Throttlebody spacers?
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RE: Throttlebody spacers?
A throttle body spacer won't help your 1994.
They really only help carburated, or throttle body fuel injected motors. (The V6's and V8's switched to port fuel injection starting in 1992, not quite sure about the I4's).
It works by mixing the fuel and air together better. The reason it doesn't work on port fuel injected vehicles is the fuel is injected just before the intake valve, versus injecting the fuel in the throttle-body/carb, so theres not enough time to actually mix the fuel/air any "better."
They really only help carburated, or throttle body fuel injected motors. (The V6's and V8's switched to port fuel injection starting in 1992, not quite sure about the I4's).
It works by mixing the fuel and air together better. The reason it doesn't work on port fuel injected vehicles is the fuel is injected just before the intake valve, versus injecting the fuel in the throttle-body/carb, so theres not enough time to actually mix the fuel/air any "better."
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RE: Throttlebody spacers?
I guess I should have clarified when I said:
It works by mixing the fuel and air better, by swirling them essentially.
But either way, it doesn't work on port fuel injected vehicles.
The I4... the four cylinder motors... I'm not quite sure when they switched to port fuel injection, I just know 1996 has it.
... so theres not enough time to actually mix the fuel/air any "better."
But either way, it doesn't work on port fuel injected vehicles.
The I4... the four cylinder motors... I'm not quite sure when they switched to port fuel injection, I just know 1996 has it.
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RE: Throttlebody spacers?
Why sell them?
What is a concern of mostly every driver these days? The price of gas.
What is the claim they make that gets most people to buy their product: "It will increase MPGs," its another one of those not-fully true, but not-fully false statements.
On certain motors, it can increase mileage and power, on others it won't, or its been dyno'ed as a power-loosing add-on.
What is a concern of mostly every driver these days? The price of gas.
What is the claim they make that gets most people to buy their product: "It will increase MPGs," its another one of those not-fully true, but not-fully false statements.
On certain motors, it can increase mileage and power, on others it won't, or its been dyno'ed as a power-loosing add-on.
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