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      09-05-2012, 01:31 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by mike-y View Post
I've never actually seen someone attempt to run any car without an IM. I wouldn't have thought you'd be able to regulate the air going in and it would just rev uncontrollably (if it ran at all).
Remember, our throttle bodies are superficial in their function. Our engines use valvetronic to regulate the air intake through the intake valves' variability.

You are correct in terms of what would happen to a vehicle that depends on a throttle body.
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