When does the throttle body become relevant???
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Racer
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From: Peoria IL
When does the throttle body become relevant???
Like the title says, when does the stock ls7 throttle body become the choke point?
If a HCI LS7 car has all the standard bolt ons, when is it necessary to upgrade to a 102mm?
I'm debating between rolling with the factory TB, or upgrading to a NW102 while everything is getting tuned. I'm planning on running E85, if that matters.
If a HCI LS7 car has all the standard bolt ons, when is it necessary to upgrade to a 102mm?
I'm debating between rolling with the factory TB, or upgrading to a NW102 while everything is getting tuned. I'm planning on running E85, if that matters.
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Racer
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From: Peoria IL
Whitey, are you NA or forced? I know on a boosted vehicle the TB makes even less of a difference.
I'm really curious if where the data is that shows when the stocker becomes a choke point, or how much more could you gain with the aftermarket TB's everything else being equal. So same car, same dyno, tuned for stock throttle body, then swap the TB and adjust the tune, what kind of real world numbers would be seen.
Not really sure I'm asking this the right way...
I'm really curious if where the data is that shows when the stocker becomes a choke point, or how much more could you gain with the aftermarket TB's everything else being equal. So same car, same dyno, tuned for stock throttle body, then swap the TB and adjust the tune, what kind of real world numbers would be seen.
Not really sure I'm asking this the right way...
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Whoa all the guys have some awesome performance cars!They got to be scary fast.So my knowledge is small. On a car that is a daily driver can you go to big, maybe losing bottom end? drive ability? And if I did a t/b should I just get a upgraded intake? No headers at this point.
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Whoa all the guys have some awesome performance cars!They got to be scary fast.So my knowledge is small. On a car that is a daily driver can you go to big, maybe losing bottom end? drive ability? And if I did a t/b should I just get a upgraded intake? No headers at this point.
The stock manifold can be ported to clean up the production flows on the cheap,
regarding porting head, almost cheaper to just go with CNC heads,
And as for the The exhaust manifolds, LT headers with high flow cats solves that problem.