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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:40 PM
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Magnum Fuel Rail or Throttle Body

I am looking into getting a new engine mod.

Should I go with a Magnum Fuel Rail from RRM or the throttle body from RRM?

Which one will gain more performance?

The fuel rail will look better under the hood though than a stock looking throttle body.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:50 PM
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Throttle body, thats what I got and it works great. I'm gonna get a bored fuel rail next though, with all the new air you can definitely feel the engine start to struggle at higher RPMs.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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The throttle body will give you more noticible gains. I've had my fuel rail for several months now and there isn't a very noticible increase in power, just smoothness and reduced throttle lag.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 10:57 PM
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Sweet. So you can actually feel a good amount of power gain with TB?

Do you have a header? I've heared someone talking about the CEL form the header going out when they put the TB on.
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Old Jun 3, 2005 | 11:09 PM
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Yeah I got a header, and yes the CEL went off and stayed off when I got the throttle body.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 07:16 AM
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No question - TB.

The fuel rail is a support mod. The TB is a go mod.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 07:22 AM
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Buy me one Doug That way I would have something to play with on boring days like today.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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Hey, I need to buy myself a TB.

Since you're a machinist, you could bore your own fuel rail, I'd think...
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 11:57 AM
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Alright after thinking, I am going with the throttle body.

I will probably still get the fuel rail after the throttle body.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 12:08 PM
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get the throttle body, im not sure but you probably wouldnt really need the fuel rail unless you were going turbo.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 12:34 PM
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Well, the fuel rail does help, you can feel the car struggle at like 4000 RPM and higher.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 12:57 PM
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o, i wasnt sure, i just know that rrm advertised it as a "must have" for turbo'd lancers. ive never really felt mine struggle at 4k and up, it just has a slightly difficult time going up some of the steeper hills in my area.

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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 01:18 PM
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Yes, get both. Even N/A can feel the difference of the fuel rail.

But get the TB first.
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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Question.. Does the TB fit with an aftermarket air intake such as Injen SRI?
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Old Jun 4, 2005 | 08:24 PM
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Yes. It's a stock TB, but RRM bores it out so more air can flow through. But the connecting points are still stock.
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