TB angle

John BUG2180 · Post by **John BUG2180** » Sat Aug 18, 2001 10:25 am

Can you mount a TB (say Mustang) at any angle. Or, slight angles. For clearance problems or turbo alignment?

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Chuck Schneider · Post by **Chuck Schneider** » Sat Aug 18, 2001 5:48 pm

Hell yea. The beauty of fuel injection.

Sharkey · Post by **Sharkey** » Sat Sep 01, 2001 2:04 pm

Yep. I've seen "downdraft" and "updraft" throttlebodies, as well as the typical "sidedraft" Mustang 5.0 TB. This allows you to mount nearly any TB in whatever position you want in order to ensure proper clearances and throttle cable operation.

ray greenwood · Post by **ray greenwood** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 4:29 pm

Yep any angle will do...just try not to get a 90 degree right before the entrance to the runners, without having a plenum box behind it. You need to have some space behind a sharp angle to "straighten" the air flow to get rid of as much turbulence as possible before you contact the runners, or else you may lose some velocity trying to get it all smoothed out in the runners. Ray

John BUG2180 · Post by **John BUG2180** » Tue Sep 04, 2001 5:45 pm

THANKS!

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