Throttle Body Spacer

Eric_Schwendemann · 02-16-2008, 01:35 AM

I have a 1987 Ford F150 with a 302 EFI and I was looking into getting a Throttle Body Spacer but I wanted to do some research. Has anybody tried these? What kind of power and mile's per gallon increase was there? Any info would help!!

mark v · 02-16-2008, 06:22 AM

The best thing to do is remove the coolant lines from the throttle body, by-pass them so the dont heat it up and you will get a colder air charge into your intake.

Eric_Schwendemann · 02-18-2008, 10:10 PM

So that really works huh, cool thanks for the tip. I bought those tornado fuel savers but I had to buy two cause of the dual hose, and i could tell a differnce in pep and miles per gallon. Any other advise would be appreciated.

jonmark1985 · 02-19-2008, 05:20 AM

I don't know about that tornado, I port heads and live and breath air flow. Turbulence is bad from any stand point, its an inefficent way to move a fluid (yes fuel is a fluid). You can move any fluid more efficently with a smoth laminar flow than turbulent flow.

snelllevi07 · 03-10-2008, 11:09 AM

More turbulent airflow means better fuel atomization; That's what I think.

jonmark1985 · 03-10-2008, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by snelllevi07

More turbulent airflow means better fuel atomization; That's what I think.

and less CFM and vacuum

Also you can toss out the gas from the fuel mix. If you want better atomization get better injectors and icrease the PSI at the regultator, then shorten the injector firing cylce time.