Clearance problem
#1
08-26-2005 | 06:15 PM
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Clearance problem
I am having some serious issues mounting some new ad-ons to my rig- Junior Dodge.
I have a 01 Ram 5.9L and the problem goes like this....
I just finished mounting my cold air intake system with K&N cone filter.
I also have a HELIX throttle body spacer and there is just no room to mount it.
The mounting "hat" for the intake pipe sits up so high there seems to be no room for my spacer to fit.
I purchases an off market generic kit for the intake that came with a K&N filter.
Has anyoine else had a problem like this or have any suggestions on how to make this fit?
PLEASE HELP!!!
I have a 01 Ram 5.9L and the problem goes like this....
I just finished mounting my cold air intake system with K&N cone filter.
I also have a HELIX throttle body spacer and there is just no room to mount it.
The mounting "hat" for the intake pipe sits up so high there seems to be no room for my spacer to fit.
I purchases an off market generic kit for the intake that came with a K&N filter.
Has anyoine else had a problem like this or have any suggestions on how to make this fit?
PLEASE HELP!!!
#2
08-26-2005 | 06:41 PM
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RE: Clearance problem
Here is how you make it fit. Don't install it.
Throttle body spacers work really good ------- on carburated engines.
The concept behind a spacer is that it allows for your fuel and air mixtures to have more time to "swirl" together for better atomization prior to being ignited. This only works if the spacer is located at a point after the air and fuel have mixed (hence why it works so good when placed beneath a carburator). On your pickup, the point where you install a spacer is above the TB. Air and fuel are not traveling their together, just air. So applying a spacer to that could, at best, do nothing, and at worst, be even more restrictive. You would be requiring your air to travel farther, giving it more time to slow down and to heat up, both of which rob power.
So, unless you have a carb, it would make a better paper weight or door stop then a performance mod.
You should get a Fastman TB instead, but If you must have the spacer, a body lift will give you more space under the cowl to make it fit.
Throttle body spacers work really good ------- on carburated engines.
The concept behind a spacer is that it allows for your fuel and air mixtures to have more time to "swirl" together for better atomization prior to being ignited. This only works if the spacer is located at a point after the air and fuel have mixed (hence why it works so good when placed beneath a carburator). On your pickup, the point where you install a spacer is above the TB. Air and fuel are not traveling their together, just air. So applying a spacer to that could, at best, do nothing, and at worst, be even more restrictive. You would be requiring your air to travel farther, giving it more time to slow down and to heat up, both of which rob power.
So, unless you have a carb, it would make a better paper weight or door stop then a performance mod.
You should get a Fastman TB instead, but If you must have the spacer, a body lift will give you more space under the cowl to make it fit.
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09-02-2005 | 04:32 PM
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RE: Clearance problem
Very interesting after reading this post I removed my TB Spacer.....And found that lower end torque came up ever so slight...but with AC on and in over drive from a stop it spun the tires immedietly on application of full throttle...Usally it would take a second kidda of dog down then spin.....May be just me...Still finding new things about this thing with the new exhaust system. Thanks for the info it did help...PS with the new exhaust minus the TB spacer a quick check of Gas millage went from 10.5 to 12.89MPG after a 139mile trip yesterday and today stop and go traffic and highway mix..Back and forth to work 2 1/2 times.
