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- Tue Dec 07, 2010 11:12 am #226466 It sucks our B16 have barely any torque, and installing a bigger throttle body will decrease power and is not recommended, what if we down grade to a D series throttle body (56mm-55mm) and piping to match, would that increase torque because there will be slightly more restriction?

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- Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:01 pm #226477 If so, Honda would have done it
The engineers figure out the best way to make their motors the most efficient. I'd focus on modifying other parts of the motor to get your money's worth.

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- Tue Dec 07, 2010 2:49 pm #226480 get a type r intake manny and a s2000 tb you will be set

- Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:24 am #226600

get a type r intake manny and a s2000 tb you will be set

Why? The S2000 throttle body is 62mm

- Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:49 pm #226699 lol its just a good set up

- Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:06 pm #226702

It sucks our B16 have barely any torque, and installing a bigger throttle body will decrease power and is not recommended, what if we down grade to a D series throttle body (56mm-55mm) and piping to match, would that increase torque because there will be slightly more restriction?

Or you can just bore your motor if you want more torque and do as other people stated use different upgrades

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- Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:41 pm #226706 The b16 is a High Reving Short Stroke Engine. You are not going to get low end torque short of putting a Super Charger on it or a very small turbo.

I had a b16 and hated its lack of torque. The Easiest way for Torque? Pull out the b16 and Swap in an b18b LS or better yet a B20. When I sold my b16 I completely paid for my Low mileage JDM 99spec B20b(Same as our B20z)

If you also want the top end as well, B18c GSR's have a good deal of torque compared to a b16 and oem dohc vtec. Doing a LS/vtec or a B20/vtec will net you even more torque however you wont want to rev as high given the longer stroke.

We have a DIY for building a Reliable LS/b20vtec in our DIY list which you can access by going under the misc tab at the top of each page and selecting "DIY how to list"

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- Wed Dec 08, 2010 6:37 pm #226725 I am definitely doing a B20B and turbo within the year coming up so i will be reading that DIY section religeously

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- Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:03 am #226887

lol its just a good set up

but yeah, you will get better mid range to upper power but the bottom end suffers more

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- Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:15 am #227436 Neither going bigger or smaller will help. It's the goldilocks rule.

- Sat Dec 18, 2010 3:01 am #228576 gsr ftw

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- Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:03 am #231698

It sucks our B16 have barely any torque, and installing a bigger throttle body will decrease power and is not recommended, what if we down grade to a D series throttle body (56mm-55mm) and piping to match, would that increase torque because there will be slightly more restriction?

Or you can just bore your motor if you want more torque and do as other people stated use different upgrades

I agree.. LOL naah.. upgrade upgrade is what you need. Well, that's the least I know.. Hey what's the goldilocks rule?