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Old 09-30-2008, 09:55 AM
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Re: Do throttle body spacers really work?

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Originally Posted by avan View Post
Personally I think that there will be no added advantage of a TBS. By increasing the distance from the fuel/air mixture from reaching the combustion chambers you are actually creating a mirco-second lag to a trottle response. If any affect is to be felt the increase of air verlosity should be before the carb, i.e a turbo-charger

My 2 cents worth
I have no idea where you've seen evidence that adding a TBS will cause "micro-second" lag. Simple physics shows that adding volume, in this case air/fuel increases power. There isn't any lag. Even if there was, we're talking about Jeeps not race cars.
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