i would have bored it out past the butterfly but i didnt want a gap there. i figured it would mess something up. so instead i just bored on both sides of the butterfly. wether it helped or not, i dont kno. i basically just did it cuz it was easy and i had nothing to loose.

 

Yeah thats what we are saying, you cannot bore it out all the way unless you have a larger butterfly.

 

o ok well yea that would just be too much work for me. so i just figured i would just go up to it.

 

technically, that taperd TBis gonna do more for you than the CAI will. you are gonna have alot of road splatter and bugs and mud all over your cone. plus it will become a "straw" if you hit even 3-6 inches of water. puddles splash forward too! mine was low like that at first and i went thru a couple before i bit the bullet and tucked it up more. the best one i have seen had a plastic shield under it kinda makin an air box, and air diverted from between the fog lights keep constant cold air flow without the risk of water (as stated above, its a hassle when you car has a drink) but just like on jets, the a/c is made cold by compression of air flow into the front of the wing. if the taper is drastic enough in the throttle body, you could compress the intake air and create lower IAT. but if it is also tapered on the backside after the butterfly, the air will create vortex and lose speed, create turbulence, and gain temp. lotta physics and math n ****e, basically i woulda left the TB alone and get a used bigger one. meanwhile, protect that cone!

 

the tb isnt tapered. it just has a little ridge where the butterfly stops to its idle position.

 

Does it feel like you have more power?

 

Again, I am not trying to dis what you did, but it is NOT a bored out tb. Even if it is just a little ridge, your butterfly valve is still the same size, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Think of it like this, you have a piece of 1/2 inch heater hose, blow through it. Then take a little piece of 3/8 inch fuel line and connect it to the heater hose, then connect another piece of 1/2 on the end of the 3/8. Then blow through it. See how it restricts it? And I know you couldnt bore it all the way through because then your butterfly would not close and it would not run right.

 

looks good

 

thanks

 

wat kinda pipe from autozone thought?? is is pvc??