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Hi, I was reading the tech and I see the 3.8 v6 has a huge throttle body 63mm! I was searching around and I found a 80mm throttle body. I am a little skeptical...Is that even worth it...or is just a crap [img]graemlins/bs.gif[/img] Well, if you have any suggestions get back to me thanks. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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well, keep in mind the area of a circle = pi * radius^2
lt1's have a dual 52mm (i believe) tb, so the total cross-sectional area of this tb is close to
1682*pi...
our cars, with a 63mm have a cross sectional area of about 992*pi,
so in theory the lt1 dual tb will flow nearly 70% better than ours...
now look at the 80mm, cross sectional area is 1600*pi, a huge difference compared to our weak little 992*pi... and really close to what a lt1 tb would flow...
Actually the lt1 would only flow 5% better than an 80mm, so you should get a HUGE improvement
now looking at all of this, let's hope that TB wasn't for a grand-national... :( -
You would really want to flow test those before making that jump. You probably don't need that large a piece. There were a couple of posts awhile ago concerning larger TB's. Going to an extreme like that is not always good for performance.Comment
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Our cars flow 350-400cfm maximum, there is no exception unless you plan on going above 6500RPM (eek).
Our current throttlebodies are seriously oversized as-is, you would gain nothing from getting a larger one - sorry.2002 5-spd NBM Camaro
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TB flowchart
throttlebodys only flow as much as the engine can intake
so if at wot you motor only sucks 400cfm, a tb that flows 650 cfm wont make a difference,the motor will still only pull 400 cfm
63 mm is a huge tb for a v6
[ June 12, 2002: Message edited by: wolf ]</p>Wolf<br /><a href=\"http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/249111/7\" target=\"_blank\">95 black t-top camaro</a>,3.4 5 speed,ud pullies,plugs/wires,de-shaft tb & gutted airbox, homemaid short throw shifterComment
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<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by wolf:
TB flowchart
throttlebodys only flow as much as the engine can intake
so if at wot you motor only sucks 400cfm, a tb that flows 650 cfm wont make a difference,the motor will still only pull 400 cfm
63 mm is a huge tb for a v6
[ June 12, 2002: Message edited by: wolf ]<hr></blockquote>
Our TB is 68mm, and that is a VERY helpful link. I really appreciate you finding that, thats something I believe we've all been looking for!2002 5-spd NBM Camaro
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