Performance tip for throttle body?

Huw Powell audi at mediaone.net
Tue Dec 18 22:13:29 EST 2001


Rave Racer wrote:
>
>     When I had my 16V Jetta the rumor was the TB from a 5000 would fit and
> was had  bigger bore.  I never tried it but I drove one that was rumored to
> have it.

the (n/a) Audi throttle bodies changed in about'83 to a larger secondary
butterfly:

http://www.humanspeakers.com/cgi-bin/humanspeakers/audi_img.pl?image=throttle-body.jpg&desc=L:%20early,%20R:%20later

This TB is an upgrade not only to the earlier Audis but, I guess, to a
slew of VW products.  More air at WOT is the gain.  The IM's all have
inlets that fit the bigger 2ndary, and the gaskets are all the same.

--
Huw Powell

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