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just bought a 70mm throttle body, do i need a spacer? and what's the purpose of a spacer anyway?
 
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if you have an egr system you need a 70 mm egr spacer. If you use the stock one it defeats the purpose of the 70mm throttle body
 
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i don't know much about it, how do i know if i have an egr system? it's an 89 gt pretty much stock. and the throttle body i just bought was a mac.
 
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87 - 93 Mustangs have an egr system (exhaust gas recirculation system) Part of it is the spacer between the throttle body and the intake. Stock is about I think 57mm (both the throttle body and egr spacer) So you need both for the 70 mm to work
 
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thanks alot man, i wouldn't have had a clue
 

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If this is going on to a stock manifold you're wasting your time anyway. The stock tb opening is only 63mm. Even if you port matched it to accept the 70mm tb/spacer, the lower intake is the bottle neck and it gets all the air it wants with the stock tb/spacer setup. Hold onto that tb, pick up a used cobra intake (with the cobra you won't need an egr spacer), and put them on the car at the same time.
 
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jb89coupe said:
If this is going on to a stock manifold you're wasting your time anyway. The stock tb opening is only 63mm. Even if you port matched it to accept the 70mm tb/spacer, the lower intake is the bottle neck and it gets all the air it wants with the stock tb/spacer setup. Hold onto that tb, pick up a used cobra intake (with the cobra you won't need an egr spacer), and put them on the car at the same time.
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I agree, no need to spend like $50 on a spacer, just put it towards a better intake.
 
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Good luck finding the intake used. You will likely have to go with a reproduction FRPP cobra intake instead.

Either way, they are right in saying to wait.
 

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You need this 70mm EGR spacer if you plan to put it on a stock upper.




Goes here on the intake...


You have this already, put it on the Cobra Upper for better performance.
 

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Good luck finding the intake used.
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Ebay...

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