Ozymax.
I run a 107 11.2 to 1 compression 2" inlet and 1.625 exhaust ported heads from Tman and his 662-1 cams, and i am running a HPI 55mm throttle body and manifoild with SE 4.9 injectors goes like a cut snake, no throttle lag at low speeds and runs hard when the cams kick in.
Wouldn,t the throttle body have a cfm rating for each size as to how much it can flow . Then , with the cubic capacity of your motor and the max revs it will go then be a calculated cfm figure ? Just thiking out loud .
Hey Ozy,
Sound like a good build.
I've got the 58mm with 4.9 injectors, Tuned right it has perfect manners.
Really grunty down low and heaps of top end and sharp and instant throttle response.
Don't know why the 58mm TB get bad press. Just not tuned right I guess..
I'm no expert but been around car injection a bit.
Haven't really seen any proof that a TB can be too big within reason but have seen properly tuned larger TB's make more torque and HP right thru the rev range.
What to others think?
Stock 46mm and SE58mm
Carburetors are a bit different to EFI, they need good velocity and vacuum to idle and draw the fuel thru the jet and venturi.
Had a mild 350 small block with a Rochester 730cfm I think , that ran awsome. Tried a few Hollies, rubbish.
Fitted a 4 barrel 1000cfm TB on the same manifold and tuned it, more everywhere and better thottle responce and 4 tenths quicker.
Now on the same set up you would not fit bigger than 650cfm Holley.
For interest look at the Dyno graphs in the SE catalog. 103 st4 and 110 pro kit.
Both have 10.5-1 comp, both have 259e cams. 103 kit has 58mm TB and 110 kit runs the stock 46mm.
The 103 kit has better torque and HP.
I would like to now if any one has run a built motor with say a 51 or 54mm TB tuned and dynoed.
Then change to a 58mm TB and see if it gains or loses. That would be interesting.
Yes very true Hilly.
Dyno WOT numbers are only 5% of your usable rev range if that.
There's a whole other world under WOT.
Most riding is done at around 5 to 20% throttle.
But you would think that if a large TB is making good numbers at 2500 to 3000rpm at WOT it should also be good at part throttle openings.
What do you think?
Dyno graphs should show HP and TQ numbers at 5, 20, 50 and 100% throttle openings that would give a lot better info on which parts work best together for a given set up.