Throttle Body
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Easy, you plug the Dremel in, put a grinding stone on it. Turn it on at a low speed and insert it into the opening of the TB and slowly and evenly grind away the inside until its to the desired diameter. Then when you are done you clean it up with a polishing wheel, get yourself a piece of 1/8" or so aluminum have it cut to the correct diameter drill two holes in the center and slide it back into the shaft, bolt it in place and hey lookit that, you' just bored out a throttle body.
Its really not hard to do. In fact, its quite easy.
Of course, you could always pay an arm and a leg to have it milled. Some of us aren't afraid to fabricate things. In fact, some of us have been fabricating things for quite some time.
Such as this:
Its not done yet because I'm still working on it for a customer. But I've been making these manifolds for about a year.
Its really not hard to do. In fact, its quite easy.
Of course, you could always pay an arm and a leg to have it milled. Some of us aren't afraid to fabricate things. In fact, some of us have been fabricating things for quite some time.
Such as this:
Its not done yet because I'm still working on it for a customer. But I've been making these manifolds for about a year.
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RE: Throttle Body
Not that it won't work just that most of the time we use a exacting tolerance for consistancy. In custom apps hand polishing an app such as this would be just fine but have you ever flowed these on a bench and checked for consistancy? Would make it easer to tune fuel and ignition maps.
Intersting manifold, any Dyno Time???
Intersting manifold, any Dyno Time???
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I have not tested my throttle body no. I'd like to and I probably should but I haven't as of yet and since I'm the only one I know of planning on running a 65+mm TB on a turbo car I can't tell you for sure what's going to happen. But I'm willing ot try it out and see what kind of numbers I get when its done. Once the car is all back together and the turbo is finished and on the car it will go to the dyno and I'll have some numbers with the TB.
Its a short-runner box style manifold for a SOHC Neon. If I recall you do lose a little bit of low end but you gain high end torque with it. A nice cam usually balances it out though. There have been a few guys that have run these but I don't remember their numbers. I never paid attention to them because I never cared for their designs. Mine's a little cleaner. Well, not right now because I'm still building it.
Its a short-runner box style manifold for a SOHC Neon. If I recall you do lose a little bit of low end but you gain high end torque with it. A nice cam usually balances it out though. There have been a few guys that have run these but I don't remember their numbers. I never paid attention to them because I never cared for their designs. Mine's a little cleaner. Well, not right now because I'm still building it.