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silver_pilate · 08-02-2002, 10:07 AM

I agree that it is simply stuck on.

However, you need to get a matching EGR spacer for the new throttle body. Simply putting on a larger TB without the correct size EGR isn't going to do jack for you as you still retain the restriction. Given, it is restricted now over a smaller area, but your intake only flows as good as the most restricted part. Port matching the intake to the throttle body is a good idea, but you're not going to be able to bore the EGR plate much past 55-57 mm if I were guessing. Maybe you can get it to 60mm without hitting the water passages, but I wouldn't hold my breath.

Go ahead and spring for the EGR plate.

--nathan

08-02-2002, 10:07 AM	#9
silver_pilate DURKA DURKA!! Join Date: Sep 1997 Location: Lubbock, TX...(TX panhandle) Posts: 1,418	I agree that it is simply stuck on. However, you need to get a matching EGR spacer for the new throttle body. Simply putting on a larger TB without the correct size EGR isn't going to do jack for you as you still retain the restriction. Given, it is restricted now over a smaller area, but your intake only flows as good as the most restricted part. Port matching the intake to the throttle body is a good idea, but you're not going to be able to bore the EGR plate much past 55-57 mm if I were guessing. Maybe you can get it to 60mm without hitting the water passages, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Go ahead and spring for the EGR plate. --nathan __________________ '91 GT, Coast 347, 9.5:1 compression, full intake, Wolverine 1087 cam, exhaust, Keith Craft ported Windsor Jr. Irons (235 cfm intake, 195 cfm exhaust), AOD, PI 3500 converter, Lentech valve body, 3.73's (4.10's in the works), and Yokohama ES100's out back. Daily Car: '04 Infiniti G35 Sedan 6MT