Am I gullible or does this actually work?

[PersonaNonGrata]

All you guys making fun of gadgets that are supposed to increase power and/or reduce fuel consumption -so silly! Don't you know there one magic thing that adds HP instantly with minimal installation hassles, not to mention increases cool points? Behold! Available all over eBay. Guaranteed to add at least 8HP!

So cool it even works with non-BMW vehicles!

[SlickGT1]

Yea but a turbo sticker gives me turbo powa. Black paint is 5hp. Dubs, adds 20hp. Muffler bearings add 14hp. Exhaust whistle that goes woot woot adds 35 friggen hp.

Dinan can suck it. lol.

[bigwave2255]

actually it did work on my jeep cherokee, but then it also had a big bore exhaust extractors and a ported head, the improvement was minimal, but noticeable.

[SlickGT1]

Yea phenolic spacers is what they should be. Supposed to reduce head conduction to the TB. By itself, this ain't doing shit. Deff not worth it without a true CAI, not just a cone filter on the pipe. Really not so much as adding power, but more of a loss of power due to heat soak.

You don't need it.

[lo_jack]

It you tap it for a nitrous jet and put a 50 shot though it, it will add power. Don't forget to reprogram your WOT fuel table.

If it blocks coolant from circulating through the TB, it will help some on power but hurt other ways.

[SlickGT1]

yea like cold start, in the winter, when your car is in 20" of snow, and you just walked around 30 minutes to find it.

[lo_jack]

We don't have that here in Houston. I can run DRs and no TB coolant as long as I live.



But people do use those spacers not for what people sell them for, but for making a nitrous block.