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Hey,
Can anyone tell me if there is any US model fords that run the same throttle body as The BA Boss engines. I want to buy a throttle body spacer but dont want to pay the ridiculous prices here. you can pick them up off E.bay in the US real cheap.
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I probably wouldn't bother mate, gains if any would be FA
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yeah, don't waste any of your money on a throttle spacer.
I've tried one, was worth nothing.
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Yeah I dont see how a spacer could give you any more power. I Rang Herrod and asked about it and they said that adding the spacer helps to make the engine easier to tune. No extra rwkw. I just wonder if they do anything at all or just a gimmick. Is there anyone out there that has researched this before. What about phenolic spacers do they do anything as well.
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JG33Replica wrote: Yeah I dont see how a spacer could give you any more power. I Rang Herrod and asked about it and they said that adding the spacer helps to make the engine easier to tune. No extra rwkw. I just wonder if they do anything at all or just a gimmick. Is there anyone out there that has researched this before. What about phenolic spacers do they do anything as well. I wouldn't bother with a phenolic spacer either. Keep the whole engine cooler, but running a cooler thermostat. It's not like a Windsor where they run coolant through the intake manifold. The BOSS keeps the coolant seperate, and with high air flow, it doesn't get a chance to heat up much if any. What mods do you have so far? Best things to do first... - CAI (BluePower airbox) - Exhaust (DiFilipo 'Bog Boy' headers/cats/3" system) - Tune to tie it all together. then - Oil pump upgrade - Underdrive pulleys/balancer - cams?
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^Listen to this man^
His results speak for themselves.
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wouldn't worry about cams, cost not worth the gains, $6-$7k to make 20+ rwkw ???
save your money & do it once & make the power that your chasing a 290 motor with a s/c will get around the 400rwkw mark a 260 motor you will see around the 360rwkw mark & only with 8-9psi boost & a credit to Chris as he would of spent countless hours datalogging & adjusting his tunes in getting 290rwkw & thats about all your going to get unopened joe |
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Joe,
Cams for the BOSSes have come down in price, and have improved. Looking 2-3k installed now, and they do get some good improvements - still no good on XR8's (they lack the static CR to be effective), but on 290's etc. are now a good option to get to the 300rwkw+ mark. Crow's GTP and GTPX cams are showing good gains. Herrod is doing some custom grinds, to be released in the near future.
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funny that as he was a big avicate of not going down that path...?? & for that price are these cams billet, as when I enquired about this the cost of the cams where much dearer than $3k
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Yeah, I guess Rob has some new ideas on the cam profiles.
Dunno what you get for your money, they haven't released any details yet.
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Hope this helps
http://www.herrodmotorsport.com.au/Herr ... fault.aspx http://www.herrodmotorsport.com.au/Port ... shafts.pdf I was looking at getting these for my 07 BF XR8, but my Herrod dealer here in Darwin reckons there's not really much point, not sure why....
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