Thanks to the ubiquity of text on the Internet, not to mention the popularity of text-messaging on cell phones, we may well be reading more today than we did in the 1970s or 1980s, when television was our medium of choice.
A larger throttle body delivering air at a higher rate helps you feel faster acceleration and a surge in engine power by up to 25 hp. Additionally, you can install a throttle body spacer to further enhance your fuel economy and increase engine torque.
Two throttle position sensors imbedded in the throttle body convert the amount of throttle opening to a voltage signal to the computer. Photo of a throttle body, throttle body position (TPS) sensor is the black part to the lower right: The computer monitors the correlation of both voltages. When both voltages agree, the system is functioning properly.