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Old Jul 7, 2005 | 06:47 AM
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Originally Posted by MassiveAttack
Is the effect cumulative? (i.e. more strakes = more improvement?)
Yes, in fact here's a picture of one of our happy clients...
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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fyi i just bought an obx spacer which i had for 6 months and i finally decided to install it. the entire time i thought it wud do nothing and i coudlnt be more impressed. as soon as i started my car i heard that my intake was louder and sucking in more air. you guys dont have to be worried about tuning and the lenth of the intake because it goes after the o2 sensor. normally turbulent airflow is bad. but, at that point its fine and actually helps. i can honestly say i felt the differance- im in LI if you dont believe me.
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 11:07 AM
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Originally Posted by timmytriangles
fyi i just bought an obx spacer which i had for 6 months and i finally decided to install it. the entire time i thought it wud do nothing and i coudlnt be more impressed. as soon as i started my car i heard that my intake was louder and sucking in more air. you guys dont have to be worried about tuning and the lenth of the intake because it goes after the o2 sensor. normally turbulent airflow is bad. but, at that point its fine and actually helps. i can honestly say i felt the differance- im in LI if you dont believe me.
im going to call BS and say you dont know what youre talking about because you said it goes after the o2 sensor.

this is referred to as the placebo effect
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by deadphoenix52
.... because you said it goes after the o2 sensor.
I came to the same conclusion FAR sooner than that when I was reading his post.
There goes the neighborhood............
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 12:45 PM
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Damn, its only good for the 2004. Why do they always have to leave out us 2006s.
It probably wouldn't work on a phantom blue model anyways....
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Old Nov 27, 2010 | 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Agent XY
Damn, its only good for the 2004. Why do they always have to leave out us 2006s.
It probably wouldn't work on a phantom blue model anyways....
The original post was in 2005...2006's weren't around yet.

Maybe you can make do with a Turbonator until the link gets updated.

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Old Nov 29, 2010 | 03:13 PM
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well mass air, past all the sensors. my baaaad douuucsh but it works.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 03:25 PM
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Sorry to say, but I really have my doubts. Throttle body spacers might have helped on carbureted cars since it allowed more time for the fuel and air to mix.

Plus, think about it this way. Mazda designed the engine well enough that intakes and exhausts are ineffective. Would a spacer that was super cheap to make be on a stock car? Very yes if they could make more power with less fuel consumption.
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Old Nov 30, 2010 | 09:06 PM
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no, on a stock car dont bother. u have to at least put a cold air or short ram on. but i sware the thing works. the sound alone is worth it.
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