Performance tip for throttle body?

[Tom Nas]

"Rave Racer" <Ravewar at rogers.com> 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.  Unfortunately I couldn't verify it, but I did find that it had
>quicker pickup in the lower revs.  I would guess that it just moved the
>functional power to a different part of the rev range.

I've heard the same here- the 1.6-1.8 GTI engines benefit from fitting the
throttle body from a type 44 Audi 100. My info comes from someone in the
trade, and I tend to take his advice seriously.

Tom