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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:08 AM
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i bought a throttle body spacer on ebay from designedchaos and this shyte rips!
Old Feb 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?
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:22 AM
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idk man but i couldn't believe how much it opened up this engine
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:32 AM
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Any pictures, price, dyno, comments on install, more elaborate description of noted performance benefits, anything?
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 03:47 AM
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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.
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 09:49 PM
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Old Feb 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!!
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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^is the tornado the same thing as the turbonator?
Old Feb 28, 2007 | 11:06 PM
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Don't forget the electric turbo too
Old Mar 1, 2007 | 03:57 AM
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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
Old Mar 1, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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Old Mar 1, 2007 | 09:34 PM
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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.
Old Mar 2, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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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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