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(More customer reviews)First of all, the installation instructions are very bad. The verbose tells you what to do, but because the illustrations (simple pictures without any callouts) leaves you to guess what is they are referring to. Also, no indication at all what way should it be installed (there are two possible ways to install the spacer, I'm sure one of them wrong!) I have previously installed throttle spacers from Poweraid on two other vehicles, and even their instructions are not perfect, they are better that those from Street Performance.
The second problem is that the components do not really fit without modifications. The aluminum bracket (the one with four holes in the picture) is too thick, so it forces the throttle cable bracket into the input manifold. At that point the holes in the aluminum bracket do not align with the holes in the throttle cable bracket. I didn't want to drill the cable bracket that's part of the input manifold!
The third problem is that there is a hose coming from the manifold into the throttle body assembly and once you place the spacer between the manifold and the throttle body, that hose is a bit too short. You could force it, but being made of soft rubber it won't last (potential for trouble).
The fourth problem is that the internal diameter of both gaskets that come with this product is smaller than the internal diameter of the inlet of the input manifold, and also smaller than the internal diameter of the throttle body and the spacer. Who designs these things?
I spent well over two hours trying to install it, then had to fall back to the original installation. As I mentioned previously, when I installed two different kits from Poweraid on two other vehicles, it took me about half an hour on each and both fitted nicely. Maybe the other Street Performance kits are better than this, but don't bother with this one.
IMO, a bad design and very bad instructions. Street and Performance Electronics 93002 Helix Power Tower Plus Throttle Body Spacer 1996-2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse 2.4L 4G64
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