Throttle body relocation
Throttle body relocation
I am putting a D-1 on my car now. with a intercooler in a ice box on front pass side floor.
My question is has anyone thought about relocating the throttle body on a HSR to the side like a mustang? If I plate the front on the plenum i will have the room to run the piping by. I would have to fab up a spacer to clear the fuel rails. With the throttle body on the pass side I would only need 1 elbow to go thru the firewall.
I was also thinking it would help with the two rear cyl. that like to run a little leaner.
My question is has anyone thought about relocating the throttle body on a HSR to the side like a mustang? If I plate the front on the plenum i will have the room to run the piping by. I would have to fab up a spacer to clear the fuel rails. With the throttle body on the pass side I would only need 1 elbow to go thru the firewall.
I was also thinking it would help with the two rear cyl. that like to run a little leaner.
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As long as you don't dump right at one of the runners you'l be fine. OTOH, I'd probaby seriously consider building a custom plenum for the application.
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Why not use the Accel Pro-Ram, or just weld on some injector bungs to a Victor Junior? With a 4 barrel TB or an elbow, it can be pointed anywhere, and not have flow distribution issues.
Basicly I am building a new plenum. I was just wondering if anyone had tried or had any ideas on a side feed intake system.
My thoughts were that if the plenum size was big enough, which it will be when I am done, and it is pressureised i should not have any flow issues.
I do not want to do a single plane manifold at this time as i am still testing the other one I built. I made one for my turbocharged Typhoon and tried to get my plenum volume from using a large 4" ID 90. Everything that I have read tells me plenum volume on boosted applications must match or be bigger than the CID of the engine.
My thoughts were that if the plenum size was big enough, which it will be when I am done, and it is pressureised i should not have any flow issues.
I do not want to do a single plane manifold at this time as i am still testing the other one I built. I made one for my turbocharged Typhoon and tried to get my plenum volume from using a large 4" ID 90. Everything that I have read tells me plenum volume on boosted applications must match or be bigger than the CID of the engine.
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you mean like a chevy version of this?
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