5 in the day and I thought they made a slight difference. Was I wrong? Should I make one or just forget it?

 

[Missing Linc']

Its not worth the time, effort, or money. Pretty much anyone on any car forum will tell you the same. The "claims" companies make are complete horsesh!t.

 

[Mechanicboy]

they are good on carbs and with tbi, everything else is just a waste of money.

 

[JoshMcMadMac]

they are good on carbs and with tbi, everything else is just a waste of money.

Yep...huge gains to be had from putting a throttle body spacer on a carburetor.

 

[Dan Ro]

So, Your saying. Don't bother having my uncle make a spacer for me?

 

[Missing Linc']

they are good on carbs and with tbi, everything else is just a waste of money.

True

Yep...huge gains to be had from putting a throttle body spacer on a carburetor.

True

We are talking about a completely different type of induction system tho, the V6 in the LS is MPFI. Throttle body spacers would be useless.

 

[Dan Ro]

Thanks

 

[Mechanicboy]

So, Your saying. Don't bother having my uncle make a spacer for me?

Yea that's what we're saying. See if he can make you a new intake tube, shouldn't be hard, and/or make a custom shield for a conical filter. You could also do the poor mans intake mod and/or do a custom intake tube.