TB Air Foil?
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Instructor
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From: St. Louis
TB Air Foil?
hey guys i just bought a throttle body air foil for 30 bucks and was wondering if anyone has one or has tried one and if its worth the money..thanks alot... heres the link to what im talking about
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...5&dept_id=1770
http://www.ecklers.com/product.asp?p...5&dept_id=1770
Melting Slicks
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From: Poocakes loves teh sausage! N.E. Ohio
This is out of the Tech sticky :
Performance Mods that Don't Work
This is a short list of things that don't work... and could waste your hard earned money!
Air foil
Relocating IAT
Throttle switch
Performance Mods that Do Work
Roller rockers
Headers
High flow cats
Remove frisbee
Electric Water Pump
Beam Plates
Expensive engine rebuilds
Performance Mods that Don't Work
This is a short list of things that don't work... and could waste your hard earned money!
Air foil
Relocating IAT
Throttle switch
Performance Mods that Do Work
Roller rockers
Headers
High flow cats
Remove frisbee
Electric Water Pump
Beam Plates
Expensive engine rebuilds
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Instructor
Joined: Jun 2008
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From: St. Louis
WP frisbee
hey guys ive seen alot of guys talking about removing the wp frisbee, how would i go about doing that and how long would it take, what would i need....also i think i need too replace the ninth injector as my car is hard to start after its been sitting for awhile how do i do this and how much would a new one cost? thanks alot guys this is my first vette so bare with me
Pro
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From: Oslo, Norway
Hi
For an engine where the limitations of the air consumption is in the throttlebody the airfoil can help but with a 350 L98 engine without quite extensive mods the gain is very little indeed. If you have to mod your engine then you will not do the airfoil but have a new throttlebody, in my view.
If you have modified the engine and the throttlebody is the limitation you can following the measurements of TPIS gain about 11 hp. They also state that it is little to gain with normal unmodified TPIs. Just look at their measurements in their booklet
For an engine where the limitations of the air consumption is in the throttlebody the airfoil can help but with a 350 L98 engine without quite extensive mods the gain is very little indeed. If you have to mod your engine then you will not do the airfoil but have a new throttlebody, in my view.
If you have modified the engine and the throttlebody is the limitation you can following the measurements of TPIS gain about 11 hp. They also state that it is little to gain with normal unmodified TPIs. Just look at their measurements in their booklet
Le Mans Master
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From: One day you're a Comet...the next day you're dust... Arkansas
hey guys ive seen alot of guys talking about removing the wp frisbee, how would i go about doing that and how long would it take, what would i need....also i think i need too replace the ninth injector as my car is hard to start after its been sitting for awhile how do i do this and how much would a new one cost? thanks alot guys this is my first vette so bare with me
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From: BGM NY
, but I turned it into a 383 SuperRam
Team Owner
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From: Cincinnati, Oh USA
The airfoil subject has been beaten to death. One CFer did test it during a session he paid for on a dynamometer. He was testing other changes he made and included two runs, one with and one without the airfoil. He reported that at peak engine hp it added 3 HP and 8 footpounds of rear wheel torque.
It clearly isn't worth $30.
It clearly isn't worth $30.
Race Director
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From: WI
I picked up a used LTR intake awhile back, the TB had one installed. Even at .5 HP it is giving more power then it is costing in extra weight. Put some locktite on the bolt.
Instructor
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From: Sugar Land, TX (suburban Houston area) U.S.A.
St. Jude Donor '09, '13
Curious...how tight did you do the bolt after using loctite?
Now I'm worried, I just tightened mine to the technical "pretty tight w/ an allen wrench...something like tight + quarter turn..."
??
Now I'm worried, I just tightened mine to the technical "pretty tight w/ an allen wrench...something like tight + quarter turn..."
??