Big throttle bodies and throttle response.

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Jan 22, 2004 | 12:16 PM

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Big throttle bodies and throttle response.

Has anyone using a large throttle body (anything more than stock) on a stock computer (tuning can be stock or not) noticed decreased throttle response?

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Jan 23, 2004 | 02:28 PM

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No one?

Jan 23, 2004 | 02:43 PM

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lots of people use ported ones

Jan 23, 2004 | 03:27 PM

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I see no reason why it should matter. It's not like a carb where fuel AND air are being introduced to the intake manifold. Whether the TB is big or small the intake is seeing the same amount of air under a given load condition at part throttle. A bigger TB just means that this amount of air can be flowed at a smaller thottle position. The intake manifold knows no difference. It's getting the same amount of air squeezing around the edges of the TB blade under any given partial throttle load.