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Old 05-18-2005, 09:22 PM
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Throttle body 56mm or 61mm twin, which is best

I jost got my BBK 61mm throttle body today along with my edelbrock 5.8 upper and lower intake for my 95 bronco, has anyone else switched to a 56 or 61mm. I think I may have gone too big with the 61mm. Any feedback would be appreciated.
 
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Unless you have done some major cam and head reworking the twin 61mm is a bit of a moot point since the intake ports are sized accordingly for the twin 56MM TB out of the factory. Without port matching to the 61mm TB, the intake bores become a restriction. And without some improvements in volumetric efficiency of the heads, the engine won't NEED the 61mm TB flow rate.
 
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Thanks for the info.
 
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Old 05-19-2005, 05:32 AM
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Yup, bucky is right on the money. 56MM is the correct choice unless you are building a radical engine and plan on boring out that brand new edelbrock intake to port match the TB bores.
 
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