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Old 08-27-2009, 12:17 PM
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looking at gettin a 70mm mac throttlebody along with the AM short ram air, and intake spacer, just wanting to add a little underhood look and maybe gain a few horsepower, any comments??? getting all 3 items for like 200 bucks so i cant see how it would be a waste of money lol
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 12:19 PM
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Don't expect much. maybe just better throttle response with the larger throttle body. I would go with full exhaust and a custom dyno tune. If you wan't some real ponie's you need to step up to heads and cams but that isn't going to be cheap.
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 12:28 PM
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yeah already have full exhaust just got that last week, have not updated my sig or anything in a while lol, but yeah im not expecting much power gain really, but something would be nice, ill be getting a handheld tuner here soon so that should help out everything
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 01:50 PM
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If you want to get any kind of gain from a throttle body, then you need to do a plenum and throttle body combo.

Skip the spacer they do nothing at all. Well they do drain your wallet for you.

If you must get a cold air intake, then get one that does not have a bend before the MAF. So basically any of the fender well cold air kits I would advise against those.
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 02:19 PM
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I'd advise saving your money on bolt ons and go to gears or FI.
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 02:36 PM
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yeah I am getting the AM short ram air, so it is not a fenderwell cai, and yeah sorry i need to update my sig ive already done gears as well 3.73s did those last month very very pleased with them, but now just wanting to do some bolt ons b/c i dont plan on ever goin FI
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 02:38 PM
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I may look into getting a throttle body and plenum combo, just by the looks of it the tb is more restricting than the plenum, but i figured doing the cai along with tb and spacer i would at least notice some difference lol
 
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Old 08-27-2009, 06:45 PM
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Trust us those spacers are a waste of money.
 
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