+1 IIRC, D,B,H,and F Throttle Bodies are all universal as far as bolting to the manifold.A straight swap will probably hinder performance... if im not mistaken the F22 is 60mm? Therefore you should bore your manifold out to 60mm to allow the TB the air it needs
I vote placibo effect. w/o portmaching there would be no effect on flow. if anything i may be worse then stock.lol I guess you have a scientific point thereBut when I got my B16a2 TB on my D15b it felt and went a whole lot better even without porting.