Hi Guys,

Will this throttle body spacer work on our cars?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/OBX-Throttle...696d37&vxp=mtr

http://www.intakespacer.com/nissan

What other options do we have for TBS?

 

a vendor corey on here (CJX) sells the whole kit

 

i used that spacer on my 1001 altima before.. its nice.. but i recommend CXJ Performance spacers man. and its easy to install.

 

CXJ makes a t.b. spacer for the 7th gen, i recommend his stuff highly.

id be concerned about them saying that item fits 02-09 because the 02 and 09 have diff t.b. sizes iirc

 

yeah definately was gonna say that.. i dont think it fits. but hey..

 

I got mine from CXJ.. no issues installing it. Great documentation.

 

Did you notice any pwr or tq gains for the spacer?

 

Hell yes.

 

now its time to track that part down!!

 

....not a reason to stay away from the manifold spacers. The factory intake/gasket/plenum is no way (blueprint) port matched. It is close enough as production assembly goes as should be the CXJ spacers. Who's looking for flowbench racing requirements here. Think more along the lines of thermal reduction (H/P) benefits.

 

does anyone know where i can find that throttle spacer? i can't find it

 

Search google for cxj performance. It should bring you to Corey's site.

 

i was just looking for the actual throttle body spacer, not for the intake manifold too.. or can you not do one without the other?? i've read other cars doing just the throttle spacer to add some pepper to the acceleration

 

Just get the whole kit from CXJ.

No need to half *** J/K but the kit is cheap enough that if you want to just use the tb spacer you can. But might as well install the entire thing.

 

^ agreed.

 

I FEEL PEER PRESSURED!! LOL. I guess it makes sense to do the whole thing.. Just gotta find someone to do it for me. It'll be cool if it really adds performance like everyone's been touting..

 

That's what I've heard so I picked me up one of those CXJ performance packages cause Ghozts told me that it's worth it! But the only thing my boy bailed out on me today again cause he keeps getting caught up at his regular job but it's all good I have patience especially when u have kids.. Lol

 

to be honest i had no idea what intake manifold spacers were before this mod. Cory talked me through the install over the phone (slightly nerve-wracking) which was awesome considering how many questions i had.

the best part about this mod is its one of the few for the 7th gen that shows gains, even though dyno'ing the CVT doesnt give us 100% accurate results since it wont lock in gear it still is a very close estimation of gains. the place i did the dyno runs at was really impressed with the gains produced, so much that he did a few extra dyno runs just to make sure.

this was both the intake manifold spacer, throttle body spacer, and bypassing the hot coolant in the throttle body

 

Lol ghozt, as soon as I feel like I've found all the mods you guys have been doing, I see another. Bypass hot coolant in throttle body? Got a link to a thread about that mod? Just putting together my wish list...curious about everything right now...

 

Yep I agree, I'm just holding off on cracking the engine open until my 2010 reaches the end of the 36 month factory warranty.

 

I just got an '11, I thought the warranty is 36 months for bumper-to-bumper, but drivetrain is 5 yrs/50,000 miles, isn't it? So shouldn't the waiting period before installing be until then?? Maybe I'm mixed up.

 

bypassing the coolant in the throttle body doesn't cause issues? if they built the car to have it that way?

 

Since those hoses have green marks, the dealer will know you've messed with the bypass. The reason for the bypass is to heat up the throttle body by circulating warm coolant liquid.

Take it out, then you can have a cooler throttle body. This was the jist of what I read on several other car forums. You'll only have a issue with a frozen throttle body if you live in like Alaska or Canada.

 

I mean.. the reason for circulating coolant through the throttle body is to heat up the throttle body with warm coolant. But the throttle body will get warm on its own cuz its connected to the warm engine block.

 

yeah its for climates much colder than the one i live in

 

So let me get this straight fella's ur telling me that the throttle body has a radiant hose for when the TB gets to cold? so if u hit it with a shot of nitrous it would warm up from from being to cold? I would assume that this warming feature has a set temperature question is what is it? because we are doing everything in our power to make this TB as cold as we can make it but yet theres a radiant heat hose that warms it up when it gets to cold. i know that we will never get the throttle body below freezing temps but im just curious thats news to me. So living in boston we have cold a$$ weather would this affect me?

 

yea there is scalding hot coolant being run through the throttle body. undoubtedly this seems counter-productive to cold air coming into the engine. from what ive been told and read this is really only needed in places where it goes below 0 like Alaska or Canada or farther North, but don't quote me on that. for where I'm at in MD and the temps we see it's fine

 

The warm fluid is meant to warm up the throttle body after a long winter's night. We're not making this up. There is collective knowledge out there that can be found on other car mod forums.

We're referring to the throttle body bypass mod.

 

WOW! ok then so i dont see this warm fluid getting in the way if its on for really cold temps. Ghozt did you notice a differance when u disabled it? also how did you go about it was it hard?

 

i did it at the same time as my CXJ intake manifold spacers and throttle body spacer install. its part of the install instructions in fact. the entire DIY including throttle body bypass is up on my7thgen.org if you want to check it out

and yea these spacers + the bypass is the best horsepower gain for the $ you'll probably ever see for this car.

 

nice! i will definitely take a look at that DIY Good L00ks..

 

http://cxjperformance.com/index.php?...0#!prettyPhoto[gallery]/2/

Is that the kit you guys are talking about?

 

Yup

 

Yup

 

Website says its on backorder till 6/7 :/

Can i install an intake (looking at injen, r2c, or K&N) and then install this kit later when I can get it?

 

Yes. The intake isn't really that difficult to install/uninstall. The spacers are a little more work. I'd make sure you're comfortable with doing the intake before trying to tackle the spacers.

Are you part of the Facebook group(s)? Look for Cory James--he's the guy that makes em. Haven't heard from him for a little while, but I doubt it's really on back order. Don't know though.

 

It's def on backorder. He's supposedly working on another project. I didn't know that, and ordered it, and was swiftly given a refund. sucks.

 

Wow I guess I just barely got mine in time then. If you really want to do it I think another brand (NWP? Maybe?) makes the spacers. From what I understand they're not as thick though. Interesting, I wonder what he's working on.

 

NWP doesn't make phenolic spacers for the 7th gen, just prior generations, CXJ is the only vendor right now

 

Wow. Thanks ghozt for clarifying. That's a good mod...glad I got it when I did.