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Old 12-18-2006, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by drivemusicnow
Actually I would expect that our dual throttle bodies are much better than a 90mm throttle body. A 90mm (3.5 inch) throttle body opened 35% will let a lot more air through than dual 63mm (2.5 inch) throttle bodies will at 35%. This means you get a more linear throttle application with the duals than you would the single.

To bad we have a crappy idle control valve that is expensive as heck to replace.


35% of 2 64mm TB = 2,252 mm2
35% of 1 90mm TB = 2,227 mm2
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