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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 07:35 PM
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I just bought a 1988 formula firebird and i was wondering what your guys' opinions were of what i should do for adding more performance to this car. Everything is stock except for the exhause which is dual and it has the ws6 racing suspension other than that its in perfect condition and fully original
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 08:41 PM
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Too vague...Are you looking for faster 1/4 mile times? Faster top end speed? More handling"

And, welcome to TGO...
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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im more interested in boosting the horsepower sorry i didnt mention that my bad
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Old Mar 17, 2007 | 10:56 PM
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TPI or TBI? Once I know that I'll move it to the correct board.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 11:53 AM
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How do you tell the difference? TBI is throttle body injection right? I don't think it's that because mine is fuel injected but i'm not sure what TPI is. Sorry for the confusion. I'm fifteen and this is my first car so i don't know very much
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 12:03 PM
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Gotta start learning somewhere!

TBI has a carb-style air cleaner, TPI has the long, narrow aluminum piece, with the curved legs on the side.

Here's a pic of the TPI in my GTA.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 01:16 PM
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Alright then mine is TBI. Thanks for explaining that to me.
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Old Mar 18, 2007 | 10:20 PM
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Okay avsfan151933, I'm going to move this to the TBI board then. There's some good people over there.

Also, check for the tech article for the "free mods" for TBI...that's a great place to start.

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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Re: Recommendation

does anyone have any suggestions?
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Old Mar 27, 2007 | 10:53 PM
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Have you looked here?

https://www.thirdgen.org/ultimatetbi

https://www.thirdgen.org/ultimatetbi2
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