Intake Manifold & Throttle Body?
09-15-2013, 05:16 PM
#1
Intake Manifold & Throttle Body?
Lately I've been researching whether or not I should pick up a throttle body for my 06 Gt. My current mods right now are CAI (air raid), LT Headers (bbk), Shorty X catted (obviously), and a tune to wrap them all together.
I've seen people say the throttle bodies cause problems so I'm already refraining from them, however I'm planning on buying that ford racing intake mani and I thought it would all work perfect and see a much better gain with a throttle body. So what does everyone think/know?
I've seen people say the throttle bodies cause problems so I'm already refraining from them, however I'm planning on buying that ford racing intake mani and I thought it would all work perfect and see a much better gain with a throttle body. So what does everyone think/know?
09-15-2013, 05:42 PM
#2
3rd Gear Member
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No. The stock one flows more than you need unless you go forced induction or have a fully-built N/A engine, even with that manifold. I have the manifold and you WILL lose some power down low, but I still love it.
09-15-2013, 06:04 PM
#3
Manifold waste of time unless you have an N/A engine that pulls to 7,500RPM. As for TB a lot of people knock them, I have a GT-500 on mine and I felt a difference. No problems because the FRPP units come with new calibrated electronics.
09-15-2013, 09:22 PM
#4
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This recently came up in another thread. Stock one is the best for anything other than heavy mods like fully built and/or boost. For appearance and a better acceleration response and feel, get your stock one ported and polished if you want to be different.
09-16-2013, 02:30 AM
#5
The Paranoid One
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Ever consider cams?
Will make the car feel so awesome and with long tubes and a tune adjustment you'll see around a 35-42hp gain.
When we had our 06gt we gained 40.
It seemed like our GT turned into a whole new beast.
Some say that with CAI and tune but we in NO way thought our 06gt felt like a different car with just those.
Cams turn it into a whole different animal!
The shake and sound of cams are so friggin cool too!
You should think about it!
Will make the car feel so awesome and with long tubes and a tune adjustment you'll see around a 35-42hp gain.
When we had our 06gt we gained 40.
It seemed like our GT turned into a whole new beast.
Some say that with CAI and tune but we in NO way thought our 06gt felt like a different car with just those.
Cams turn it into a whole different animal!
The shake and sound of cams are so friggin cool too!
You should think about it!
Last edited by Blacksmoke; 09-16-2013 at 02:34 AM.
09-16-2013, 02:47 AM
#6
Lately I've been researching whether or not I should pick up a throttle body for my 06 Gt. My current mods right now are CAI (air raid), LT Headers (bbk), Shorty X catted (obviously), and a tune to wrap them all together.
I've seen people say the throttle bodies cause problems so I'm already refraining from them, however I'm planning on buying that ford racing intake mani and I thought it would all work perfect and see a much better gain with a throttle body. So what does everyone think/know?
I've seen people say the throttle bodies cause problems so I'm already refraining from them, however I'm planning on buying that ford racing intake mani and I thought it would all work perfect and see a much better gain with a throttle body. So what does everyone think/know?
09-16-2013, 07:00 AM
#7
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Do not under any circumstances other than built block and performance valvetrain set your rev limiter to 7,000. That a great way to bend/break stuff. Get the Ford Racing Hot Rod cams. Great performance increases and Ford safely rates them for up to 6,800rpms on stock valvetrain.
09-16-2013, 07:30 AM
#8
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Location: Utah
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LOL @ 7k rev limit for many reasons. Gears, cams, traction is what OP needs to look into now. I's skip the manifold and spend money elsewhere. In fact for the price of cams, gears, and the install for both OP could get a Vortech kit from AM or Brenspeed for a little more.
09-16-2013, 10:00 AM
#9
The Paranoid One
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Texas
Posts: 5,320
Do NOT set your rev to 7k.
That is horrible advice and I can't believe someone would advise that.
Ricardo is right.
Do the cams it save money up for a supercharger.
Definitely do gears if you have not already.
I would go 4.10s without hesitation
That is horrible advice and I can't believe someone would advise that.
Ricardo is right.
Do the cams it save money up for a supercharger.
Definitely do gears if you have not already.
I would go 4.10s without hesitation
Last edited by Blacksmoke; 09-16-2013 at 10:02 AM.
09-16-2013, 10:34 AM
#10
Ever consider cams?
Will make the car feel so awesome and with long tubes and a tune adjustment you'll see around a 35-42hp gain.
When we had our 06gt we gained 40.
It seemed like our GT turned into a whole new beast.
Some say that with CAI and tune but we in NO way thought our 06gt felt like a different car with just those.
Cams turn it into a whole different animal!
The shake and sound of cams are so friggin cool too!
You should think about it!
Will make the car feel so awesome and with long tubes and a tune adjustment you'll see around a 35-42hp gain.
When we had our 06gt we gained 40.
It seemed like our GT turned into a whole new beast.
Some say that with CAI and tune but we in NO way thought our 06gt felt like a different car with just those.
Cams turn it into a whole different animal!
The shake and sound of cams are so friggin cool too!
You should think about it!
But seriously? That much power from cams? And according to another post I saw, you can raise the rev limiter too so that should help with power as well correct?