afm

["Sedon, Doug" <sedond@ors.od.nih.gov>]

andrew, you said:

AFM-
Doug,
          You are mistaken when you stated that a larger AFM will not
help a stock engine with stock exhaust. I ran the larger AFM with both
the cast manifolds, Shankle and ANSA headers ( both with the CAT and
without a CAT ) on stock and race cam'ed  ( 2.5 and 3.0 ) engine. The
stock AFM is a restriction because it is smaller than the stock throttle
body. The larger AFM  takes away that restriction allowing more air into
the engine. The throttle response is great with the larger AFM.
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mebbe a larger afm will help a stock engine/exhaust car.  what i said was that
the dimatteo/kirshtein-modified afm wuddn't help a stock engine/exhaust car.
this was per jon kirshtein.  afaik, this mod does not use a larger afm, just
changes its operating perameters.  sorry for any confusion.

doug s.