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Originally Posted by sleepinsol
it will not hurt power negatively peak # wise. if anything youll definately gain there. but it may take the motor a while to catch up to a huge throttle body, and therefor youll more than likely lose some power under the curve. i have a 65mm tb on my setup and i love the way it runs. i would agree with the rest. 65mm on the inside is the biggest id go. i think mine is 68-70mm at the intake, and 65mm at the manifold opening and matches my skunk2 manifold perfectly.
The amount of air brought through any size T/B is based on the demand of the engine(vacuum on intake stroke). There is no EXTRA air other than what is needed. The T/B doesn't shove air into the intake its pulled through it. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you mean by catching up.
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