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Old May 8, 2011 | 11:02 AM
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on a stock c5 with ls6 intake would porting and polishing the throttle body or buying little bigger be any help for power or just a waste of money? thanks
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Old May 8, 2011 | 12:55 PM
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YES--- have it done profesionally--you can really mess a fly by wire TB up if you don't know what you're doing due to it does not ave an IAC---It will only make maybe 3-5 more RWHP however the throttle response is far superior maing it quicker-
As far as getting a LARGER TB--my opinion would be NO--- Not needed on a stock modded type engine--Unless---you consistantly run it beyond 6400--- You have bigger cubes--much more compression--or have a very large camshaft with LT headers---
Check my profile---I have approx 400 RWHP on an A4 and am still running the stock TB and MAF-----
Try Shaner--he is very good and reasonable

http://www.s2performance.net
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Old May 8, 2011 | 01:34 PM
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I would recommend having it ported and polished. Lingenfelter does it for $95.

http://www.lingenfelter.com/mm5/merc...gory_Code=C235
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what size is the stock tb?
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