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Old 05-28-2017, 12:32 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: VMS BDR - 5.0 Aluminator - Whipplecharged
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Originally Posted by Ragtop1995 View Post
New member here, but just wanted to compliment you on your beautiful build. It looks like it's going to be a beast. Just curious why you went with the standard throttle body over the 132mm eliptical one. This seems like you're going to be after big numbers and the standard TB is leaving a lot of ponies on the table.

Welcome to the club, Ragtop! Thanks for the nice words. We decided to do a direct front feed air bridge instead of the larger elliptical, side twisting set up. To accomplish that we need to go the standard round TB for space purposes. The engine will be much cleaner looking in my opinion.

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At the power levels I think VMS will get my car to, the loss of some hp/tq shouldn't be that big of a deal. Plus, without a stand along EMS that has true traction and slip control, I suspect the I'll have traction issues with what the smaller round TB will provide. Only time will tell.

Do you own/plan on owning a Cobra? If so, would love to hear about it.

John

p.s. are you on the Corvette forums at all? Your user name seems familiar.
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