iceman82

Does anyone know where to get a throttle body spacer 4th gen???????

99grnmaxgxe

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There's a throttle body spacer version of a 4th Gen?!?! I have a GXE.

99grnmaxgxe

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JK, dude I don't think they have on for our cars.

Fr33way™

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Where did you see/hear about this?

motorheadwannab

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Are you tryin to use a pathfinder throttle body or what spacer do you speak of?

NYC32798

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A spacer that is made for almost every car except ours and a few others and it's supposed to give you better gas milage and a couple hp. My friend had one on her blazer and she said it didn't do anything so I don't know if it would be worth it anyway. You could probably make your own if you really wanted to.

99grnmaxgxe

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I also heard that they make a sick sound.

cefiro8701

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how would a throttle body spacer make extra sound??i dont get it...

i say make ur own...

t6378tp

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Aaron92se .. made 1 for his ride maybe you could ask him how to make 1

HomerMAC

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anybody know where to get the pathfinder adaptor

BlackMaxdout

machine shop could do it. All they need is a profile of the intake hole and any mounting bolts. It's easy. They could even incorporate a venturi shape to the hole for squeezing air in.

Aaron92SE

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Matt93SE might make you one. He makes them for the VE 3rd gen.

I made my own out of a sheet of teflon from McMaster Carr. It's a 1/4" spacer. I also made one for my upper intake manifold.

goldmax

They did an article on Sports Car Revolution on Speed TV on a company that made spacers that added the swirl affect to the intake. Can't remember the company name. They made it sound like it would work on any car. The unit they showed looked to be very high quality. Maybe someone on the forum knows where to find one.

motorheadwannab

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I don't get it, What does it do and how???

goldmax

Here's what I saw on the show....we just need one of these for the 4G Maxima!

http://www.autoanything.com/air-inta...A1950A0A0.aspx

kcryan

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sounds like a "Tornado" to me....mabye a little better but still i cant see these being that good


Could be fun to make with a water jet though

Fr33way™

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Gains? Cost?

zazon

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Ive seen some guys on vwvortex do this, they say it helps block heat transfer and what not... Im skeptical because the IM sits over the rear valve cover anyway and is gonna end up soaking heat up... I should see if i can dig that thread up from over there, was pretty interesting.

Fr33way™

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I am thinking more about the TB spacer. I have had friends with trucks do this but I am wondering what this is supposed to do.

Dman832

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I bought a Pathy TB and adapter from Stephen Max. He makes the adapter(as well as a bunch of other stuff!!!) The adapter is basically the same thing as a spacer. I thought that the TB spacer was used to add "space" or length to the intake runner length...or something like that.

ronin22357

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OBX makes a throttle body spacer for our cars. part#81-2307-197 They look like nice quality but I have not used one myself

zazon

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http://www.newsouthperformance.com/gasket.htm

obviously not for our cars... but those are the phenolic spacers i was talking about, maybe the TB spacers have a different purpose?

BEJAY1

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Wouldn't the TB spacer for the 3.3L Pathy fit ours?

Aaron92SE

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Since your lengthening the intake path, you will gain low end power, but lose top end power. Only with a dyno, can you tell for sure if you've gain any overall HP or TQ and if it will benefit you in the 1/4 mile.

The costs are around $40 for a sheet of appropriate material.

As for the heat transfer properties... it prevents 99% of it!!! Anybody that doesn't agree probably hasn't tried it. All I can really comment on are the gains I experienced with my VE and with my butt dyno. We are only dealing with such small amounts of power that a dyno can barely pick it up.

But as for the heat transfer part of it... it's a HUGE gain! Now between the upper IM and TB, the heat transfer isn't that big of a deal. But between the lower IM and upper IM, it's a bigger deal. You don't want any part of your intake path getting extrememly hot. How would you like to keep it cool to the touch while the lower IM will take your skin off!? That's how much it works on my VE.

Fr33way™

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Thanks for that reply Aaron92SE.

Do you think there would be a gain from just the TB spacer? From a driveability/resposiveness perspective? The 10 min install makes me much more interested in that piece but it would make sense that the easiest would yeild the lessor gain.

Aaron92SE

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The TB spacer can give you a gain, it's possible. But whether or not it's a provable amount of HP (2 or more HP), I'm not sure. I doubt it.

But I do some mods b/c I know in theory they can't hurt and it's possible it can help performance.

zazon

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ill probably pick up some phenolic material and make a upper/lower manifold spacer just for sh*ts... sounds like a good idea to me!

Fr33way™

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I know what you mean

NewEngSurf

Yea i remember back in my 3ed gen days that a few orgers had throttle body spacers i never really understood it till now.....Larger chamber of air can go into the engine when u punch it, but top end is lost once u get going cuz the air has to travel a greater distance.

If i get my car dynoed this summer id like to run it with a stock intake, then TB spacer with stock filter then the TB and k&n cone combination and see some real numbers.

XeroX

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Glad i did my VI swap, heat doesnt like the 2kVI

As far as gains...eh, i can understand where you guys are coming from. But i really think the only thing this could really improve like others have said is heat transfer. I highly doubt an extra 1/4" spacer is gona provide THAT much more air in the IM to provide any "gains" in low or top end.

Just my .02 , its not a bad idea tho! Less heat is always a good thing, cant ever hurt ya.

NmexMAX

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By-pass coolant lines to the TB...

XeroX

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I did this before i did my VI swap, and for some reason, it would kick up my cold start idle if i drove it on the freeway when it was cold out. I would have to turn the car off and start it back up again to get the idle to drop from 1600~ to the normal 700~ idle.

Most people have experienced the problem, that i have tried it. Correct me if im wrong, but i believe there is some kind of temperature sensor in the TB coolant lines.

Regardless, the biggest heat loss you will get is from the LIM to UIM "spacer" like someone mentioned earlier. TB, i dont believe is that detrimental..

XeroX

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Now i dont have the 4th gen TB, so i dont get this wierd idle problem anymore..my cold start is just gone...sigh...