Re: I5 turbo throttle body mods...

["Graydon D. Stuckey" <graydon@apollo.kettering.edu>]

On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 OorQue@aol.com wrote:

> I'm guessing the wedge on the throttle plate of my 200q's throttle body is 
> intended to help direct the airflow at less than full throttle ... has anyone 

I think its there for full throttle actually, but I'm not the engineer, 
so I don't know for sure.

> removed it to determine whether there's any performance improvement to be had 
> or driveability issues to be suffered?  I'm also puzzled by the presence of 

I removed it on my old 5KCSTQ, but I couldn't really tell if it made any 
difference.

> Also, has anyone had a larger throttle plate fitted?  It appears there's 
> enough metal in the housing to allow a 2mm overbore and there are several 
> places locally that can do the job fairly inexpensively ... any BTDTs?

The throttle-body is huge already.  I really don't think you need it any 
larger unless you're making over 400 hp.

Later,
Graydon D. Stuckey
'91 V8 Quattro 5-speed		'86 Mazda RX7 TII+2
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