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Is a 58mm throttle body necessary yet ?

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Old 03-23-2001, 11:03 AM
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Is a 58mm throttle body necessary yet ?

I bolted on a set of trick flows and I'm also gettting an accel intake trough the current group purchase. The runners will remain stock for now. Will a 58mm TB be overkill for my setup ?

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Old 03-23-2001, 09:17 PM
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It'll be overkill for LTR setup. Stay with a 52mm...with a SR or MR then I would go with a 58mm. I picked up 2 mph in the quarter with no loss in low end torque going from a 48mm to 58mm throttle body.

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Old 03-25-2001, 10:53 AM
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58 is way to much overkill. Unless u got a blower or a 406 and over motor the 52mm throttle bodie is just fine take it from me

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