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Drilling throttle body?

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Saltmaker

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Can anyone tell me what size hole to drill in my throttle body? I was told this will help the car idle a little leaner and better... But I'm not sure what size to drill does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks!!
 

black82fiveoh

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hey, I have never done it but a guy I know did. I will ask him later this morning. on a side note

I see your from milwaukee! go to highway 100 much? heard theres alot of quick cars around there? (compared to the junk here in madison)
 
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Thanks! Yeah there are some fast cars in Milwaukee! I know there are 3, 10 second mustangs up at Oscars every weekend! I haven't been down there yet, But I'm going to try to make it this weekend.
 

BlownStangGT

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1/4 sticks in my head, but tht might be to big....not sure why, but that was the frist thing I thought about. Do a search, you will find the awsner fast
 
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this is an interesting topic....where would you drill a hole in the throttle body and whats the point for it?

Thanks
 

ninety15.0

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Hum..i have never heard of this...and it sounds kind of wierd. if you drill a hole in the throttle body, wont you be letting unmetered air in? unless you are talking about drilling a hole in the butterfly valve itself? if someone could explain how this is supposed to work and help that would be cool. just trying to learn some stuff thanks
 

BlownStangGT

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you drill the hole in the butterfly....this lets air in or whatver it does, but it cure idle problems with cams alot of times
 
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has anyone tried this? does it work? this is new to me also
 

Starscream88

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If you guys look at your stock throttle bosy it had a hole in it,

Must be there for a reason lol
 

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Anybody ever find out the hole size?
 

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1/8th inch.
 

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As a side note: I installed my 76mm MAF yesterday and I looked at my throttle body and it looks like the previous owner drilled the butterfly on it, I've had it since '98 and didn't even know it was done.
 
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