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Old 08-26-2007, 02:17 PM
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whats the best throttle body to run on a stock motor? 65 or 70mm?
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Old 08-26-2007, 03:33 PM
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Default RE: 65 or 70mm?

if the motor is stock, 65mm will be better but how long will your car really stay stock? most people do enough mods to warrent the 70mm within the first year of owning the car
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Old 08-26-2007, 03:42 PM
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I think a 65 is a good starting point.
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Old 08-26-2007, 03:43 PM
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dood yor engine looks mean as hell! like something out of a horror movie, bada$s, actually its for my friend, he has a 91 lx with basically stock everything besides exhaust and ud pullies and cai, hes llokin at this http://www.brothersperformance.com/c...oducts_id/3827

so he wants to know which he should get the 700 mm or the 65mm thanx
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:11 PM
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yeah a 65 mm would be good i put a 65 mm bbk on my motor pretty much stock except bbk headers,bbk h-pipe,flowies,bbk cai, and 3.73's and i could tell a little difference seems to be a little more responsive than the stock pos
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:13 PM
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what is the stock one a 60mm?
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:15 PM
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i think i could be wrong but 87-88 were 55mm and 89-93 were 58mm or 60mm
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:19 PM
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is that a good price for that kit? is it worth it? your opinion
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Old 08-26-2007, 04:36 PM
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decent deal if your just starting to mod or not lookin for anything to crazy
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what kind of power do you think it could add? like 20 hp? sorry hes asking all of these dumb questions.
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