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Old Mar 17, 2004 | 11:35 PM
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throtle body's help

just wondering can throttlebody's be swapped from same year or later pathfinders maybe have a lil more flow to them? or a site that has throtle bodys for a sohc gxe? also looking for intake manifold and headers prefered brands? thanks a gd on throttle bodys and spacers would be nice also mass air meters might be usable also bigger is better >.<
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:28 AM
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I believe your SOL on this one. However there is a trick thats pretty popular with the turbo 240sx guys, they use say a 3.5" diameter pipe (stock is ~3") and put the actual MAF sensor in it. They have dynos proving they got better results using the modified MAF and stock ecu than using a JWT ecu and stock MAF.
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 12:30 AM
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thanks if u could post a link of a pick of that or post a pick would rly help so i could see it sounds simple enough maybe even makin a bigger one)
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 05:05 AM
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Originally Posted by MrGone
I believe your SOL on this one. However there is a trick thats pretty popular with the turbo 240sx guys, they use say a 3.5" diameter pipe (stock is ~3") and put the actual MAF sensor in it. They have dynos proving they got better results using the modified MAF and stock ecu than using a JWT ecu and stock MAF.
Hmmm.... that pretty interesting. Do you think that this mod would provide gains on an N/A car? It makes sense with the turbo, since they move a large volume of air. I would still guess the piping would give a small gain to N/A engines, somewhat like a larger throttle body.
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 01:27 PM
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I think it would help out NA cars. I would try it but I dont have a spare MAF.

Going too big could make you run lean, I wouldn't go more than 3.5" with out a way to monitor the engine.

I'll try to find a link
Old Mar 18, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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having a bigger maf and throttle body would be a nice gain just need to find out if they make any for my modle max :/
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 03:23 AM
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having a bigger maf and throttle body would be a nice gain just need to find out if they make any for my modle max :/
No, unfortunately no one makes larger throttle bodys for our cars. You can, however, port and polish the inside. Basically take a dremel and grind down the inside on both side of the plate and port match the intake manifold. Aaron has a very good writeup on this.
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by MrGone
I think it would help out NA cars. I would try it but I dont have a spare MAF.

Going too big could make you run lean, I wouldn't go more than 3.5" with out a way to monitor the engine.

I'll try to find a link

I have a spare MAF and it could be yours for the low low price of $40+shipping Oh, btw, did you get that test pipe?
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Brad92SE
No, unfortunately no one makes larger throttle bodys for our cars. You can, however, port and polish the inside. Basically take a dremel and grind down the inside on both side of the plate and port match the intake manifold. Aaron has a very good writeup on this.
I don't know anyones real name, where is the write-up located, or is it under a different name in the faq?
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 12:32 PM
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I have a spare MAF and it could be yours for the low low price of $40+shipping Oh, btw, did you get that test pipe?
lol, yeah. btw, what are those welds on it for? lol
I just bought 4 new bolts, washers and nuts for it. Great job packing it too btw
mah kar i5 m@DDd fastt know, y0OO!
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 12:40 PM
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I don't know anyones real name, where is the write-up located, or is it under a different name in the faq?
Where is AArons write-up? :attention
Old Mar 19, 2004 | 10:44 PM
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lol, yeah. btw, what are those welds on it for? lol
I just bought 4 new bolts, washers and nuts for it. Great job packing it too btw
mah kar i5 m@DDd fastt know, y0OO!
I welded my initials and b-day onto it just ****ing around. ****ty welds huh? It was like my first time ****ing around w/ a welder. Yeah it should be a nice packing job for the focking $8 the lady screwed me out of. I dont know why she felt the need to put bubble wrap in there. I ended up losing $3 in that deal. Oh well I guess.
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