Throttle Body Spacer/Heat Insulator TPI
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Throttle Body Spacer/Heat Insulator TPI
Throttle Body Spacer/Heat Insulator TPI... are these for real? Any truth to the ad? Check out the ebay link....
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1856996272
Jess
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Blue '86 IROC, 305 TPI
Ported Plenum, gutted air boxes, SuperChip, KN filters, TB Airfoil, transmission cooler... more to come. Not raced yet. 70,000 original miles. Owned since 1992.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=1856996272
Jess
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Blue '86 IROC, 305 TPI
Ported Plenum, gutted air boxes, SuperChip, KN filters, TB Airfoil, transmission cooler... more to come. Not raced yet. 70,000 original miles. Owned since 1992.
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How could this possibly work? Keep the T.B. cooler? The coolant flows straight through the throttle body so without the bi-pass you dont cool it. The plenum isnt what heats the throttle body. Its garbage...
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The heat insolator part is bull $h!t.
Adding HP's is one of those opinionated things.... Its like the air foil.
I have the tornado TB plate on my car and it makes it whistle a little. (sounds nice) I didn't notice anyhtign for power accept it pulled slightly harder on the top end. Not a huge improvment.
Mind you the one I have is meant for a 58mm and I have the stock 48mm on there.
It's a toss up man. Just don't buy it for the cooling factor casue it won't to anything for that!
Adding HP's is one of those opinionated things.... Its like the air foil.
I have the tornado TB plate on my car and it makes it whistle a little. (sounds nice) I didn't notice anyhtign for power accept it pulled slightly harder on the top end. Not a huge improvment.
Mind you the one I have is meant for a 58mm and I have the stock 48mm on there.
It's a toss up man. Just don't buy it for the cooling factor casue it won't to anything for that!
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Maybe its sold by Ford dealers.... 
Like Barnum and Bailey said, "There's one born every minute".
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Blue '86 IROC, 305 TPI
Ported Plenum, gutted air boxes, SuperChip, KN filters, TB Airfoil, transmission cooler... more to come. Not raced yet. 70,000 original miles. Owned since 1992.
Like Barnum and Bailey said, "There's one born every minute".------------------
Blue '86 IROC, 305 TPI
Ported Plenum, gutted air boxes, SuperChip, KN filters, TB Airfoil, transmission cooler... more to come. Not raced yet. 70,000 original miles. Owned since 1992.
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I don't see how it could possibly be effective. The cooling is a non-issue. Even on cars that do a throttlebody bypass, air temps in the plenum only tend to go down by 1 degree or less.
As for the swirlie thing... I can't see that helping. I'm sure that there's already plenty of turbulence in the plenum and all that thing is going to do is cause additional restriction.
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As for the swirlie thing... I can't see that helping. I'm sure that there's already plenty of turbulence in the plenum and all that thing is going to do is cause additional restriction.
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