Phenolic Spacers on the 420a

[psx]

i found some threads on the spacers but they dont talk about where to get one
all they said is that its great for boost cars and alrite with NA.
im fine with alrite

 

[Fotowntalon]

by a quick Google search I am believing you mean an intake manifold spacer/heat shield. If that is the case, our engine uses a Hondata one. I'm pretty sure this one will work, but feel free to look around, i just did a quick Google for ya before i logged off of here.

 

[whe3ls]

by a quick Google search I am believing you mean an intake manifold spacer/heat shield. If that is the case, our engine uses a Hondata one. I'm pretty sure this one will work, but feel free to look around, i just did a quick Google for ya before i logged off of here.

im pretty sure he is talking about a tb spacer

 

[psx]

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like this
the hondata one rite

 

[sledge42hammer]

phenolic spacer for a throttlebody sounds useless. keeping one inch a little cooler will have little affect. A manifold spacer would help at strip but for a DD your manifold still heats up but just a little slower.

 

[Fotowntalon]

TB spacers are useless, I can see the intake manifold one working, but like along the lines sledge said. I have a hondata one currently, mainly got it because I was changing my intake manifold gasket (thought i had a vacuum leak) and figured at the very least, its a reusable gasket.

@psx the one i got was just the thick looking gasket, didn't have the 2 metal sheets on each side, but looks roughly like that.

 

[krackit]

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like this
the hondata one rite

am i the only one that is confused as to why there are 5 ports on that gasket?...


these spacers were a big deal on the old carb motors. they actually did increase hp. not because of the heat, but because it allowed more air flow. not 100% on the whole theory behind it, but a lot of my dad's car friends all used them.

 

[psx]

umm i got the picture as an example
haha

 

[dalesmitsu]

To OP. here's the correct spacer for our 420a.

420A PTFE Intake Manifold Spacers - SymTech Laboratories

 

[psx]

yeass
the spacer for the top half of the intake mani

80$$ huh

thanks for the link:

 

[Locke]

Since somebody brought it up: carbureted engines used spacers to increase plenum volume.