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Pickupman_69

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03 Sport trac
a buddy of mine put one on his 03 ex ,which is the same engine/year etc as my trac and he swears it improved mid range power and mpg.

what are everyones opinions on this? he also claimed it was an easy bolt on . yes or no?
 



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Easy to bolt on-yes. I've only ever used spacers on Carb's, they help cool the air/feul mixture but on a T.B. I honestly don't see the need for it. My buddy put one on his '92 Chevy 3/4 ton with a T.B. (which you'd think it would help because the T.B. sits on top of the intake) and he lost bottom end torque and the air/fuel mixture was off causing it to lean out. I'd read all the reviews on the product and see which of those are used on our engines before I spent the money. If you want, check out this site, Todd Z makes and sells performance products for our trucks, I have some of the products and really happy with them :

http://www.zabteck.com/

Here's another company and ST site sponser, contact Torrie here:

http://www.unleashedtuning.com/
 






Snake Oil.
 






i figured about as much,they basically claim all the things that the zabteck throttle bodies claim but i had my doubts
 






You could get a "Tornado" ...........
 






Are the I don't have a tb spacer, BUT i did put zip ties on me tb cable at the gas pedal. Which basically does the same as a tb spacer for like 2% of the cost. I have a gen 1 ex. Here is a vid of the zip tie mod. It really helped my gen 1 in terms of power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjgkqjyg-2U&feature=fvwrel

note: this is not my vid.
 












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