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anyone upgraded throttle body on d-series

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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 10:59 AM
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has anyone upgraded their throttle body on their d-series and if so what kind of improvements did u notice, is it worth doing
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 11:05 AM
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just put a bseries tbody on my d16z....huge improvements...i aalso hogged out the intake manifold to match the 64 mm diameter
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 12:03 PM
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the reason i was askin was because i found a gsr throttle body and the guy says it will match up to a d-series and i was just makin sure it will fit without any modification.
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 12:20 PM
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it will bolt up with no mods....but you will want to bore out the intake manifold
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 12:36 PM
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if i used any tb it wouldnt be a gsr
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 01:16 PM
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which tb would u recommend then
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Old Jun 24, 2003 | 02:53 PM
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Default Re: anyone upgraded throttle body on d-series (goulasos)

I have a 68mm STR and I bored out the IM to match. Works nice. Very big throttle body and it eliminates the cold start circuit. That is not needed here because of the hot climate. I had to bore the IM quite a bit to match. The stock IM doesn't have much room for porting past 70mm.
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