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« on: October 07, 2011, 10:50:17 AM »
ive seen some cars here with the AFM sideways..... is there a benefit to that or is it just to make room will it mess up throttle response, idle, etc
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2011, 04:17:19 PM »
No difference from what I've seen.  The door is spring-loaded, can't see gravity being much of a factor in throttle response.  I'll bet it's just for packaging.
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« Reply #2 on: October 08, 2011, 07:31:50 PM »
What Dave said. There isn't any way for that to be a benefit besides packaging.
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2011, 10:54:21 AM »
well i turned sideways this past weekend to find a place for my oil catch can and during the process it gave me somewhat of a rough idle so i put it back in its original place and then the rough idle was gone.....
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