What everyone should add to their 5.0

[4dStang]

Bolt On Horsepower! The PowerAid Throttle Body Spacers from AIRAID Premium Filter Company are designed to greatly improve the low-end torque and horsepower characteristics of your engine. PowerAid accomplishes this by spacing the throttle body one inch and adding a dyno-proven Helix style bore(s). As the intake air passes through the spacer, the Helix bore creates a vortex action that improves atomization creating a more complete combustion and an efficiently burning engine. The results are improved drivability and increased fuel efficiency. The PowerAid spacer is 50 state legal, will not void your new car warranty, and can be used with any grade fuel.


I guess you can sell anything in america huh? I bet I get an extra 40-50 HP outta that spacer.



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=2480215109&category=33558

 

[90mustangGT]

I was about to yell but I see your makeing fun of it. People buy it, so somone is going to make it. Yeah, show my one NMRA or NHRA or IHRA title holder running that junk. A serious engine would probally suck it in and spit it out the exaust along with some other parts.

 

[ECU5.0]

oh yeah...spin that air around...because its still gonna be spinning when it hits those long runner....maybe if they had something like that for a carbed engine...it might work, but that would be pushing it too

 

[Ranchero5.0]

oh yeah...spin that air around... Kind of like what my blower does... And I thought it was just the boost.

Jamie

 

[408stroker5.0]

BIG GIMIK! I've seen people (dumb) put them on there car or truck and come back saying they felt a pretty decent difference in power. It's all in there head. Advertising really messes with some people's mind's.

 

[87'GTstang]

Besides, can't any idiot figure out that air has an easier time and more velocity passing over a smooth surface than something with ribs in it to slow it down? If anything it probably costs power by slower movement of air.

 

[cjman15]

dum dums

 

[408stroker5.0]

Perfect for ricer's. They love this kind of S**T.

 

[87'GTstang]

Perfect for ricer's. They love this kind of S**T.

Probably adds a cool fart sound, I mean racing-inspired sound to your car also!!!

 

[L8 MUSL]

You'd think any tard that's made it past the 5th grade is going to figure out that one inch of grooves is not going to get air moving in a "swirling" motion.
And, let's just say it could (even though you would need about two to three feet of tubing with some serious vanes in it) Why would "swirling" or "spinning" air add any hp or torque?

 

[camarokila]

I was gonna say b4 i realized what are u a salesman

 

[91REDGT50L]

Well, crap...where was this thread earlier. I saw it while I was shopping at jegs.com and I had just dropped a large number on exhaust and U/L intakes from TF. So i went a head and got it. Then I just realized...i could probably make my own if I wanted...Oh well...I guess i'll let you guys know if it does something positive.

 

[xsivpwr]

I wonder if anyone actually took this design and rather than puting the "helix" style ribs in it, if they just put some straight ribs to straighten the air out alittle bit if it would make any gains?

 

[BlueRevenge]

I agree in the whole thing being retarded but, I was thinking of fabbing up something similar to put upstream of my MAF back in my C&L days. Got tired of clocking the damn thing and I was thing you might get a better more accurate signal if the air swirling or evenly distributed before it hit the sensor. I eventully ****canned that idea and went with a Pro-M.

 

[25thmustang]

Actually air spiraling will travel faster than air going straight, the issue is adding that chokes the air basically removing any gains you might see from spiraling the air. I would never buy one, but if there was one lying around, I would try it out at the track just to see...

 

[Michael Yount]

"A serious engine would probally suck it in and spit it out the exaust "

The previous owner of my brother's PowerStroke diesel installed a 'tornado' - and when my brother upgraded the air inlet piping/filter, he found it -- bent, twisted and sucked to with about 3" of the intake manifold inlet. Not good.

 

[jwzg]

Bolt On Horsepower! The PowerAid Throttle Body Spacers from AIRAID Premium Filter Company are designed to greatly improve the low-end torque and horsepower characteristics of your engine. PowerAid accomplishes this by spacing the throttle body one inch and adding a dyno-proven Helix style bore(s). As the intake air passes through the spacer, the Helix bore creates a vortex action that improves atomization creating a more complete combustion and an efficiently burning engine. The results are improved drivability and increased fuel efficiency. The PowerAid spacer is 50 state legal, will not void your new car warranty, and can be used with any grade fuel.


I guess you can sell anything in america huh? I bet I get an extra 40-50 HP outta that spacer.



Oh yeah!!!! My first time to use this smiley. Sorry 4dstang but it was worth using twice.

 

[4dStang]

I only brought all this up because a good friend/coworker owns a 2000 jeep Cherokee WJ with the V8. The guy is an ebay fanatic, and at work one day he showed me this auction for the spacer. I laughed. I said I would spend my money other places. Well, he bought it for like $89 or some crap and spent 6 hours putting it on because he has a $25 tool kit. Well I helped fix few things he did wrong, with my tools. Looks better now and it runs fine, but I can's see any improvement, even though he swears he can "beat half the block" in a race if ya'll know what I mean. I have been trying to get him to go to the local track here in STL for a "reality check" but he's being a poop and won't race on the track.


There are some funny boltons out there. Do they work? There are many answers to questions we may never know.




Chris

 

[CManT1914]

Well, I bought one. Wait a minute, I DID notice a slight difference. That along with my custom CAI, it helped a little. Maybe not enough to justify you guys spending $100 on it. But I got it cheap. I've done a lot of these where I work, and everybody that I've done one for has said it's helped a little. So don't rag on them to bad, what works for one person, doesn't always work for everybody.

 

[stangbear427]

Actually air spiraling will travel faster than air going straight, the issue is adding that chokes the air basically removing any gains you might see from spiraling the air. I would never buy one, but if there was one lying around, I would try it out at the track just to see...

And, let's just say it could (even though you would need about two to three feet of tubing with some serious vanes in it)

Just putting a little twist on this- if these are both true, what if someone were able to give the helix treatment to the inside of an entire exhuast system?