Hellcat Throttle Body?
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Hellcat Throttle Body?
I've been looking into doing a upgraded throttle body on my 55 engine while it's not in the car. Been going back and forth between the m273 throttle body and the mopar bbk 90mm. Then I got to thinking, what does the hellcat use? Well, it's a 92mm and they can be purchased new for less than $200. I assume the pin out and function is the same as the other hemi bbk brand throttle body that works on our cars. Any body know for sure if they electronically function the same?
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If the pinout is the same I dont see why not? You will have to modify the crap out of the 82mm snout and adapter to fit that but I dont see why not
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I like the way you think. Go ahead and give it a shot.
Factor in some money for a spare MB cable and the Mopar TB plug. If the TB doesn't work, at least you'll have the cable for the BBK and you can toss the Hellcat TB on ebay.
Factor in some money for a spare MB cable and the Mopar TB plug. If the TB doesn't work, at least you'll have the cable for the BBK and you can toss the Hellcat TB on ebay.
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Exactly looking at the bbk's they say that they don't work for 13's on up. The bbk's work on our cars. The only issue (aside from tuning) I see is that mopar may of changed something electronic about the hemi tb's in 13. For $200, I figure it's worth a shot, but my car won't be up and running for a while though.
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Just get the wiring done, plug it in and see if you can open and close with the pedal. Unplug and replug back to your stock tb and go driving.
Later after confirmation, you can build the necessary hardware to make it work
Later after confirmation, you can build the necessary hardware to make it work
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Not a bad idea My car is in pieces right now but I do have access to other 55's.
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Not sure if pedal can be actuated before engine starts, but you could do the throttle body unplug reset, and that will actuate it. And then if no codes go build the snout
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I'm going to see what my dealer cost is on one next week and go from there. Looks like I'll be adding another project to my long list of projects.
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Does anyone know if the hellcat bolt pattern is the same as the BBK? When I made my inlet for the 90mm I bored to 95mm just in case something bigger became available.
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Hell, I'm sure someone with the Weistec blower is trying a TB way larger than 100mm.. something like the Whipple "Big Bore" 170MM TB the Ford guys use.. or at least I'm wishing that so I can just bolt it on mine when I'm ready!!
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2013+ Hemi use a different dbw system vs the the sub 2012 models. They went to a brushless motor system within the throttle body. I'd guess it's going to pin out different.
IMO, skip the BBK and go with the Arrington 90mm. A few more dollars, but a better quality piece.
IMO, skip the BBK and go with the Arrington 90mm. A few more dollars, but a better quality piece.
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Arrington huh. Not doubting you but what makes them better? Do the bbk's have issues? Last thing I want is to go through all of this and have a junk tb. That's why I liked the hellcat tb. It was oem. Thanks!
So, Arrington made a 100mm huh? Could be interesting
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The throttle body is a huge restriction in our cars. Terminator Cobras are supercharged V8 4.8L I think… Don't feel like searching. But, they use huge 100mm throttle bodies and make big numbers.
74mm is a joke.
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Is this big enough?
Funny enough, tuning aside, it may actually work. If you can find a way to fit it, that is. It's for pre 13 hemi's using a kb blower.
http://www.kennebell.net/KBWebsite/A...ts/mam1880.htm
Funny enough, tuning aside, it may actually work. If you can find a way to fit it, that is. It's for pre 13 hemi's using a kb blower.
http://www.kennebell.net/KBWebsite/A...ts/mam1880.htm
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Is this big enough?
Funny enough, tuning aside, it may actually work. If you can find a way to fit it, that is. It's for pre 13 hemi's using a kb blower.
http://www.kennebell.net/KBWebsite/A...ts/mam1880.htm
Funny enough, tuning aside, it may actually work. If you can find a way to fit it, that is. It's for pre 13 hemi's using a kb blower.
http://www.kennebell.net/KBWebsite/A...ts/mam1880.htm
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Unfortunately I gave in and am taking the easy way out, for now. I just scored a 273 (550) throttle body for $100 on eBay.