When does ls6 intake and throttlebody become a restriction?
its a restriction straight off the factory floor....
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
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its a restriction straight off the factory floor....
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
Which means diddly squat when blowing boost through it, and it's a safe bet he will not go faster unless it's a particularly special intake.
yeah... not everybody picks up when going from stock to aftermarket on a boosted setup....
and usually with a boosted setup its a smaller gain going from LS6 to 102.....
and of course its dependent on a lot of other factors as well...
likely at the lower end of the boost spectrum, its not worth the small gains you will see.
and usually with a boosted setup its a smaller gain going from LS6 to 102.....
and of course its dependent on a lot of other factors as well...
likely at the lower end of the boost spectrum, its not worth the small gains you will see.
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Fitting excessively large TB's with boost not only doesnt gain anything, it's just stupid when the TB might flow all the air the engine can consume nowhere near it's full opening.
So see people with 3" boost plumbing, lots of bends etc....then fit a 102mm...ie 4" TB ??
WTF.
So see people with 3" boost plumbing, lots of bends etc....then fit a 102mm...ie 4" TB ??
WTF.
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its a restriction straight off the factory floor....
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
it doesnt mean you cant go fast....
but you will go faster if you upgrade to something better flowing
the fact that you can pick up 30+ HP Naturally aspirated with a 102 Intake/TB and a mild tune and no other changes shows you just how much of a restriction it is.
the simple test is to do a back to back on the dyno.....
with no other changes one of two things will happen...
either you will make more power with the same amount of boost
or you will make the same amount of power and see less boost(I mean measurement of restriction)
with no other changes one of two things will happen...
either you will make more power with the same amount of boost
or you will make the same amount of power and see less boost(I mean measurement of restriction)
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if your opinion holds true there's no need for anyone to even upgrade to a ls6 intake or any other intake. So people making 1000-1200rwhp are wasting money on aftermarket intakes.
plenty of people make lots of power on them....
but if you can improve airflow going in, and reduce restriction, reducing boost and heat...then you have room to make more power.
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the simple test is to do a back to back on the dyno.....
with no other changes one of two things will happen...
either you will make more power with the same amount of boost
or you will make the same amount of power and see less boost(I mean measurement of restriction)
with no other changes one of two things will happen...
either you will make more power with the same amount of boost
or you will make the same amount of power and see less boost(I mean measurement of restriction)
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I'm talking about stevie turbo.
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And it depends how efficiently they are making that 1000hp, heads, engine size, power adder etc
But people have made 1000hp on standard LS6 intake and TB, and perhaps then some. It's just an already great design in the first place.
That doesnt mean some setups cannot be improved with other designs, it just means it works great, and has been proven to work great.
And as far as TB's go, that is not only common sense as I already described, but also fairly well proven
