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Old 02-28-2007, 03:08 AM
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i bought a throttle body spacer on ebay from designedchaos and this shyte rips!
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Old 02-28-2007, 03:12 AM
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if its so great and so cheap why didnt toyota put one in from the factory?
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Old 02-28-2007, 03:22 AM
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idk man but i couldn't believe how much it opened up this engine
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Any pictures, price, dyno, comments on install, more elaborate description of noted performance benefits, anything?
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there was a thread on this. The person bought it and with a before and after dyno showed he LOST power with the spacer.
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Old 02-28-2007, 10:42 PM
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dewd combine that w/ a tornado and u will be killin FI cars in no time!!
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^is the tornado the same thing as the turbonator?
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Don't forget the electric turbo too
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Wurd kid, put a turbonator and an electric supercharger and your in business! Running 12's.
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Originally Posted by kikcaffine
Wurd kid, put a turbonator and an electric supercharger and your in business! Running 12's.
Not both that would be too much power how would you keep the car on the road
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hey maybe the tb spacer came with DECALS!!! all the power you need.
"v-tech inside" and "TYPE-R" damn look out dezod/zpi/greddy.
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Originally Posted by Tecrun19
there was a thread on this. The person bought it and with a before and after dyno showed he LOST power with the spacer.
That was me. :D and yes, my dyno showed loss of power.
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