i've been looking at cheap and easy mods,and i keep seeing the throttle body spacer.helix,skunk2..theres lots of brans claiming 7-10hp..does anyone know if its worth it,or is it a waste?

 

PLENUM spacer

and yeah, it's a great mod. go with Motordyne (a vendor here) Tony makes great products and all ahve been independantly tested to show gains.

 

+1 on the Motordyne spacers.

Don't bother with a throttle body spacer - no gains no matter what they claim. The ONLY reason to drop a tb spacer in our engines is for either a vac tap or n2o jet.

 

ok,sweet,i was just checking,cause i wasnt coming up with anything for them and i didnt want to waste money.im stuck and i dont know what to do next before ems,so what else can/should i do before tune that isnt an arm and leg?

 

Switch from your power robbing CAI to a SR

 

3.9 FD gears and the EMS are about it from the looks of your sig. Next "cheap" step would be N2O IMO. But there's no such thing as cheap when it comes to modding a car right... Just food for thought.

 

Crank pulley is a great NA mod IMO, ran one on my car for 30K miles no issues and felt a difference immediately.

 

+1 On the crank pulley, I have been running mine for about 8k miles no probs yet and noticed a little better throttle response the first time in it. 3.7 or 3.9 FD is also a good choice.

 

i thought about the u.r. light weight crank pully, but somebody told me it wasnt good for daily drivability,so i guess thats why i stayed away from it,but hell it sounds good to me now

 

Crank Pulley will have the similar effect just less of lightening the rotating assembly ala light clutch/fw. Which speaking of if your staying NA and want a SICK light super fast revving combo go with the Tilton 8lb set-up. BUT-dont if you want a nice streetable set-up, if thats the case a nice JWT clutch/fw combo or ACT/prolite combo will also do wonders in freeing up power NA.

 

quick cheap mod I can think of the ground wiring kit ($90??) everyone I have talked to has felt a difference in throttle response

and trying to hang with Alberto is just embarrasing lol (skyline)

 

+1 on Ground Wiring Kit. Some say the ground wiring kit is a waist. But when I did mine I honest did see a difference in engine responce. It was a small difference, but after driving the car for a year first I noticed it right away.

 

50+ owners say otherwise that actually got the TBS.

 

I have the TBS on my 05 FX35 and it didnt do a thing for me. I tried it - didnt feel a thing. If I had to do it again I would skip that mod.

 

AAM spacer FTW...I have ran all of the spacers mentioned above and by far the APS is the ultimate killer beast...but so is that price...

thanks TENGAI for the super hook up man..love ya like a Brother from another Mother...

For the money the AAM spacer is the best mod I done to my car N/A bar none.

 

Our motors are hormonically balanced from the factory, introducing a lightened pulley... hmmmMm.. i dunno about all that. Then again it has been discussed here on the forums and it's 50/50. Some people believe it does something, some don't! I spoke to some Nissan savy Techs and they totally talked me out of one 2 years back.

Grounding kits are for show, and don't do crap. How's adding electrical current going to add HP? That's like hardwiring a backup Duracell battery and expecting it to add 0.024WHP. There are no moving parts nor do "bigger wires" add more air-flow nor is it a cooling mod. Conclusion: marketing ploy to make money, notice ground kits only became popular after people ran out of things to do w/ their car. I would believe a pulley kit adds power before I would ever stick a grounding kit on my car.

TBS don't do jack

Only suggested mod that works great is the Plenum Spacer. I've actually FELT a gain with those.

 

I dont know man..there are a lot of grounding wires on our cars......but just like an AMP...the better the ground, the more juice..hence the need for a cooling fan for my AMP..lol

5 dinky factory 12 and 10 gauge wires FTL

6 monster 4 or 2 gauge wires...FTW...Id almost pay to dyno the differecne of 1-2RWHP.

 

I cant stand your idiotic posts. So because 50+ people have one it must work? As if infecting the rest of my350z.com with your stupidity wasnt enough, now your coming into the Mid-A!

 

Because over 50+ people that have tested it for Nissan Sport Magazine and have verified that they work YES. Idiotic, that is your middle name.

Ask OCG35 and he will tell you the same thing since he is actually in the middle of the TB spacer more than I am.

Btw, that post was over a month old. Congratz to you.

 

That mag is a joke-horrible tests-the plenum shootout, turbo shootout-all jokes...you can go back to arguing that the Stillen S/C doesnt blow motors...btw-we should ALWAYS believe what we read in mags right?