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Old Nov 15, 1999 | 10:29 PM
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Question Throttle Bodies?

Does any one know if the lightning throttle body is the same as the cobra?I was looking at a BBK unit for the L's,only see one for the cobra's. it's a twin 62mm.Sound's like it would be nice along with PSP air kit.

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Old Nov 15, 1999 | 11:18 PM
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I looked into that a while back. It's not the same, the linkage is reversed. I was considering have some custom made, but upon further investigation, prior testing of larger TBs on Kenne Bell Blown Cobras (about the closest thing to our trucks), only showed a few hp increase. So I figure it's not really worth what it would cost to produce.

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Old Nov 16, 1999 | 07:15 AM
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Sal is right,the cost outways the increase in hp that you will get. I have a bbk on my truck. I had to buy a bbk t/b and a stock t/b and spend about 3 hours on the mill to swap the linkages. I'll let you know this weekend if there is any gains at the track. The cost to do this was around $500.
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