anyone ever seen or used this spacer for the throttle body on the TPI?
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Car: 87 Monte Carlo SS
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anyone ever seen or used this spacer for the throttle body on the TPI?
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it seems to me that ANY type of product designed to cause the airflow to be more turbulent would work on a carb or TBI, but would be completely useless on a TPI, since there's no fuel in the air stream until just before the intake valve.
so, just what's the turbulence supposed to mix, air & air??? more turbulence without any other benefit seems like it's reduce overall airflow, and therefore reduce power.
so, just what's the turbulence supposed to mix, air & air??? more turbulence without any other benefit seems like it's reduce overall airflow, and therefore reduce power.
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Axle/Gears: 2.59's 3.42's 3.73's
Originally posted by irocz eric
LoL, has anyone here used that Tornado thing?
LoL, has anyone here used that Tornado thing?
that thing is like putting a fist in your airbox and expecting MORE air to flow higher cfm
now that gave me a good laugh when i seen that infomercial!
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I got a used one off of Ebay for $15 to use as a spot to mount my N2O nozzle. That's about the only use I could see for something like this...
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Car: 87 Monte Carlo SS
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Transmission: 700R4 rebuilt w/TCI kit
Axle/Gears: 9" from 57 ranchero unsure gears.
Originally posted by Fevre
Got my tornado as a package deal with some ***** enlargement pills. Now my car is slower and I can't get it up.
Got my tornado as a package deal with some ***** enlargement pills. Now my car is slower and I can't get it up.
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Yeah I bought one of those tornado things a long time ago for a carb app, now it hangs on the wall as a reminder for stupid gimmic's, A friend of mine recommended this for my truck (TBI) cause it worked great on his, I just ran across the one for the TPI set up and thought WTF??
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