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Originally Posted by Lazarus
I would say Metro's right.
I tried a restrictor plate with no luck. I reduced the intake to a hole about 1" in diameter. There was an increase in FE but the car was undrivable.The top speed was 55 mph( took 65 seconds to get there at 85% throttle position, just before open loop) but the acceleration rate was unsafe. If I increase the diameter to where I could accelerate the FE advantage went away. YMMV (Your mileage may very.)
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what kind of increase in FE did you see? I have figured that I can stay under 2500 rpms and still have decent acceleration, but thats a pretty light throttle.