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Old 04-25-2003, 09:12 PM
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Default Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

Just curious if there are any larger throttle bodies available. The BBK 80mm is the biggest I know of. I have an 85mm lid and maf and feel a larger throttle body would help out. I also have a sheetmetal intake that can be ported to match.
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Default Re: Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

TPI makes one. TByrne has it check their site.
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Default Re: Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

Actually, it won't make a difference how big it is because the size of the hole on the intake manifold will be smaller than the throttle body's.

You're better off just porting/polishing your stock one and doing the bump stop mod.
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Default Re: Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

Actually, it won't make a difference how big it is because the size of the hole on the intake manifold will be smaller than the throttle body's.
What he said.....

The intake is 75mm or so, so anything larger than the 80mm BBK would be a real pain to match the intake to (if even possible). I was able to take a grinder and port the intake opening out to match the 80mm. I didn't quite get it out to 80mm's but I got it close (78mms or so). It no longer whistles and I sware I noticed a nice jump in performance over the stock unit (could be the same amount of performance as a ported stock unit but I don't know....).

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Default Re: Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

I have a sheetmetal intake with lots of room for port matching. I think a larger throttle body would be beneficial for my setup.
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Default Re: Does anyone make a larger throttle body??

TPI makes one. TByrne has it check their site.
Yikes. $650 for a throttle body. It does look like a nice unit and sound like it makes good power though.




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