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Throttle body spacer

Discussion in 'Performance and Tuning' started by branct06, Jun 23, 2008.

  1. Sep 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM
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    With my experience TBS only give you top end so I have never had any use for them. My chevelle was a 1/4 mile car and my truck only sees 70 if I let her.
     
  2. Nov 11, 2008 at 8:56 PM
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    .Would the wires for the maf be long enough??:)
     
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    General consensus is TBS's don't help at all in the first place. So why would a K&N intake make it any better?

    Do you already have the TBS or are planning on getting one? If you're just thinking about getting one, don't. Save your money for something else.
     
  4. Nov 12, 2008 at 6:27 PM
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    Get a scangauge. It'll let you read mpg and mph corrected for larger tire size, and adjust your driving habits to maximize MPG. Other than that, not much else seems to help. I have a TBS on mine and didn't even get EPA rated MPG for the first couple years. Hovered between 17 and 18 mpg. Jumped to 20 when I swapped the OEM filter for an AFE Pro Dry drop in. Mine is also lifted 3" and had 285/75 16's on at the time. Have 265/75 16's on now, but haven't bothered to check mpg. Although it seems my speedometer is right now! :laugh: It read 3mph higher than I was going with stock tires, and 3 mph lower than I was going with the 285s.
     
  5. Nov 12, 2008 at 8:05 PM
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    You probably need a regear with the bigger tires. How big are those new tires?
     
  6. Nov 13, 2008 at 4:42 AM
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    what? I've only heard of people regearing with 35's or larger, sometimes not even then. I doubt he's running 35's on a 3" lift, and there's no point in regearing for 33's.

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    And by his mod list his tires are only 31.6. (265/70 17)
     
  7. Nov 13, 2008 at 9:10 AM
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    ^ Oh, OK, I wasn't paying attention to his mod list. I thought he was running larger tires and thus suggested the regear.
     
  8. Nov 13, 2008 at 9:49 AM
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    :D I'd love to see someone stuff 35's under a 3" lift without some massive modifications! :laugh: Anything smaller than 35's isn't gonna do a whole lot to the truck. Well, maybe if it was a 4-banger, but still..... And if I understand correctly, regearing isn't going to improve MPG as it makes your engine run higher RPMS to make the same speed. Regearing and the right sized tires might work out to get you back to stock mpg numbers, but the time and money spent regearing isn't gonna be recouped on saved gas.
     
  9. Nov 13, 2008 at 2:55 PM
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    But it puts less load on the engine. Any time I have regeared, my mpg's have come back to stock, or close enough. And the performance was either on par, or better than stock. True, your not going to recoup any cost in fuel saveings, unless you drive a ton of miles, But, the benafits are worth it IMHO. :)
     
  10. Nov 14, 2008 at 5:14 AM
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    You cut out one line:
    And my point there is you have to match gear ratios and tire size to obtain that. Go too low of a gear or too large of a tire (or both) and you will lose mpg as the engine's spinning faster than it needs to maintain the desired speed.
     
  11. Nov 14, 2008 at 4:33 PM
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    I understand that, but even if the engine is spinning a little higher, the load is decreased on the engine, and not useing as much fuel. I know what your gonna say next: lower rpms give better mpg. Well, not always, in my experiance anyway, and conditions vary. I have always tried to overgear a little, trying to keep my rpm's not more than 250 -350 over what stock was and have had good results. BUT, that has been with V8's, not Toyota V6's or 4 bangers. I decided to do that to also help with the increased frontal area that occurs when lifting/running larger tires. :)
     

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